YOU SAID IT: Champagne unconvincing

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Listening to Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s latest comments on CTV was absolutely nauseating.

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I don’t know how many times he said the ever-rising carbon tax was putting more money in the pockets of Canadians. So let’s put more people in the poor house so we can reduce the 1.5 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions Canada contributes to the planet.

No matter how much he thinks his sham talking points are convincing us, Canadian are just not that stupid.

GISELE LAVICTOIRE
ORLÉANS

R.I.P., ERIC CARMEN

Re: Hungry Eyes singer dead at 74, March 13

Nothing makes me happier than when a band covers an oldies song and the song sounds as good or better than the original.

A-ha sang Lennon’s #9 Dream and it is amazing. Leonid & Friends sing Chicago’s songs and, no offence to Chicago, but they’re even better than Chicago. This brings me to The Killers. The Killers sang my favourite Raspberries song and I must say, it’s pretty darn good.

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So, with Go All the Way in mind, not to mention Hungry Eyes and All By Myself, I remember Eric Carmen for some great tunes to dance to and sing along to as well.

Rest in peace, Eric Carmen.

JILL YOUNG
OTTAWA

JUST SHUT IT ALL DOWN

The RCAF pilot training school is being closed. I realize our politicians can’t recognize anything honourable, but I feel they should shut down our military before they remove all the respect it has earned through the years. It is hard for me to witness the destruction of what was once recognized as a great nation. How can they feel good about themselves for doing a terrible job?

PETE MCLELLAN
BROCKVILLE

CEASEFIRE CALLS DISTURBING

I find the idea of calling for an Israeli ceasefire in Gaza very disturbing. There was a ceasefire before Oct 7. There can’t be a ceasefire until Hamas both surrenders and releases all of its hostages, as Hamas has already threatened to repeat what occurred on Oct. 7 until Israel is eliminated. In my opinion, calling for an Israeli ceasefire is terribly antisemitic.

MIKE SHURTLIFF
KANATA

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