Letters, Feb. 8, 2025: ‘Poilievre needs a little help’​on February 8, 2025 at 12:00 pm

Soften those edges

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I live in Hamilton and subscribe to a left-leaning newspaper so I rarely see anything that supports the provincial or federal Conservatives. All of my family and a good portion of my friends are Liberals and will support the Liberals no matter what. They do not understand the damage the Liberals have done to Canada and are the reason we are where we are now with the U.S. The biggest issue they have with Pierre Poilievre is they think he is just like Trump. They have no facts to substantiate this claim but that is what they say to me. If I can offer one piece of advice to Poilievre is to separate himself from any far-right groups and soften up his abrasiveness so that he can appeal to Liberals that may be sitting on the fence. Poilievre is the only one who can get us out of this current Liberal mess.

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GARY BROWN
Hamilton, Ont.

(It’s disappointing in this day and age how too many people only focus on views that reinforce what they already believe. But if they like high taxes, high inflation and a zero-accountability government, then the Liberals are for them)

The Carney double-cross

It appears Mark Carney is going to campaign from the right and if elected govern from the statist left. The day after a Carney win, it’ll be the biggest double-cross in Canadian political history and good-bye Canada.

JEFFREY ANDERSON

(‘If elected’ is the operative phrase there.)

Trouble at the border

Canada has survived the U.S. tariffs with a deal on border security. But Canada’s plan is but a hodgepodge of entry-port security personnel, RCMP, provincial police, municipal police and assorted air supports. Until such time as CBSA can be expanded to assume patrol of the border between entry ports, why not temporarily enlist the Armed Forces and let the many police forces return to finding guns, drugs and illegal aliens in their jurisdictions? CBSA should be responsible for all border security.

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DOUG HYSLIP

(That seems logical.)

Time to get tough

The U.S. has declared economic war against Canada. It requires a Churchill-like response. In addition to counter-tariffs, open the battle on a new front. Rather than export tariffs that penalize Canadians, use the Export Controls Act and economic withdrawal to limit the volume of commodity exports. Start with oil, natural gas, electricity, industrial metals and minerals, and lumber. Carefully applied, scarcity will increase prices to offset reduced volume and limit the financial cost to producers.

BILL FISCHER

(That would be a pretty tough sell to the leaders in Alberta.)

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