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Tariff danger not over
Re: St. Thomas will get large tariff replace on Volkswagen’s deliberate 3,000-worker plant (Might 8).
Simply because below in the present day’s model of Donald Trump’s tariffs, the batteries to be produced by the brand new plant will nonetheless be a viable product, it doesn’t imply the identical tariffs can be in impact tomorrow, or subsequent month – or later this afternoon.
Trump modifications his “thoughts” on a whim and if Elmo doesn’t need Volkswagen as a competitor and complains to the Tangerine Tyrant, the tariffs will change. Trump isn’t a rational individual.
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Before everything, he places himself in the beginning, so if he thinks there’s one thing in it for him from the identical creature who has already given him over 1 / 4 of a billion {dollars}, then tariffs on Canada, or auto elements, or the rest will change once more.
Jeff Rankin-Lowe, London
Cautious of ‘wokeism’
Re: Colleen Eire’s letter, Defend ‘wokeism’ (Might 7).
Sadly for her argument, whereas the unique which means of woke indicated consciousness of a social drawback, it has morphed into an activist political ideology broadly practised in bureaucracies, most characteristically in variety quotas.
Nonetheless, when variety implies exclusion of people of higher benefit from different teams, this results in the systematic disfavouring of that group. Wokeists are conscious of this and push it. The strikes are: outline the ethno-social teams, organize them as to perceived privilege (very arbitrary) and like the least privileged.
The truth that lots of a so-called privileged group could themselves differ enormously in “privilege” is ignored. Additionally, Vital Race Idea posits arbitrary views of whiteness. So the entire course of is intellectually flawed.
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As for “plantation,” it is a regular English phrase of assorted connotations and shouldn’t be rejected due to a specific use within the distant period of slavery.
James Phipps, Ailsa Craig
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Beware Ford’s Invoice 5
Re: Extra voices urged in Invoice 5, Dresden dump opposition (Might 8).
I’m involved not practically sufficient media consideration has been given to Invoice 5. If handed, it not solely would remove the Ontario authorities’s requirement for an environmental evaluation of a proposed Dresden dump web site and a northern Ontario mine; it additionally would:
Repeal Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007Empower Premier Ford and his cupboard to exempt their developer pals or anybody they select from all provincial and municipal legal guidelines, together with environmental, labour, public security, heritage and even the Environmental Invoice of Rights.Maintain Ontario depending on imported, fracked U.S. fuel by banning Chinese language elements in vitality initiatives, shutting the door on clear, reasonably priced wind and photo voltaic vitality.
Ford compelled an pointless election partially to voice opposition to President Trump. With this invoice, he reminds us of how a lot he resembles him. Get your MPP to face up towards this devastating energy seize!
Carol Lewis, London
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