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By all means, let’s discuss political issues, policies and proposals. Free speech and free assembly are among the benefits of a democracy. But Alberta’s separatists now collude with U.S. officials in the State Department, meeting multiple times looking for support, and they think this is fine.
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When do we call this treason?
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Beverly Lemire, Edmonton
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Investigate U.S. for foreign influence
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Various letter-writers and commenters have discussed whether separatist leaders’ meetings with U.S. government officials constitutes treason. At the very least, U.S. funding the separatist campaign would be foreign interference.
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Who is paying for all the halls, hotels, Stampede grounds they are using? The RCMP and CSIS should be investigating. And the new foreign-influence appointee should put this at the top of his agenda.
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Greg McMaster, Edmonton
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Albertans at odds with UCP values
I, like most Albertans, feel anger at those in Alberta who want to separate from Canada. As well, most people in Canada, including some premiers, place the blame on Danielle Smith and I think rightly so.
Most people in Alberta, especially urban areas, feel like they have already been separated from their core values by the premier and her party. We support and respect our teachers and public education. We support our courts. We are against privatization of our health care. There already is a state of emergency in our hospitals. Our medical staff are way overworked and the morale is extremely low.
The people of Central Alberta would rather have a referendum on whether or not to build a new hospital in west Edmonton, than separating from Alberta.
Smith says she wants Alberta to remain in Canada, but she has given a nod and a wink to the extreme right wing of her party. I think most Albertans and Canadians don’t have a lot of trust in her and her government.
Jerome Hendrick, Edmonton
Time for Poilievre to step down
I have been a Conservative all my life, and voted accordingly. Mr. Poilievre should see the writing on the wall; it’s time to fade into the sunset and accept a cushy post of diplomat or similar position suitable for expired politicians.
To wit: He lost his seat in his own home riding during the last election; his own people didn’t want him. He promptly rushed into a safe seat in Alberta and won that with less support than previously gained by Damien Kurek, the incumbent who stepped down to allow Mr. Poilievre re-entry to the house.
He is losing MPs left and right to the other party and to early retirement of good politicians who are abandoning their post like the proverbial rats leaving a sinking ship. He is a career politician: That has become normal in today’s world, but here in Alberta we still like representatives that have had a bit of dirt under their nails at some point in their lives.
Roger Kehoe, Edmonton
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