Letters: Party politics not welcome in municipal election

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ANTI-PARTY

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I don’t care who you are or what you promise, I will not vote for you if you join a party or are a member. Municipal politics require original opinions, not party solidarity!

VICTOR PALAMAR

(Municipal governments historically have worked by compromise, introducing parties could lead to polarization.)

WHO’S OUT OF TOUCH?

In response to the letter of Oct. 1 that Alberta teachers are out of touch with Albertans, I would say he is the one who is out of touch. Teachers are paid a salary and often work late at night and weekends marking exams and lesson planning, so before you criticize maybe get the real facts. From the father of a great, hard-working teacher.

LEROY BANGEN

(The sooner this gets worked out, the better, for everyone.)

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PIPE DREAM?

Rick Bell raises many good points and I believe Lorne Gunter has it right with regard to the pipeline being doomed to be blocked. We are going to spend $14 million in taxpayer money, most likely flush down the toilet, because the private sector (Enbridge) incurred $373 million in lost costs for the scrapped Northern Gateway project and no private sector company will invest in Canadian energy while the Liberal cap on oil and gas emissions, tanker ban and the no-more-pipelines law are in place. B.C. Premier David Eby is a staunch supporter of the tanker ban and there are sure to be several indigenous interveners not to mention Ottawa saying NO as they have several times in the past. Even if this does by some miracle get approved, what’s next? A single pipeline is not a major victory. It is nothing more than a good start. We can’t offend Quebec and get pipelines to the Atlantic coast so we will try to go to Churchill Manitoba with 90 days of open water using icebreakers for the remainder of the year to get ships in/out. Energy-averse Canada will continue to make these endeavours as complicated and expensive as possible, with all of the above laws in place unless anointed by the Liberal cabinet. How much more taxpayer money will be required to get our highly in-demand resources to market when it should cost taxpayers nothing?

BILL GRANT

(Time for Carney to start removing roadblocks, like he promised.)

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