Letters to the Editor, April 14, 2026

Published Apr 14, 2026  •  Last updated 18 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

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BATTLE IN THE NDP
Re “NDP makes left turn” (Brian Lilley, March 30): The NDP leadership convention was a timely and significant event, demonstrating why the party has slipped from 103 seats to six, in 14 years. It is a rare occurrence that a federal party is at so many loggerheads with so many of its provincial cousins. To date, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, and B.C. have issues with the federal party on policies — resource development, high cost of groceries, banking, pharmaceuticals, among others, with other provincial parties yet to be heard from. It would be a huge surprise to many Canadians if most of these left-leaning policies attracted any more voters than those who showed up for the convention.

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Duane Sharp
Mississauga

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(The NDP is so out of touch with reality, it’s hard to imagine any sort of return to normalcy)

QUITTING THE BOSS
Perhaps Brian Lilley has not heard the saying that employees do not quit their job but rather quit their boss (“Tories can thank Donald Trump with Mark Carney on verge of majority,” April 12). This applies equally to political parties and that has nothing to do with U.S. President Donald Trump. Conservative Party, please wake up. Leadership matters, experiences matters, character matters. Time for Pierre Poilievre to go.

Brad Vollmershausen
Port Dover, Ont.

(No one seems to be organizing against him … yet)

FOR THE WIN
Re “Common sense trumps political correctness” (Editorial, March 30): I agree with this op-ed piece, including the conclusions in the final paragraph. We don’t hear about many — or maybe any — female-to-male athletes rushing to compete in competitive male sports. This leaves me to wonder if it’s really about competing, or just about winning.

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Paul Maginn
Toronto

(It’s just shocking we are still having this conversation about men in women’s sports. If you look at the stats of the men who have gone to compete against women, their stats against male athletes is usually abysmal and miraculously improve when competing against women)

HEAD COUNT
If, as Prime Minister Mark Carney says, this is “not a time for politics as usual,” why doesn’t he form a coalition government of all the parties to deal with the national emergency? But then he’d have to consider what’s in MPs’ heads — instead of just counting them.

Paul Keery
Brampton

(He has no interest in that kind of consensus)

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