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Saturday, April 4: Here are today’s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Published Apr 04, 2026  •  Last updated 5 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks onstage during the 2026 Juno AwardsPrime Minister Mark Carney speaks onstage during the Juno Awards at TD Coliseum on March 29, 2026 in Hamilton. Photo by CINDY ORD /GETTY IMAGESArticle contentNAUSEATING PM PRAISE

First we had the NDP clown show convention. Then I saw clips from the Juno Awards show, which came across as nothing but a phoney disaster.

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The fawning over Prime Minister Mark Carney by these privileged people was nauseating; praising a prime minister who is usually anywhere but Canada and is rarely ever in the House of Commons. When he is there, he is never accountable for anything. Just empty, BS lectures.

I wonder if the next time we do see him he’ll still have grinning Michael Ma proudly sitting right next to him. Doubt it.

GISELE LAVICTOIRE
ORLÉANS

PM MAKES TIME FOR JUNOS

So our globe-trotting PM found the time, in between the many thousands of trade deals he’s making for the country, to attend the Juno Awards.

There he was at the Junos presenting a lifetime achievement award to a Canadian singer who still lives in the U.S., further proving that we are taxed to death here.

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I half expected our cheesy PM to grab a microphone and karaoke his way through Cheap Trick’s 1970s hit I Want You To Want Me.

EDDY DIGNAN
ROCKLAND

EVERYTHING ROSY

Re: Ottawa mayor responds after ‘good morning’ photo series went viral (in a bad way), online, March 26

What kind of rose-coloured glasses does the mayor have on when he thinks a dreary photo of dirty snow, puddles, a discarded Christmas tree and a melted rink is nice?

Wow, he must use the same rose-coloured glasses in believing the city is well-run, property taxes are reasonable and the LRT is fixable.

Where can others get those rose-coloured glasses? It might improve all our moods if we had them.

RAYMOND KOSTUCH
NEPEAN

SPEAK FRENCH? GOOD JOB

Re: LILLEY: Air Canada cancels CEO Michael Rousseau over language politics, online, March 30

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The federal government does not give a hoot whether we prosper or do a good job. It only matters that the person can speak French and not so much English.

I recently spoke to an agent for the federal government who I assume was in Quebec and there was no way I could understand the English she was attempting to speak.

Having a French name probably helped Michael Rousseau get the Air Canada CEO job, but it did not save him.

ROBERT MORRIS
OTTAWA

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