National Post readers speak out on the issues of the day, including Canada\u0027s fallen general, the Pope\u0027s apology, the \u0027Oscar slap\u0027 and Trudeau/Singh Inc.
It didn’t take long for our sort of freshly minted federal government to vigorously renew its attacks on the oil industry and therefore Alberta. As an Albertan, I get the message: Trudeau/Singh Inc. don’t want Alberta to remain in Canada. Destroying the oil industry by regulating it out of existence is official federal policy. Devastating the Alberta economy and the well-being of its citizens is just a bit of collateral damage in the noble and urgent quest to save the world.
During the First World War, from a total pre-war population of 242,000, Newfoundland and Labrador sent 12,000 military personnel to fight in the Allied forces. They knew that numerically they could make only a small contribution to a war effort in which millions fought. Yet Newfoundland sacrificed at great cost to a small country and per-capita suffered the highest rates of casualties. Like Newfoundland and Labrador then, Canada today should do its share to fight the enemy climate change.
And what about the promises dangled in front of us during last fall’s election? Trudeau promised $4.5 billion over five years for mental health. The money was to be a direct transfer to the provinces, he said. Has anybody seen any money yet? Mental illness costs our society billions every year. If we can afford to pay for braces and fillings, surely we can afford some psychological care for our seriously mentally ill.
I agree with Taylor that something needs to be done in order to “turbo-boost” the housing supply. What about focusing on malls and major rapid transit sites? Once development is complete on Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre site, the population there is expected to exceed that of many Ontario towns. With intelligent design, I believe it is possible for high vertical densities to provide attractive, spacious and affordable housing for young families wishing to live in an urban environment.
Tool makers sent a man to the moon, constructed the printing presses for newspapers, built many diagnostic machines that are in our hospitals, and even built the infamous Avro Arrow. But these were built by a generation of tool makers who are now disappearing. Much of what we use is no longer built in this country.
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