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The Alberta government, in their lack of wisdom, is putting the lives of Albertans at risk. This government has decided that people breaking the law by speeding in this province will not meet any punishment. Speed enforcement has been banned by the UCP government everywhere but in school and playground zones.
I live on an avenue in Edmonton with two school zones. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that when you allow speeding to go unchecked, people will not slow down, anywhere. We see on a daily basis vehicles speeding in those school zones at rates of 60, 70 and even 80 km/h. This summer, I have personally witnessed on four occasions, cars passing vehicles going the speed limit in a school zone. On one occasion, a vehicle passed on the right-hand side.
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Speeding is out of control in our city and around the province. In Edmonton alone, there have been 11 collisions involving fatalities since June. How many more Albertans have to die before this provincial government decides to allow the police to do their job and ticket people who break the law by speeding?
Tina Dmytryshyn, Edmonton
Low birth rate doesn’t bode well
Re. “Canada’s fertility rate dips to new all-time low,” Oct. 3
The Canadian average low rate of 1.26 births will not bode well for our workforce in the future. It is very puzzling that many are vociferously opposing immigration and wondering what can be done to stop it. If that were possible it would, over time, lead to curing the housing problem. We simply would not have the bodies to fill them as the population dwindled.
It would also have a serious effect on the job market with fewer people to replace those leaving the workforce. The fewer young people created without immigration would have a heavy burden to carry. They would be dealing with the older generations who will be availing themselves of existing benefits that require funding from a smaller base.
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The question then remains, how do many nations deal with disproportionate population growth and still have all the benefits of a functioning society? You, as they say, “can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
Ben Eastwood, Edmonton
Vehicle exhaust is a kind of chemtrail
Re. “Smith faces criticism over comments on chemtrails at town hall,” Oct. 3
Further to our premier’s proposed investigation of chemtrails, there are, of course, modes of transport out there which spew noxious chemicals at us every day. They are gas engines in trucks, cars, and motorbikes.
Isobel Grundy, Edmonton
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