{"id":568823,"date":"2026-03-29T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568823\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:02:09","slug":"you-said-it-baby-steps-and-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568823\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Baby steps and benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article contentBABY STEPS AND BENEFITS<\/p>\n<p>While the government is taking baby steps towards reducing the bloated federal public service, there is no better time than now to reduce the over-the-top benefits they receive.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t expect existing public servants to be affected, but all new hires could be offered benefit packages more in line with the reality of the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>And, for the love of God, please don\u2019t say that better pay and benefits are required to attract the best people for the job because, if that is the theory you are using, you\u2019d better have a look at how the public service is currently being managed.<\/p>\n<p>WAYNE BOYCE<br \/>CARLETON PLACE<\/p>\n<p>WONDERING WHY<\/p>\n<p>The Liberals have said there is no way the provinces will be involved in selecting federal judges. I wonder why. Could it be they want total control of the Supreme Court of Canada to benefit the Liberal party? Under this Liberal government, we are edging closer and closer to becoming a socialist country.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>On another point, which G7 country has the highest food price inflation and the highest home prices? If you guessed Canada, you were right.<\/p>\n<p>BARRY HARRIS<br \/>EDMONTON<\/p>\n<p>CARNEY WILL GET IT DONE<\/p>\n<p>Mark Carney is the best man for the job. He will get us through this insanity with patience, purpose and grit. Not big press releases, not photo-ops, just hard work and focus.<\/p>\n<p>Time will show his direction is correct and will win the day for our future.<\/p>\n<p>ROBERT F. TRITSCHLER<br \/>PARKVILLE, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT IS A JUST WAR?<\/p>\n<p>Many political pundits in Canada claim that the war against Iran is unjust.<\/p>\n<p>What is a just war? Would that mean that you should wait to be hit by missiles, and then it would be just to retaliate? Would it be a situation that you knew that you were going to have to fight, so you wait for your combatant to hit you first, and, when that happened and you hit him back, it would be a just battle?<\/p>\n<p>I personally think hitting first is the best defence.<\/p>\n<p>ROBERT MORRIS<br \/>OTTAWA<\/p>\n<p>HAVE YOUR SAY<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Your letters are welcome, at:\u00a0<a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca\">OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca<\/a>.\u00a0Include your first and last name\u00a0AND city\/town. Keep your letters short \u2014 and please\u00a0try to be civil, even when criticizing or disagreeing. We edit for accuracy, length, clarity and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-maybe-coach-would-take-a-pass\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Don Cherry is pictured at his Mississauga home on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774796529_622_0219-ki-cherry.ki_301529276.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Maybe coach would take a pass<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-gutting-the-glebe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An OC Transpo bus.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774796529_854_139482_279610896.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Gutting the Glebe<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article contentBABY STEPS AND BENEFITS While the government is taking baby steps towards reducing the bloated federal public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-568823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}