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Jason Campbell

(Not sure this is an issue just in Alberta.)

INVISIBLE CYCLISTS?

On Monday I had occasion to go downtown twice from about 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I drove on 106 Street, 100 Avenue and 107 Street both times. In this time I saw a grand total of one cyclist. Do the mayor and councillors think this is using our tax dollars wisely? Our downtown streets are so cut up with these bike lanes that traffic is a mess. I doubt any out of town people even want to drive downtown.

Roland Wilvers

(Maybe they’ll hop on bicycles.)

LET’S PROTEST

Why all the protesting the Canadian energy industry in general and pipelines in particular? Why is nobody chaining themselves to the wheels of a Boeing or Bombardier? A FedEx or Walmart truck? A taxi cab or Uber car? A working person’s or hockey mom’s minivan? Or the end of an untreated sewage discharge pipeline?

Roy Christensen

(C’mon, no one needs to be chained to a hockey mom’s minivan.)

TAX ON BEER

Re: “Pour one out for free trade in Canada,” Editorial, April 20. The Supreme Court decision to uphold New Brunswick liquor laws was based on a technicality. Law preventing imports of beer from outside the province are not a tariff or import tax. The import prohibition is protection of provincial tax revenue. The untaxed cost of beer is similar in all provinces, but tax levels vary. The argument that there should be no limit on goods bought in another province fails when you consider the possibility of importing a tractor-trailer load of beer from Quebec for resale in New Brunswick or purchasing a vehicle in Alberta to avoid the provincial sales tax (5% GST in Alberta vs 15% HST in New Brunswick). A 10% tax saving on a $35,000 vehicle is worth the drive!

John Feldsted

(New Brunswick’s law is absurd, and the Supreme Court upholding it, is even more ridiculous. We need to have a frank discussion about inter-provincial trade.)