Your letters: Fiscal management needs more than prayers​on February 11, 2025 at 1:00 pm

While many of us question faith in the Alberta government, a contingent of Alberta officials are praying for their jobs at the U.S. National Prayer Breakfast. Listen to this event online and ask yourself if this is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars.

Do you want your hard-earned money going toward hobnobbing at an event for American exceptionalism?

A lot less brought down the government of Alison Redford.

Kate Chidester, Calgary

Is there any compelling reason Alberta taxpayers’ money is spent to send Health Minister Adriana LaGrange and Mental Health and Addiction Minister Dan Williams to attend the U.S. National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.?

While Alberta’s in-crisis health ministry certainly needs prayers these days, would those said right here in Alberta not suffice, supplemented by thousands of dollars saved and put to use keeping cancer patients out of storage rooms or hospital hallways?

The fact that the Washington event coincided with news about the UCP government interfering in procurement at AHS and Alberta Health underscores the depth of the malaise within the ministry, now the subject of investigations by the auditor general and reported to the RCMP.

We should all pray.

Terry Downey, Calgary

Coun. Evan Spencer writes that with political parties, councillors are pressured to vote along ideological lines.

I wonder why Spencer and others consistently voted with the 8-6 majority. Not ideological reasons?

Let me guess, only the majority eight had the “best interests” of constituents at heart. Maybe I will start believing in rainbows and unicorns, too.

At least with parties, we know what we are voting for, unlike the current mayor who decided to announce a climate emergency once in office, but never once mentioned doing so during the campaign.

Unaffiliated candidates are Trojan horses, demonstrated time and time again.

Jason New, Priddis