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FOLLOW THE MONEY

Anyone who has travelled knows it is expensive. So most pay, either from their employment, investments or savings accumulated over their life as a wage earner. What I guess I am trying to say, is funds/money/income come from a job. So how does Greta Thunberg enjoy the luxuries/benefits/pleasures of travel at 16 that the rest of us work for? Again, what I am asking is “who is paying” for this child to fly around the world? Who is behind this, and is bankrolling this effort. And what is the end goal or intent here? I find this all quite hypocritical that this child of 16, who owns nothing, never had a job, or purchased anything of real value, lives at home with parents, holds no degrees/licences/post education titles is running around telling the world what to do and how. Namely not to use fossil fuels while at the same time using fossil fuels to her benefit to spread her words. It is obvious someone, or some group is behind all this and are just using her as their poster child and spokesperson. Not to mention the timing of her sudden worldly raise to fame and exposure, all just before the Canadian election. Is this rigged? You bet. Is this all planned with a big business driver behind it for someone? You bet. Is Greta someone’s puppet and being exploited herself. You bet. TM protesters/Greta share the same employer? Strongly possible.

ROLLY KLAEPATZ

(Ignore the noise. And she’s not flying around the world.)

GOOD TO BE HOME

I recently visited Ottawa to help a friend in need, and it didn’t take me long to realize how little Ottawans knew about Alberta’s ongoing struggle with the Trudeau government with regards to the many daunting issues we have with Ottawa. (I’ll spare you the lengthy list of grievances.) Suffice to say that en masse, they seem blissfully unaware that we even exist, let alone our struggles with getting oil to tidewater, amongst other issues. I left Calgary in 1981 to live in Ottawa, and even back then there was a certain negativity with regards to the West. I became caught up in the Eastern superiority mentality, much to the chagrin of my siblings still living in Calgary. I moved back to the mighty West in 2012 and have loved and nurtured every minute of being here. My goal was always to move back home to Calgary after my kids grew up and spend my time as an artist painting this beautiful place. It truly disturbs me to see that this magnificent country has a boundary line running north to south dividing us into East and West, and knowing that we have a leader (tongue in cheek!) that seems determined to maintain that division. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about us, he only focuses on Quebec. Anyway, I just wanted to vent about this frustrating situation, however, while in Ottawa, I proudly wore my Stamps shirt and hat as much as possible, didn’t go over well !

PETER KILVINGTON

(Welcome home!)