YOU SAID IT: Spending gone off the tracks

SPENDING GONE OFF THE TRACKS

Re: First leg of new high-speed rail project chosen, Dec. 13

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So the feds are going to go ahead with a high-speed rail system from Toronto to Quebec City, from one centre of the universe to the other, seeing as the rest of the country doesn’t matter. Another waste of money. The cost is projected to be anywhere from $60 billion to $90 billion, and even then I doubt it will be finished on time or on budget.

We have much more dire issues that need to be dealt with other than providing special treatment for a small minority of Canada’s population.

In case you haven’t noticed, the Liberals have all but bankrupted this country already, so adding more debt for something that most of us will never be alive long enough to see come to fruition is the definition of insanity.

This is the epitome of fiscal irresponsibility. Who cares whether Canadians can afford to house or feed themselves, right? We’ll just keep being taxed to the eyeballs to pay for it all.

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SANDY JOHNSTON
GREELY

SPINNING LIKE LINDA BLAIR

Well, I am absolutely gobsmacked to think our ever-prudent federal Liberals are proceeding with a high-speed rail link for the mere initial price tag of $60 billion to $90 billion, and we can rest assured there will be no cost overruns.

When completed, it will reduce travel times from Ottawa to Montreal from two hours to one hour. All of this to buy votes in the major urban areas along its path.

Is it really any wonder Alberta’s talk of separation grows ever louder?

My head is spinning in circles so much thinking about this that I look like Linda Blair from The Exorcist.

WAYNE BOYCE
CARLETON PLACE

NO PAYMENTS FOR QUEBEC

Quebec is projected to receive $13.9 billion in equalization payments in fiscal 2026-2027. Provinces like Quebec who refuse to develop their own natural resources to contribute to their own welfare or that of Canada as a whole should not be eligible for these payments, period. Let’s face it, they are living on the backs of provinces who do and on the backs of the rest of Canadians. It’s past time for a change.

Let Quebec sink or swim on its own. Perhaps then more sensible, cooler heads would prevail in that province.

BETTY-ANNE TREMBLAY
OTTAWA

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