Here are today’s letters from the Ottawa Sun to the editor.
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Being made fun of is a depreciating experience that often engenders anger. Often we come later with cutting remarks that we wish we had thought of at the time. Sometimes our minds become obsessed with revenge.
Last month, I was tidying up our storage room in the basement with the intention of recycling or reusing things that had accumulated over the years, but would probably not be reused. The first thing I did was move my decades-old golf bag to the farthest corner to put it out of the way. Then I stared at him, remembering many infuriating situations those golf clubs had gotten me into. When I turned away, my imagination conjured up the sound of a sneer coming from behind my back. I turned around and looked at the clubs.
It was then that thoughts of revenge commandeered my mind. I grabbed the bag and headed to the outside shed, which has a workbench. First I clamped my #1 pilot in the vise, then grabbed my hacksaw while vengefully shouting, “Down!” Soon after, an assortment of golf club heads littered the floor.
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I’ve been taking a leisurely stroll through my wife’s garden lately and can’t help but smile every time I look at one of her shiny new handle garden stakes. Revenge is sweet and calorie free.
LLOYD ATKINS
VERNON, BC
(We’d be hard pressed to find a better use for golf clubs.)
USA KNOWS BEST
Subject: US Rejects National Carbon Tax, Editorial, August 14
Hey, even US President Joe Biden or whoever actually runs the show isn’t dumb enough to impose a carbon tax on US citizens. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his adviser may be right to impose an economically disastrous carbon tax on a country that produces only 1.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Or maybe they’re right in trying to keep our cleaner fossil fuel resources in the ground as the world continues to buy them from dirtier sources. It’s a good thing we got rid of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the one with a degree in economics.
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MIKE SHURTLIFF
KANATA
(We’re sure it has nothing to do with politics and America’s aversion to taxes of any kind.)
DISASTING SITUATION
Re: Who can heal us? ; Neither the Ford government nor the opposition have solutions to hospital staffing problems, column, August 4
I fear that despite assurances from Ontario government officials that they are doing all they can to address the shortage of healthcare workers in emergency rooms and hospitals, nurses will continue to s burn out, retire or seek employment elsewhere.
Obviously nurses are the backbone of the system. As the pandemic has exacerbated the shortage of healthcare workers, the healthcare system has been systematically underfunded for decades. A recent study revealed that there are 45,000 vacancies in the healthcare field in Ontario. The nurses are forced to pick up the slack, but, more importantly, they burn out and lose hope. Too much emphasis on internationally educated nurses to fill the void is wrong and will only trigger more problems with regulatory colleges and the licensing of new nurses from other countries.
When trying to avert future catastrophe, why not seriously consider the five workable solutions offered by health care representatives?
ROBERT ARIANO
SCARBOROUGH
(Fixing a mess left by previous Liberal governments can’t be done overnight.)
