{"id":826915,"date":"2026-07-26T09:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826915\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T09:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:37:30","slug":"you-said-it-smoke-knows-no-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826915\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Smoke knows no borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article contentSMOKE KNOWS NO BORDERS<\/p>\n

Wildfires are a tragedy for everyone. Smoke doesn\u2019t stop at borders. It follows the wind.<\/p>\n

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Canada has helped the U.S. during wildfire disasters, just as the U.S. has helped Canada. Blaming either country for where smoke travels makes little sense. No government can control the direction of the wind.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s support our firefighters, help affected communities and work together.<\/p>\n

GORD GRAVELLE
KANATA<\/p>\n

TELL US WHEN YOU\u2019VE DONE SOMETHING<\/p>\n

Why is the Mark Carney government wasting all those hard-earned taxpayer dollars to advertise on TV channels, telling us what they \u201cwill do\u201d while having not one completed project or even one new one with permits completed and shovels in the ground?<\/p>\n

Stop wasting those dollars to promote wishful thinking and illusions and using them to divert public attention from mounting failures.<\/p>\n

Perhaps they would be advised to wait until they have something concrete and visible to report and crow about.<\/p>\n

BETTY-ANNE TREMBLAY
OTTAWA<\/p>\n

WHEELS UP CARNEY<\/p>\n

Re: Carney\u2019s $160K plane food for a single trip includes chicken chasseur and \u2018death by chocolate\u2019: CTF, online, July 16<\/p>\n

Our prime minister\u2019s airline takeoff season (same as all seasons) has him in his altitude caf\u00e9 again and humming his version of that Willie Nelson song On the Road Again:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my plane again<\/p>\n

Just can\u2019t wait to taste that caviar again<\/p>\n

The life I love is saying nothing like LeBlanc<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t wait to get in my plane again.\u201d<\/p>\n

LD CROSS
OTTAWA<\/p>\n

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