YOU SAID IT: How can we trust Jagmeet Singh?

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HOW CAN WE TRUST SINGH?

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Re: Singh: time for a solo; Still stands with PM but rules out coalition repeat, Dec. 29

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How can Canadians trust Singh?

After Jagmeet Singh joined with Justin Trudeau to form a socialist coalition, why would voters ever trust him to not repeat that? This move was purely self-serving on his part. Singh only received 17 per cent of the popular vote last election and his party has 25 seats. Singh obviously has enjoyed being “king maker” by keeping reckless-spending Trudeau in power. For his support, Singh extracted a dental plan and now wants a pharmacare plan.

Let’s not forget Singh has previously opined that he has no time for Conservatives and would do whatever it takes to keep them from forming the government. That alone certainly seems to negate what Singh is now saying.

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Canadians are seeing first-hand the cost of a socialist coalition and should vote to prevent that ever happening again.

LARRY COMEAU

OTTAWA

WHATEVER YOU SAY, JAGMEET

Jagmeet Singh and Justin Trudeau are two peas in a pod. Singh saying he rules out any future coalition is the material yuk yuks use — anyone who has supported Trudeau on the policies that hurt so many Canadians is hypocritical, to say the least. It would be nice if the PM took him to one of those islands he visits for a retirement gift.

PETE MCLELLAN

BROCKVILLE

MINISTER ON A MISSION

Minister Steven Guilbeault is on a mission. No thought has been given to mandating EV hell on the public, just forge ahead into EV oblivion. Charging stations must be upgraded for condo towers and apartment buildings. Our daytime electricity use may be limited because of demand unless infrastructure is upgraded so thousands can charge EVs in the evening. EVs are also unsafe and unreliable in Canada’s climate.

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Besides, I thought we had choices in this country.

BILL MCINTYRE

OTTAWA

GOOD FOLKS ON THE BRINK

Re: A year of challenges, achievements and tragedy for Ottawa restaurants in 2023, online, Dec. 29

The good folks who run many of our small-business restaurants are on the brink. The pandemic loans given to them by the feds are due and this could be the end game for some. These loans would never have been necessary had all levels of government not forced a punitive, draconian mandate on the people, forcing many businesses to close their doors for extended periods of time.

I am certainly not one to forgive loans, but these should be, or at least another extension put on them. Let us remember that, although this is a fat-cat, spoiled government town, not everyone is a well-paid public servant.

STEPHEN FLANAGAN

OTTAWA

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