Letters: 'Elbows up' sends wrong message
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Citizens are not opponents to be boxed out or intimidated. This kind of posturing replaces dialogue with division, and trust with fear.
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Our UCP government claims to want to make our communities safe but takes away speed limit enforcement tools from our policing services, turning what should be safe highways into unsafe and dangerous roadways.
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David Field, Calgary
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Kudos to Stampede parade
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Don Braid said it all, in his beautifully articulated column.
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Congratulations to the Stampede Parade planners . . . what an amazing, creative entry of floats. They certainly covered our diversity as a city and country — inclusiveness, patriotism. Thank you.
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Yes we have a history with American people, we have upheld our part in a loyal, welcoming, accepting friendship, because this is who we are as Canadians.
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Violet Lazorko, Calgary
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What's really behind Carney's winks?
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On June 30, Prime Minister Mark Carney said — not for the first time — that Canada is 'the most European of non-European countries.' He also said it in May, in France, and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said it in an interview with the BBC. It's obviously a deliberate talking point.
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What's weird about it is that Carney and Joly offer no explanation. Is he currying favour on his European tours?
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Next came the article on Carney's winking from Joseph Brean, who said, 'Winking is a high-wire act. If it goes badly, it could go very badly.'
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I feel Carney is guilty of tomfoolery. He should give an account of his former work with U.K., Royals, Brookfield holdings, and stop acting like he has something up his sleeve with his winking.
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John Bates, Calgary
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We need more bike lanes, not fewer
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Perhaps the discussion to shut down bike lanes is birthed in an attempt to gain votes without any future foresight. I'd love to ride my pedal bike in bike lines all over the place.
But what's truly interesting is the growth in e-bikes. People who ride these are growing in number every day. If we have bike lanes, we have a safe place for them, too.
Let's find a way to get more people on bikes instead of shutting down bike lanes.
Art Vesterdal, Calgary
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