{"id":742570,"date":"2026-06-17T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742570\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:43:10","slug":"you-said-it-failing-math-at-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742570\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Failing math at city hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FAILING MATH AT CITY HALL<\/p>\n

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Re: Why is OC Transpo installing natural gas generators for a zero-emission bus project? Online, June 11<\/p>\n

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There is a reason why math is a core subject. Unfortunately, I think some at city hall skipped a class or two.<\/p>\n

So, while OC Transpo is drowning in debt, in their great green wisdom they decided to purchase 350 electric buses, and now tens of millions of dollars have to be spent on generators and upgrading electrical infrastructure.<\/p>\n

If I were forever borrowing money to pay my bills, I wouldn\u2019t go buy a brand new F150 Lightning loaded and think, \u201cLook at me, I am saving the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a reason why cabbies don\u2019t use Rolls-Royces \u2026 basic math.<\/p>\n

WAYNE BOYCE<\/p>\n

CARLETON PLACE<\/p>\n

CARNEY IN FANTASYLAND<\/p>\n

Mark Carney won the election by making Donald Trump the real threat to Canada. Trying to replace the volume of trade Canada has with the U.S. is a flight into fantasyland by the prime minister.<\/p>\n

Europhile Carney has made countless costly trips to Europe, where Canada did a measly nine or 10 per cent of its overall trade last year. Meanwhile, the trade deal with the U.S. is looking like it may be dead because of Carney\u2018s anti-U.S. proclamations abroad.<\/p>\n

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Canadians voting in Carney \u2014 not based on his past unremarkable track record, but his impressive CV and self-proclamation of being an expert trade negotiator \u2014 was a giant leap of faith. When will Canadians stop voting for the party that destroyed Canada\u2019s economy with its mass immigration and climate change obsession?<\/p>\n

LARRY COMEAU<\/p>\n

OTTAWA<\/p>\n

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YOU SAID IT: OC Transpo should switch tracks<\/p>\n

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