Whitehorse Daily Star

November 4, 2019

• Hey, Yukon Party: your ignorance is showing! When I was a little boy, my mother explained to me the notion of slander.
• Let’s work to consign polio to history October 24 was World Polio Day.
• Government is running biased advertisements for the survey Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party submitted this commentary last Wednesday.

November 1, 2019

• War crimes against the Kurdish? Oh, really? Well now, who could have seen that coming?
• Carbon taxers were humiliated in federal vote Angry Canadians were afforded the opportunity to strike back at carbon tax madness on federal election day 2019 – and strike back they did.
• Andrew Scheer had it totally wrong I was shocked to read about Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s plan to gut Canada’s foreign aid contribution,
• A solution awaits this perceived safety issue Whitehorse’s Parks and Community Development Department claims that snowmobilers will be put at risk by possible contact with city snow dump trucks in the winter,

October 28, 2019

• Yukoners need clear answers on these mines Yukoners may be very excited about the job promises brought to the YT by new mining projects.

October 25, 2019

• I oppose your view, Mr. Scheer As we headed to the polls, were we becoming more like our southern counterparts?
• I’m beyond grateful for the help In August, my significant other and I made the long trek of moving from Fairbanks, Alaska to Clarkston, Wash.
• Identifying an important public issue “Did you vote?” they ask.
• Politics can be darn painful It was impossible to feel any affection for the debaters during this federal election.
• Here’s the right question If our government is serious about developing and maintaining mentally and physically healthier citizens,
• Thank you for an absolutely amazing election experience As someone whose family has spent generations in our territory, I thought I knew the Yukon well.
• I won’t fall into the ‘strategic voting’ trap again Ed. note: this letter was submitted too late for the Star’s last publishing day before Monday’s federal election.
• I cringe at the crisis this election created Based on my personal background in this game called politics,

October 18, 2019

• Can any party best this disastrous Liberal regime? Now that U.S. President Donald Trump has abandoned 20 million Kurds to the tender mercies of Russia, Turkey and Bashar Al Assad, who will save the Kurdish people from annihilation?
• I have really cut down on using any ID To elect is to choose. I could elect to grow a beard or elect to shave.
• A word about strategic voting There’s been some chat lately about voting for somebody just to make sure someone else doesn’t form the government.
• End this scandal-plagued regime! Justin Trudeau’s government has been a total farce.
• Brushing policy slashes common sense Crag Lake residents met last weekend for a community working party.
• My last name is my vote The North is warming faster than anywhere in Canada. And Murray Martin (Star letters, Oct. 15) is basing his vote on who will be best for guns.
• This brush-clearing plan should hit the road, Sir Ed. note: this is an open letter to Highways and Public Works Minister Richard Mostyn.
• I am awaiting your response Ed. note: this an open letter to Yukon MP Larry Bagnall.
• Send Lemphers to Ottawa It’s time for Yukoners to throw out the Liberal/Conservative fossil-cartel and vote Justin Lemphers to Ottawa.
• Liberals tearing down vital housing programs Ed. note: the official Opposition Yukon Party released this statement Thursday.
• Defeat our Master of Disaster! Justin Trudeau once falsely accused Stephen Harper of alienating Canada on the world stage,
• It’s time for Liberals’ Bagnell to make way for Jonas Smith A recent Liberal Party ad showed Justin Trudeau saying, “This election is not about him, it’s about you.”

October 16, 2019

• We value oil and weapons over blood Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with the help of the U.S., Great Britain, Israel, Canada and other Western powers, have been waging a vicious genocidal war against Yemen, including the imposition of the deadly blockade of aid for the civilian population.
• Many Rivers: this government has let us down Ed. note: this is a letter to the Yukon government.
• Choose sense over self-aggrandizing globalism The Liberals are masters of identity politics.
• Consider these questions! We need to reflect on what influenced us in the last election and decide if our current prime minister genuinely respected us.