Letters for Sept. 22: Youth brigade to protect forests?

Wildfires in Canada and the toxic air quality that results are now a yearly occurrence. A recent letter to the editor from someone in Charlottetown, P.E.I., suggested the federal government create a national forest service employing Canada’s youth to maintain forests much like many Indigenous groups have done, using prescribed burns as part of the solution.

What a great idea; I hope our governments, both federal and provincial, consider this.

So Prime Minister Mark Carney thinks Canada shares the same values and priorities as the EU. Clearly, he does not know the EU’s strict rules and regs that differ greatly from Canadian ‘standards.’ Goods must comply with EU regulations on animal health, plant health, consumer safety, and specific labelling requirements. For example: hormones in meats, GMO crops and foods and digital standards.

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Carney sees “subsea communications” and “new satellite networks.” I see our Bill C-22 (lawful-access surveillance) being unacceptable. He sees no visas for Canadians living and working in EU states. I see our reciprocity and the EU unloading its uncontrolled population problem onto Canadian shores. He sees fertilizer exports. I see the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

Let’s be honest — Rachel Notley became premier, and the NDP won the election, and Calgary-Shaw, in 2015, because of vote splitting caused by Danielle Smith’s floor-crossing to the Conservatives.

Last Monday, Smith’s UCP lost Calgary-Shaw again because she crossed the floor on the majority of Albertans who love their country and want to be part of Canada.

Smith should resign as premier of Alberta because she does not represent Albertans, or Canadians for that matter.