Monday, Dec. 18: Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has proven real regret, served his time and tried to determine a life right here, says one reader. You possibly can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com
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Don’t deport driver in Humboldt crash
Re: Truck driver who induced lethal Humboldt Broncos crash loses newest bid to remain in Canada, Dec. 14.
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The 2018 accident involving the Humboldt junior hockey group’s bus was a tragedy. The driving force of the truck that ran via the cease signal, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, was doubtless distracted by a unfastened tarp and so didn’t see the cease signal.
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At his trial Sidhu pleaded responsible, expressed regret and apologized. Now a federal courtroom decide has rejected Sidhu’s bid to stay in Canada, so he shall be deported to India except an enchantment on humanitarian grounds is profitable. Sidhu accepted duty for the accident, served his sentence, has established a life in Canada together with his spouse and little one. Why ought to he be deported?
I distinction this with the 2 horrendous Boeing 737 MAX accidents in 2018 and 2019. Boeing had been an admirable firm centered on security. Then administration determined to change the 737, first launched in 1968, to compete with a brand new and extra fuel-efficient Airbus mannequin. In doing so that they needed to design a system to compensate for a technical shortcoming and didn’t assess the related dangers, ensuing within the deaths of 346 individuals.
It was apparent after the primary accident that the plane needs to be grounded, however Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg fought laborious to maintain it flying. Two days after the second accident, he spoke to then-president Donald Trump and warranted him that the plane was secure; a day later Trump grounded the plane.
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Muilenburg resigned in 2019 and acquired $62.2 million in inventory and pension awards. Boeing ended up paying $2.5 billion in compensation however averted prosecution below the take care of the US Division of “Justice.”
Ross Bowie, Ottawa
Let’s not nit-pick about minister’s journey prices
Re: Guilbeault’s two-day Beijing journey value $140K, information present, Dec. 13.
$140,000 is some huge cash to the common reader, however we’d like some perspective.
On account of earlier visits and negotiations by Canadians, technology items 1 and a couple of on the Quinshan Section III producing station in Zhejiang are Canadian CANDU items. When you contemplate the financial profit to Canada and the greenhouse gasoline discount from constructing nuclear as a substitute of coal-fired items, $140,000 is subsequent to nothing. We needs to be celebrating our achievements, not nit-picking.
Michael Wiggin, Ottawa, Director, The Boltzmann Institute
Recall true prices of local weather change
Carbon Tax, YES. Exceptions, NO. Job Creation Fund (for transitioning to sustainable jobs), YES. Enterprise Transition Fund (for transitioning to new companies and alternate power sources), YES.
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Had we began a few many years in the past, the ache at present could be much less extreme. Nevertheless, if the billions of {dollars} for particular funds scares you, keep in mind the prices of this 12 months’s floods, hurricanes and wildfires. And this ignores the tragedy to people and communities.
Even when we aren’t involved about ourselves, can we not be extra answerable for future generations?
Joe Foster, Ottawa
A Christmas want for Gatineau Park
Expensive Santa: I can’t stroll hours to achieve the Gatineau Park Huron and Western shelters. Would you get the NCC to open the parkways to everyone throughout summertime so that everybody can benefit from the park’s stunning landscapes? Please?
I’ve been very good (more often than not).
Serge Bernier, Gatineau
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