YOU SAID IT: Undercover Americans

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Looks like American tourists will have to go back to wearing Canadian flag patches when they go abroad as their government turns its back on its staunchest historical allies. Think about how close Americans and Canadians are when the former seek to pass themselves off as the latter, ashamed of the actions of their leaders.

Why would anyone want to form any kind of partnership with such an unreliable ally when they have proven they will toss you aside at a whim? They’re even threatening to take over their most peaceful neighbour! It is time for Canada to disentangle itself from putting all its economic eggs in one basket and seek alliances elsewhere.

Canadians may squabble among themselves, but they always come together to face real and present danger. America is at war with itself, a profoundly wounded beast, and it is unlikely that it will succeed in preventing its own implosion, so it’s just as well we look for more stable partners. We were becoming too much like them anyway, now starting to experience American-style problems such as rampant drug use, homelessness and crime in our streets. They are a bad influence on us. Time to change course.

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Stay strong, Canada. You have dealt with tyrants before. Canadians are not afraid to roll up their sleeves when necessary.

Oh, and let’s charge them 100 per cent tariffs for those Canadian flag patches.

BURTON BLAIS
ADDISON, ONT.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Re: Trudeau billed taxpayers $1,515 a week for groceries, records reveal, online, Feb. 28

I am all in for Trudeau-bashing, but give it a break. No leader of any country is eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches five days a week, least of all one in charge of a G7 country.

We should not bury ourselves in petty politics with everything else that is going on.

What Justin Trudeau has done to this country is truly unforgivable, but keep focused on the big picture at the risk of sounding just plain whiney.

Do not waste your time being “penny-wise and dollar-foolish” or is that now “nickel-wise and loonie-foolish”? Although it might be a little late for (expensive orange-juice imbiber) Bev Oda.

WAYNE BOYCE
CARLETON PLACE

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