YOU SAID IT: Carnac the Un-Magnificent

CARNAC THE UN-MAGNIFICENT

The late and great Johnny Carson would have referred to new Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney as Carnac the Un-Magnificent.

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After pretending to be the elbows-up tough guy to dupe voters during a crucial election, our elitist banker has been anything but the caped crusader when faced with Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Sadly, the herds of sheep who followed him to the polls will have contributed to the demise of our once-great Canada when common sense was also on the ballot.

EDDY DIGNAN
ROCKLAND

PATHETICALLY WEAK LEADERSHIP

Gone is elbows-up Mark Carney’s election promise to be the best person to get a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Carney has failed to even close the Canadian border to fentanyl and other drugs flowing into the U.S. or stopped illegals from the U.S. flowing into Canada. Carney’s wrong-minded support of Palestine statehood is another huge irritant to Trump.

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The Canadian economy will continue to suffer because of our globalist prime minister’s pathetically weak leadership on all fronts. Getting the trade deal with the U.S. should have been Carney’s top priority, not his wanting to cozy up to his globalist European friends, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

LARRY COMEAU
OTTAWA

EV’S NOT ALL THAT

Re: EV ads run short on facts, letter to the editor, July 26

Further to the letter regarding EV facts, here are some more EV facts. They are not very environmentally friendly at all, considering the amounts of precious metals that are mined to make the batteries. Recycling the batteries is a serious problem. The extreme weight of the batteries results in the tires wearing out sooner than they would with an ICE-powered vehicle.

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Much of the electricity to charge them comes from fossil fuels. The resale values are low. Many people just don’t want them.

If they catch fire, the fire is extremely difficult to extinguish and produces extremely toxic smoke. I would not feel safe with an EV in my garage or near my house.

Gasoline-powered vehicles run very clean these days, producing minimal emissions, not like the days before emission controls and unleaded gas, which I remember.

Consumers should be able to choose what they drive, not have the government take away choice.

KEN DAWSON
CONSTANCE BAY

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