Lansdowne 2.0 not about the Redblacks, OSEG partners say | Letters to the Editor

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Ottawa needs modern transportation infrastructure, connecting regional crossings to perimeter bypasses to keep heavy freight out of urban cores. It is time for federal authorities to listen to their provincial partner and stop chasing outdated 20th-Century surface corridors.

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Patrick Bendin, Ottawa

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Climate change still matters

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I’m 12 years old. I have written to you before, about three years ago. Today I’m writing to you regarding the same topic: climate change.

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I know climate change won’t affect your future, but it will affect mine and many others my age. Day by day we’re lessening our time on Earth for this generation and those to come.

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How you may ask? Well look around and you’ll see. We’re tearing the ozone layer around the Earth, causing global warming.

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What can we do? Many things, including protesting and putting your voice into the world. Our voices are stronger together. They can’t ignore us when our voices are louder than theirs. Fight for the planet that we live on and will die on!

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Isla McClelland, Kanata

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A whale of a tale

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My interests lie in reading about archeology and paleo-biology and this is the first such article I have read which is both factual and easy to comprehend for the non-professional such as myself.

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Since my first visit to Mer Bleu years ago I have found the vast historical timelines tricky to put in place so I read this with huge pleasure. Mr. Boswell is also reminding us of the importance of our museums.

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Here is a very special kind of “story.” This is part of our local history! Canadian history!

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Thank you, Mr. Boswell, and the Ottawa Citizen.

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Patricia Anne Jeanjean, Ottawa

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It’s time to let election candidates know who we are

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A well-functioning democracy requires community level discussion and experimentation. It is at the community level where new ideas and approaches emerge that help the greater community — our province or nation — shape its values and culture.

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We have drifted into a societal change where university graduates dominate and economic growth has accrued to the more wealthy, as have economic and political controls. Unions have declined, as has their ability to speak for the average worker. We are no longer the democracy that enables social mobility and the sharing of wealth that we once were.

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The working poor with multiple-gig jobs are increasing, as are the homeless who could be our children or other family members. To wait for national change will take too long as policies shift to attract voters or deal with international challenges. So we need to start here. The homeless, inadequately housed and fed are here, in our community, in our Ottawa.

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If we can develop more caring and effective strategies, we can share experience with other communities and see a trickle-up effect that better reflects who we are.

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Let’s start now and let our election candidates know what we value, who we are.

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Michael Wiggin and Gill Magnan, Ottawa

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Turned off by garbage

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People generally drop garbage where there is garbage, break windows where there are broken windows, etc.

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Walking down a Centretown street yesterday was proof of at least the garbage attracting more of the same. The unsightly detritus (and I am not only referring to cigarette butts) was a turnoff and left me wondering, especially with a municipal election coming up, why those running don’t seem concerned enough to at least to have this on their to-do-list.