Dear Editor:
Re “Swear oath at polls, veiled voters told.” (Sept, 30):
Muslim women who veil their faces are not allowed to vote in their homelands. And even here, they are under the control of their fathers or husbands. Allowing veiled Muslim women to vote amounts to giving their male keepers two votes.
William Bedford

Dear Editor;
On the CBC, Elizabeth May of the Green Party reiterated her support of abortion. She feels that women should be able to slaughter their own children simply because the child happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time (the mother’s womb).
Save the whale, the spotted owl, but kill the baby is [...]

In recent column for the Ottawa Citizen, Susan Riley wonders why the Liberal Green Shift plan isn’t catching on.
So I decided to answer her with a letter to the editor, published today:
Re: Liberals shift down, Sept. 5.
Columnist Susan Riley’s impassioned defence of Liberal leader Stéphane Dion and his Green Shift plan completely misses the point.
Mr. [...]

Dear Editor:
Upcoming Election
Letters to the Editor
With Canadians going to the polls this Oct 14/08, after much consideration, myself and my family will be voting for the Conservatives. Mr Harper seems like the best candidate to lead our country.
On the other hand if one of the other leaders wishes to address and do something about [...]

Dear to the Editor
It appears that there will be an election this fall.After giving it a lot of thought, I will be probably be voting for Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party.Having just watched Jack Layton on the TV, I came to the conclusion that this man is a complete joke and embarrassment to Canadian [...]

Dear Editor,
I have been canvassing door-to-door at homes and businesses across the riding of Cape Breton Canso. One resonating message is that life should be made more affordable for the hard-working people of the Maritimes, and this starts by creating better job opportunities and confronting our ever increasing cost of living.

Dear Editor;
Why is Carbon Dioxide (CO2), this colourless, odourless, benign gas, being so demonized? If it’s so bad, why do we like the fiz it provides in our carbonated soda drinks? Why do they add CO2 to about 3 times ambient, in greenhouses to increase plant growth by up to 50%? [...]

To the Editor:
In anticipation of a fall election the Harper government moved Monday to extinguish the abortion debate when Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced the government will draft a new bill with a milder version to replace Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Act. Bill C-484, introduced last year by Tory MP Ken Epp [...]

To the Editor:
As billions around the world viewed the minutely choreographed spectacle and dazzling display
of light at the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremonies it is very easy to lose focus of the assault on human rights that continue to escalate in China since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made a [...]

Compared with Australia, Canada’s showing in Beijing is pathetic. Maybe we should put our future summer Olympics on the back burner and use every penny we can beg, borrow or raise for the winter Olympics. Better to be up there with the winners in the snow than down among the losers in the [...]