Calgary Sun Letters, October 26, 2026; ‘Carney will not stay’

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One & done

Mark Carney will be a one-time prime minister and move back to the US Before the next election, as his popularity begins to fade, he will announce that he has achieved what he set out to do, namely get Canada into the European Union as an associate member, which will likely be a lucrative arrangement for many of his European contacts. He will also have implemented his many government programs that will somehow manage to benefit Brookfield’s extensive portfolio and the Carney family for generations. He will have collected many awards from the many countries in which he has provided Canadian taxpayers’ money and that will look good on his resume to the UN and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) organization. Meanwhile, Canadians will be left to try to pick up the pieces of their lives in a country whose finances will be like that of Greece, which had to be bailed out by the IMF in 2010-2015. To repay this, Greece had to implement deep public spending cuts, tax increases, pension reforms and privatizations – things the liberal government does not want to do now, but a subsequent government will be forced to do later. Britain had warned us that Mark Carney has a ‘reverse Midas touch’ and that his economic approach and political views have proved disastrous for Britain. Until now, under Carney’s prime minister, Canadians’ financial prospects and living standards have continued to slide downwards. It seems that Britain was right.

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TONY BORBELLY

(We’ll learn Carney’s motivation, and effectiveness, in time)

Must be challenged

Albertans learned a lot during the referendum debate. How a democratic process can work, hearing opinions of others for or against the ballots. Looking back, in many ways it was a relief. However, I am concerned about impulsive views offered by so-called expert political analysts. I would expect trustworthy reporters, especially those with TV news, to challenge these “experts” to provide factual evidence or objective research on which to base their opinions. I suspect that many of those views, especially from university political scientists, are their own narrow beliefs. Fortunately, we have seen Albertans make informed decisions despite hearsay or an undefined point of view offered as fact. Voters need accurate objective evidence. Otherwise it’s just a volatile personal opinion and we see too many of those on social media.

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TOM BRENN

(After seeing the numbers, it seems Albertans were pretty clear with what they wanted)

Missing in action

Many would say that Canada’s existence was on the line with the Alberta referendum. I would like to talk about the complete absence and negligence of a federal leader during the Alberta referendum campaign. That would be Avi Lewis, federal leader of the NDP. The NDP leader of Canada did not set foot in Alberta during the campaign. No door knocking, no speeches, no rallies and zero campaigns in Alberta. So what was the reason Lewis turned his back on Alberta and Canada in the referendum? Could it be, ideologically the man hates Alberta and Albertans know that? Could it be that his position that every drop of Alberta oil should be left in the ground, destroying our oil industry, would not be popular here in Alberta? What was the reason why the federal leader of the NDP was not here? Until this question is answered by the NDP, Albertans should be hesitant to give the NDP political or financial support.

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CHRIS ROBERTSON, Stony Plain

(A visit would certainly have raised some uncomfortable questions, especially in this day and age)

‘Munich’ once again

The name “Munich” became synonymous with treachery and craven appeasement due to the Munich Agreement of September 1938 with leaders of Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy, who decided Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany. Important to note: Czechoslovakia itself was not a party to the negotiations. With Presidents Trump and Putin brokering a pact going over President Zelenskyy’s head, it looks like Ukraine is going through another “Munich” again.

OREST SLEPOKURA

(Any pact on the region must include input from Ukraine)

Senate needs a shakeup

In the opinion of many Albertans, the federal government and many Easterners consider Alberta to be its colony and only good for the revenue it brings to the country. Although it is a country similar to ours, this does not happen in our neighboring country south of the border, the United States. In the United States, all states are considered equal because they each have only two senators in their senate. The provinces of Quebec and Ontario say this is because of their large populations. But if you add the population of Alberta and BC together, their population is larger than that of Quebec, and they only have 12 senators when combined compared to Quebec’s 26. Here in Canada, the population of a province in our House of Commons is determined by the number of members, or members of parliament, it represents in the house. This is similar to the United States, where the population of a state is represented in Congress by the number of members of Congress. We should restructure our Senate so that all our provinces have the same number of senators regardless of population. Then all our provinces would feel equal to each other.

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ED CORSON

(It would be an uphill climb to change the composition of the Senate, but change is clearly needed)

Bathroom humor

Since the orange man is changing the names of the oceans and lakes in his unjust honor, may I suggest Canada change the names of toilet facilities in public places, restaurants and bars? The Donald. Hey, where’s Donald? I have to take a trump!

PAUL MCKAY

(We see what you did there)

Need a federal election

The result of the vote was not a success for everyone in Canada. There should never have been a vote to leave Canada; it should have been a federal election. Mainly because the same problems and issues are still burning there and fueling discontent and division. Really people moving from other parties to another party just to keep a federal government alive is downright horrible. For almost 12 years, a cloud has been hanging over Canada and the storm is now moving towards Quebec.

WAYNE ROBERTSON, Chatham, Ont.

(Judging by recent polls, a federal election may not have changed much)

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Road parts

With all the cement parts going up along Macleod Trail and elsewhere, should the city really put what are basically flat sidewalks on either side of these things? A sloping sidewalk would deter people from crossing between intersections and killing the road. Leaning would also allow a vehicle to move back into the lane without the risk of the back end of the vehicle swinging into the next lane.

GLENN W. HARRISON

(Whichever is the safer way)

Change time

The ski hills complain about the time change hurting their business. Instead of the whole province changing, why don’t they just open an hour earlier and close an hour earlier?

PETER SCHECSY

(We hope this has been considered)

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