21 h. ago Letters June 18, 2025: ‘Summit accomplished not except wasting more taxpayer dollars.’

All for nothing The meeting that was not! The world is not a better place as a result of this summit. If Carney takes any credit for a success he is full of it. And if the price tag is anywhere near what is speculated it was definitely not worth it. More Liberal waste at […]

Economics

21 h. ago Letters June 18, 2025: ‘Summit accomplished nothing except wasting more taxpayer dollars.’

All for nothing The meeting that was not! The world is not a better place as a result of this summit. If Carney takes any credit for a success he is full of it. And if the price tag is anywhere near what is speculated it was definitely not worth it. More Liberal waste at […]

Economics

45 h. ago Letters June 17, 2025: ‘Carney could have, and should have, kept Trump out.’

Just the truth I have a suggestion for a headline: Prime Minister Mark Carney grants President Trump permission to enter Canada by waving Canada’s restrictions for convicted felons to enter the country. Maybe big bold lettering covering half a page. Larry Dean Baker (It’s a little wordy. We like your thinking though.) Own the blame, […]

Transport

4 d. ago PM Carney says he has no plans to tackle 24 Sussex question during his mandate

OTTAWA — Almost a decade after 24 Sussex Drive was abandoned as the official residence of the Canadian prime minister, taxpayers are still shelling out tens of thousands of dollars a year to maintain the vacant property, and the new prime minister has signalled he’s in no rush to deal with the crumbling building. Prime […]

Transport

5 d. ago Letters June 13, 2025: ‘Send some good news through the mail.’

INDEED, SEND SOMEONE A POSTCARD It used to be reduced postage to send someone a postcard.  I recently sent one to someone from Florida after visiting a treasure hunt museum that had the sites on it. A picture was not as good as this postcard and it was a nice treat for them to get […]

Other

7 d. ago GOLDSTEIN: Ignoring contracting rules costs taxpayers billions: auditor general

Federal auditor general Karen Hogan on Tuesday reported widespread incompetence in the awarding of government contracts by the public service, resulting in billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money being wasted. What’s even more alarming is that everyone in the system knows it and no one is doing anything about it. Given that, what is the […]

Economics

7 d. ago Letters June 11, 2025: ‘Unions are no longer needed, and teachers can pound salt.’

Let them go Re: Alberta Teachers Vote 95 Per Cent In Favor Of Strike Action… Today, our present day workforce needs unions like this nation needing another decade of Justin Trudeau on the throne in Ottawa. Unions had their time in history – back in the early 1800’s. But that was over 200 years ago. […]

Other

8 d. ago Letters June 10, 2025: ‘Trump can take credit for uniting an entire country, it’s just not his.’

BLUSTER MAKES US BETTER It’s an amazing time in Canadian history. The only person since the inception of this country who could weld the country together from coast to coast turns out to be a blustery, loud-mouthed American. No one before Donald Trump has so galvanized us from coast to coast in a more singular […]

Economics

9 d. ago Opinion: Most Canadians don’t support taxpayer subsidies for LNG

Opinion: There is new interest in liquified natural gas as a “nation-building” project but LNG isn't a good use of tax dollars, nor one supported by Canadian taxpayers.

Economics

9 d. ago Letters June 9, 2025: ‘Taxpayers left to foot yet another bill for CBC.’

Just another hit to taxpayers Re: SIMS: CBC set to get more money and power… Why have friends in the first place, when they can’t scratch each others’ backs from time to time? Just another sucker punch coming up, square between the lookers of every Canadian taxpayer in this nation. Donald K. Munroe (Maybe they […]

Economics

1 week ago Letters, June 8, 2025: ‘Carney’s mandate bad news for Alberta’

Carney’s bad idea Sounds like the premier will be going along with Carney’s offer called decarbonization. Factories required to further refine our clean oil will take years to build, will increase sales prices and lead to production cuts. This is Carney’s mandate to control the amount of extraction, increase production costs, reduce investment and cut […]

Transport

1 week ago Letters June 6, 2025: ‘Ukraine’s president did well to keep Trump out of their military plans.’

A secret worth keeping You have to give Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky 5 stars for not telling the United States ( Donald Trump ) in advance about Ukraine’s planned, devastating attack and destruction of Russia’s many strategic bombing airplanes deep inside Russia. In Trump’s recent phone call to Putin, Trump emphasized that he did not […]

Events

2 w. ago Letters June 4, 2025: ‘Not exactly in love with the new foliage all over the city.’

City’s new flower After walking our area in the southwest I’ve come up with a new flower for the city: the dandelion! I also have a new saying: ‘Do less, charge more!’ Jim Hunt (No fan of the yellow and white floofs, are you?) Wildlife, beware I’m always annoyed beyond belief when I hear that […]

Other

2 w. ago Letters June 3, 2025: ‘The shoes hid nothing, not even a medical condition.’

IN STEP WITH JUSTIN Re: Justin Trudeau attends King Charles’ throne speech wearing colourful shoes, online, May 27 I’m embarrassed (sort of) to admit it, but Justin Trudeau and I have something in common. Well, more than one thing. We have two. We both wear Gazelles. Mine, though, would have looked better with that awful […]

Other

2 w. ago Letters June 2, 2025: ‘Trudeau’s tacky sneakers were all for show.’

SNEAKY I guess you have to be a bit older to appreciate why Justin wore the green sneakers to the King’s speech. He was putting on a childish show, meant for Quebecers, to express disdain for the English monarchy, just like when his old man did the pirouette behind the Queen. Hoping to make papa […]

Politics

2 w. ago Letters, June 1, 2025: ‘Referendum best way to settle things’

The best way to settle things would be to have a vote, just as we in Calgary did on the Olympics issue.

Other

4 w. ago WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY?: Why is Carney aping the Americans?

WATCH: Sun political columnist Lorne Gunter asks why is it possible to spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer’s dollars without any accountability in Parliament? What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must be 250 words […]

Economics