Star reader Susan Mayrand hits the nail on the head in questioning Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Mayrand → hit → Carney
Many Canadians who supported him in 2025 are now wondering if the government they voted for really reflects their expectations.
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What concerns me is Carney’s increasing emphasis on economic interests and corporate investment at a time when Canadians also want the federal government to protect the public interest.
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Canada’s governments were once more visibly focused on the social responsibilities of government — on governing for citizens, not just the economy.
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governments → focus → citizens
Where are the politicians willing to stand up to Carney?
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politicians → stand → Carney
Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, would accelerate approvals for major projects and expand the federal government’s ability to designate Regions of National Interest.
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Bill → accelerate → Interest
In doing so, it would fundamentally change how existing environmental, social and other protections are weighed against the goal of rapid economic development.
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protections → do → development
Our MPs have a responsibility to scrutinize this legislation carefully and put the public ahead of political convenience or career considerations.
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MPs → have → convenience
Do what is right for Canada.
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Make Carney lose his majority.
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In this month’s Vancouver elections, formal party affiliations will be front-and-centre among leading mayoral and council candidates.
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This is partly a function of the unusual practice on the part of Vancouver and other large cities in British Columbia of electing councillors at large rather than for wards.
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Vancouver voters select up to their top 10 picks from a list of more than 50 candidates.
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It’s a daunting selection to make, and it means there is no designated neighbourhood representation nor any assurance of geographic diversity on council.
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It also means that a viable council campaign has to be citywide, which is much easier if you have a party apparatus behind you.
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So while the at-large system may have fuelled the rise of municipal parties — with their potential benefits for policy development and accountability — it also suppresses voter engagement and diminishes the quality of representation we ultimately get.
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Kevin Hanson, Vancouver
Dupe West
I have now read and filled out my mail-in ballots for the Oct. 19 votes.
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Like many others, I am appalled by the brazen attempts to create a set of questions seemingly designed to dupe Albertans into supporting a particular agenda — but I do have questions that I haven’t heard answered or seen any reporting on.
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I → appal → reporting
Apart from the concerns about what “reasonable” and “fair” actually mean, to what immigrants do the questions refer?
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questions → mean → what
Temporary workers who pick our fruits and vegetables or who work in meat plants?
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Graduate students who come from all corners the world to partner with students and faculty at our universities and make new discoveries?
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who → come → discoveries
Or perhaps refugees who escape violence with nothing but the shirts on their backs?
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who → escape → backs
The UCP should clarify this.
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UCP → clarify → this
D.G. Marshall, Calgary
Stop replacing more with less
The $1.5 billion program to help non-profits aquire affordable rental properties
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is welcome news, but there’s an easier way to prevent the loss of existing affordable rental housing: we need to ban demovictions of purpose-built rental buildings.
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Thousands of Toronto residents are facing or have already faced eviction from their affordable rental homes so that developers can replace them with taller buildings containing smaller units leased at market-rate rents, without rent control.
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developers → face → control
Banning demovictions would prevent the loss of these affordable rentals without using taxpayer dollars.
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Barbi Lazarus, Toronto
Copping out on public safety
The arrest of a former health-care worker who is facing dozens of theft and fraud charges across Ontario hospitals exposes a staggering security failure.
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who → cop → failure
By withholding critical details about how these crimes occurred, the Ontario Provincial Police is allowing staff and patients to remain needlessly at risk.
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staff → withhold → risk
The public deserves to know how a single employee was able to systematically plunder restricted wards and rooms across five facilities over two years.
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employee → deserve → years
The OPP’s information blackout directly prevents current patients and staff from taking targeted, proactive measures to safeguard their personal belongings and financial information while inside these institutions.
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blackout → prevent → institutions
Vague warnings to “check bank statements” are entirely reactive and come too late.
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warnings → check → statements
By prioritizing tight-lipped secrecy over transparency, police are hindering public awareness.
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police → prioritize → awareness
We cannot protect our property or fix broken hospital security if we are kept in the dark about these failures.
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The OPP must release the details immediately.
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OPP → release → details
It’s not easy being Greenland
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The recent two-part agreement signed by Denmark, Greenland and the United States has been presented as a success story by the three countries involved.
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agreement → sign → countries
One part of the agreement allows the U.S. to increase its military presence in Greenland.
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The other part gives the Americans final say as to which countries will have access to Greenland’s natural resources.
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countries → give → resources
Within the past year, the U.S. has threatened the annexation of Greenland, suggesting it would use whatever means necessary to achieve its goal, including — or at least not excluding — use of military force.
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…and 15 more, not listed.
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