Today’s Letters: Mark Carney is welcome in Nepean riding

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The priority is Trump, remember?

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Really, Randall Denley? Did you forget that the priority topic is managing Donald Trump? Adding an infantile problem about Mark Carney not being a good fit for Nepean isn’t helping.

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Carney, his wife and four children are very welcome to represent Nepean. This is an amazing family with strong family values. The people of Nepean would love Mark Carney to be our MP.

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You say that Nepean has an ethnic mix not suited to Carney. I will remind you that as the Governor of the Bank of Canada, his policies were squarely aimed at helping ethnic minorities and addressing wealth inequality. He is the only prime ministerial candidate with a longstanding respect and admiration from key leaders in the European Union, United Kingdom, United States and other countries.

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Nepean welcomes Mark Carney and his family with open arms.

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David A. Hayes, Ottawa

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Electoral protest group picked wrong riding

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While I agree with much of what Brigitte Pellerin wrote about the involvement of the “Longest Ballot Committee” in the election campaign in Carleton riding, there is one omission in her story: the LBC’s choice of riding in which to make its point.

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The party that has profited by far the most from the first-past-the-post electoral system is the Liberal party. In both 2019 and 2021, the Conservatives received more votes than the Liberals; the first-past-the-post system has prevented them forming government for the past six years. The Conservatives are the victims of that system.

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In 2015 Justin Trudeau promised to end the first-past-the-post system, only to renege once he realized how important it was to his party. Logically, then, the LBC should make its protest in Mark Carney’s Nepean riding.

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The man behind this antic, Tomas Szuchewycz, claims that his organization had the resources to target the Conservatives in Carleton, but not the Liberals in Nepean. What resources? The LBC candidates all have Szuchewycz as their agent, and they are not required to put down a deposit. If he found nearly 90 “candidates” in Carleton, he should have had no difficulty finding a similar number in Nepean, and that would have made the protest infinitely more meaningful.

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Anthony Kellett, Ottawa

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A shoutout to our snow removal company

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All our snow removal contracts were completed on April 1. But Mother Nature didn’t receive the memo. How fortunate we were to have a courtesy snow removal after 16 cm fell on us April 8. Thank you to Capital Snow Removal for all you do for your clients.

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Edna Mackenzie, Stittsville

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