{"id":239807,"date":"2025-11-02T15:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/239807\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:44:38","slug":"you-said-it-cuts-our-only-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/239807\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Cuts our only hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article contentCUTS OUR ONLY HOPE<\/p>\n<p>How is it that a country that is blessed with untold wealth in natural resources has become a money-eating machine that devours everything in its path and looks for more?<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Our left-leaning citizens who think our ever-increasing social programs are the answer are about to face some cold, hard realities, and it\u2019s going to hurt like heck.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, pipelines and natural resources development will help, but we need to get back to basics when it comes to spending or it will be gobbled up by the machine and nothing will change.<\/p>\n<p>The only answer is cut, cut and cut some more.<\/p>\n<p>It is better to lose a foot or leg than to let a deadly infection continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p>WAYNE BOYCE<br \/>CARLETON PLACE<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP NOT BIGGEST THREAT<\/p>\n<p>Re: Canada needs bold, decisive leadership for better future, John Snobelen column, Oct. 25<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t agree with the above headline more, but we will never get that leadership under the Liberals, no matter who is at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Our biggest threat isn\u2019t Donald Trump (he isn\u2019t responsible for the mess this country\u2019s in), it\u2019s our own government. Continued failed policies, ignoring the needs of Canadians and prioritizing pie-in-the-sky projects in other countries, along with working against our economy, are what the last 10 years of Liberal governments, including Mark Carney\u2019s, have brought us.<\/p>\n<p>Aligning ourselves closer to China will not bode well for Canada \u2026 Carney is selling us out, just like Justin Trudeau did.<\/p>\n<p>If Canadians want to keep our country, then the Liberals need to be gone and common sense needs to be brought in.<\/p>\n<p>SANDY JOHNSTON<br \/>GREELY<\/p>\n<p>LET FEDS TO THE TALKING<\/p>\n<p>I see Premier Doug Ford has stepped in you know what again. For premiers like Ford, Danielle Smith or David Eby, we have a federal government to represent Canada on the international stage. Anything you have to say or want should be expressed to the prime minister and his government. Let\u2019s be honest. Canada is not dealing from a position of power when it comes to the United States. We know it and they certainly know it. But apparently you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>To quote either the Bible, Proverbs 11:12-13, or maybe the rock group The Four Seasons, Silence is Golden!<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL PERREAULT<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-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-unforced-ford-error\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ontario Premier Doug Ford\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1025-na-ad-rxn_299438744.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Unforced Ford error<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-fight-fire-with-fire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prime Minister Mark Carney\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2231445862_298291575.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Fight fire with fire<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article contentCUTS OUR ONLY HOPE How is it that a country that is blessed with untold wealth in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-239807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}