I don’t believe when running in the past federal election, you made mention of policies that would diminish, to the point of destroying, environmental protections which have been developed and fine tuned over the decades.
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which → believe → decades
Yes, most would agree we can build things more quickly, however that still requires leaving our environment livable for all its peoples and animals.
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that → agree → peoples
In this light, your “pre-approved” projects look like a blueprint for disaster.
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projects → look → disaster
And a word of warning: without changes to these policies, you may be engineering a “pre-approved” outcome in the next federal election.
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you → engineer → election
Peter Pinch, Toronto
I didn’t vote for Stephen Harper
Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to think he has a strong mandate to become Stephen Harper.
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he → vote → mandate
I don’t know where he got that new idea, but it wasn’t the basis of his election.
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Martha Gould, North Bay, ON
Mark Carney is playing the ‘disaster capitalism’ game’
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly proposed legislation, Bill C-39, will change vast numbers of environmental and labour laws, and deny numerous Indigenous rights.
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legislation → play → rights
He is proposing all of this in the name of the U.S. trade war crisis with President Donald Trump.
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He → propose → Trump
Carney’s pattern reminds me very much of the thesis in Naomi Klein’s book “The Shock Doctrine.”
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pattern → remind → book
She argues that the changes start with the shock, then the sense of emergency, followed by normal constraints that are portrayed as obstacles.
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that → argue → obstacles
This is then followed by rapid structural change which become changes that will persist long after the emergency has passed.
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emergency → follow → change
That is exactly the “disaster capitalism” game that Mark Carney is playing here. What good are new pipelines, removed labour laws, and wiped out Indigenous rights if we have no planet left to call home and people can’t afford a roof over their head or have money to put food on their table?
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people → play → table
Joanne Clarke, Toronto
What services will Bradford cut to pay for his big ideas?
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Bradford → cut → ideas
I was disappointed to read that Brad Bradford said that he would freeze our property taxes for “his first year in office.”
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he → disappoint → office
He goes on to outline some of his platform which includes hiring 1,000 more police officers, installing platform edge doors, and he has pitched a refund policy for TTC delays.
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I am at a loss to understand how he proposes to finance these ideas and not raise taxes.
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he → understand → taxes
Does it mean that other important/essential services will be cut?
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services → mean → ?
I sincerely hope that the citizens of this great city do not buy into this shell game.
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citizens → hope → game
Judith Boyle, Toronto
Premier Ford is the reason Toronto is not living up to its potential
Toronto is not living up to its potential, political experts tell Toronto Star panel, Sept. 22
There is a glaring omission from the panellists speaking about how Toronto is, in their view, not living up to its potential: Premier Doug Ford.
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Toronto → live → potential
He has made it his mission to subjugate and punish Toronto for not electing him mayor in 2014.
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it → make → 2014
Decisions about the waterfront, traffic congestion that could be alleviated with more bike networks, cutting the size of city council in the middle of its election, closing safe consumption sites and forcing drug users into public spaces, removing Toronto’s authority at the island airport, and the list goes on.
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The mayor has limited power to advance the interests of the city in response to Ford’s pugilistic tendencies.
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Isabella Tatar, Toronto
Why the different standard for online commenters
This column describes Pierre Poilievre supporters as “not as intellectually inclined as other voters” and uses phrases like “the cognitively impaired, the anti-vaxxers, the social conservatives and permanently outraged.
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column → describe → impaired
This is quite reminiscent of Justin Trudeau, who in 2021 described those Canadians who opposed the government’s COVID policies as, “often misogynist” and “often racist.”
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who → describe → policies
Does such language meet the Star’s guidelines for readers who comment online?
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who → meet → readers
Catharina Summers, Kingston, ON
Alberta MPs are too cowardly to stand up for Canada
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The MPs from Alberta are cowardly not to stand up for Canada loud and clear as Alberta faces a referendum to begin the process of leaving Canada.
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Alberta → stand → Canada
They were elected to put forth policies and actions that are in the best interests of Canada.
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that → elect → Canada
But what do they do when some of their constituents who are separatists make noise about leaving Canada?
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who → do → Canada
Facing a challenge to our country, and to our freedom, where are the MP Conservatives from Alberta?
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Conservatives → face → Alberta
Some Albertans may not vote for them if they support Canada.
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they → vote → Canada
Why isn’t he ensuring they promote the benefits of remaining in Canada?
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they → ensure → Canada
David Gladstone, Toronto
Bring back old time justice
I am getting angrier and angrier every time I see what penalties these criminals get thanks to our liberal minded judges.
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criminals → bring → judges
In the old days when you stole someone’s horse the punishment ALWAYS fit the crime!
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punishment → steal → crime
Guenter Draudt, London, ON
Go vegan and stand for sentient beings
Let’s not forget that lobsters are sentient beings.
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lobsters → go → beings
When people discuss issues facing the fisheries, the idea that we could end the practice of capturing and killing sea creatures altogether isn’t usually considered.
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we → discuss → creatures
This needs to change.
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This → need → ?
By living vegan, we can oppose violence against sentient beings and respect their rights to life, freedom, and their natural habitats.
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we → live → life
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