YOU SAID IT: Canadians get census creative

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Re: Have you filed your 2026 Census? Some Canadians aren’t in protest, online, May 12

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Who says Canadians cannot be creative?

Some recipients of the 2026 Census have written “return to sender” on the front of their unopened envelope to send a message on PM Mark Carney’s non-elected majority government by floor-crossers.

More basically, who needs any formal census anymore? Data sharing across departments is endemic in Canada, so StatCan will employ its AI trolls to Analyze Information (!) already collected on all legitimate Canadians from Revenue Canada, Customs, Excise, Immigration, Transport and RCMP, plus Health, Welfare and Education from provinces. Illegitimate Canucks are obviously not census-compliant anyway.

Hey, government, you give us a report of the info you have on us. No need for repetition. And return to sender those floor-crossers. They don’t live here anymore.

DYAN CROSS
OTTAWA

FAILING GRADE

I’ve been a Toronto Maple Leafs fan since 1967; I bleed blue; and I’m a retired justice of the peace. I also hold a Chartered Director designation, which means I’m trained to assess governance, risk and accountability in a rigorous, boardroom-ready way.

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On every measure that matters to Leafs Nation and to Toronto’s public trust, new GM John Chayka fails the test. In a role that stewards the franchise’s integrity, his history cannot be glossed over or minimized. A governing principle for Toronto must be “trust first, spectacle second.” Discipline over swagger: A front-office lead must embody discipline, not just deliver bold headlines.

Chayka’s past raises legitimate questions about governance discipline, culture-building and adherence to league standards — precisely the traits a Toronto franchise under public scrutiny needs to model.

For a city that has waited decades for credible, durable progress, the bar cannot be lowered. If Chayka’s history cannot be reconciled with Toronto’s standards, the prudent move is to walk away now.

To Leafs Nation and Rogers’ shareholders: The next steps must be public, precise and principled. Demand a governance blueprint, a robust ethics policy and a plan that proves results, not resumés. Only then can trust, not headlines, guide Toronto’s hockey future.

SAVERIO NESTICO

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