Letters Jan. 26: Canada needs to rebuild manufacturing self-sufficiency

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LOST CAPACITY

Re: Beefing up the bottom line (Letters, Jan. 25). I looked at an old set of high-end wrenches that I own and noticed that they were made in Canada. This reminded me of a few things. In the postwar years of Canada, we were a global powerhouse of technology and manufacturing. Anyone remember the Avro Arrow? Canadians once manufactured a great many things of value. Now it seems that when we shop for most consumer products, the only options are “offshore.” If we were more self-sufficient, foreign tariffs wouldn’t be as frightening.

ZANE RASMUSSEN

(Hard to argue with that.)

ENERGY INSECURITY

Currently Eastern Canada receives their oil from Alberta via a pipeline that runs through the United States. If Trump shuts that down, how will Eastern Canada get oil, gasoline, etc.?

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ANDREW WILSON

(Good question.)

SMITH SMARTEST

Re: Bad plan (Letters, Jan. 25). I’ve got news for you, she (Danielle Smith) is smarter than all of those people and yes, I include Harper. What did Harper do for Alberta or the west? Nothing, even with a majority government he left the door wide open for Trudeau to hurt us the way he has and has tried. The others were and are top-notch mediocre at best.

BILL GRANT

(Let’s hope you’re right.)

VICTIM BLAMING

It’s tiring to continually educate journalists on the truth. Gunter in his Friday “opinion” piece writes: “… we’re about to get into a trade war with the United States because doing so feeds the Liberals’ biases and stokes their political goals.” Correction, we are in a trade war because Trump is threatening to slap a 25% tariff on Canada. It’s typical victim blaming. But why, why blame Canada for this?

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BOB JAHRIG

(Gunter just calls it as he sees it.)

REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY

Clearly, we can’t continue on like this. With half the country lighting their hair on fire every time Donald Trump mentions Canada, we need a new plan. It’s time to nip this hysteria in the bud, and let him know that we’d be honoured to join the U.S.A. That should keep the president busy for a couple years, as he contemplates the complexities of merging the two countries. By that time, he will have become a lame duck president, and everyone else can move on with something that’s more relevant and realistic.

AL WILLEY

(Probably too risky.)

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