PLANE VIRUS
Re “Jet turned away from Motor City” (Denette Wilford, May 22): An Air France plane heading from Paris to Detroit was diverted to Montreal due to having a passenger onboard who travelled to an African country with an Ebola outbreak. New U.S. regulations say passengers arriving from one of these countries may only enter the U.S. via Washington Dulles International airport. If that is the case, why was the plane not diverted to Washington vs flying to Montreal? Is potentially exposing Canada to a risk the U.S. deems high to warrant their new regulation part of a new free trade agreement?
Karen Martin Pickering
Perhaps it’s time Canada considers a similar law as the U.S. to safeguard our citizens from a potentially deadly virus.
SNOWBIRDS’ WINGS CLIPPED
Does it surprise anyone to read the Liberals’ financial plan to ground the Snowbirds until at least 2030? Mark Carney sends $52 billion to Ukraine while Canadians line up at food banks, plans high-speed Alto trains costing $90 billion, confiscates firearms from licensed hunters and sport shooters with costs climbing close to a billion dollars while criminals shoot up our cities with impunity. This clearly illustrates what happens when a Liberal government gets their hands on the Canadian treasury, cheered on by low-information voters.
Tom Empey, Belleville
Half the country deemed it acceptable to reelect the Liberals, in spite of a lost decade of economic growth and prosperity. But, hey, elbows up! Note the sarcasm.
CALAMITY ON COUNCIL
Re “Councillor gets only partial bailout on legal fees for integrity complaint” (Justin Holmes, May 22): How does council justify raising the limit on the taxpayers to cover legal fees when a councillor crosses the line. It just goes to show how out of touch these councillors are and most — especially Paula Fletcher and Chris Moise — should be voted out next election for the sake of the overburdened taxpayers. And how convenient Olivia Chow was missing from the vote. Hopefully people will wake up and elect people next election without a sense of entitlement.
Sylvia Saunder
Most of these councillors couldn’t run a lemonade stand because they would bankrupt it. To the constituents who continue to elect these clowns into office, how are they comfortable with double digit tax increases with no accountability to the taxpayers?
Letters to the Editor, May 23, 2026
