Tuesday's letters: Justin Trudeau following Mulroney's path
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For all those that think the Trudeau calamity is something new: Brian Mulroney stepped down as PC leader on Feb. 24, 1993. Kim Campbell was chosen the leader of the PC party on June 13, 1993, became PM June 25, 1993 and lost the federal election to Jean Chretien on Oct. 25, 1993.
Mulroney’s legacy was that members of his government left to form the BQ and the Reform Party was created during his time in office. If the media believe that Trudeau tearing Canada apart is something new, compared to Mulroney, Justin Trudeau is an amateur. Thanks to Mulroney, the PC party was left with two seats in the House of Commons, lost official party status, and that was the end of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Warren Footz, St. Albert
Other sectors face emissions caps, too
Re. “An emissions cap is both punitive, and discriminatory,” Opinion, Jan. 4
Mr. Legge must have been living under a rock for the past 50 years if he thinks that the auto industry hasn’t been targeted on pollution. I suggest he read the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955 and the Clean Air Act of 1970 and all the follow-up amendments.
The auto industry has been made to drastically reduce emissions on vehicles from CO, CO2, NO, HC and adhere to the corporate average fuel economy, otherwise the auto manufacturer is penalized. So before you go off and rant on how the poor oil industry is being targeted, do your research. The airline industry has also been targeted on reducing emissions. Ever wonder why modern aircraft only have two engines rather than four, like aircraft in the 1960s?
John and Bozena L’Heureux, Edmonton
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