YOU SAID IT: It’s time for Tory to change

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TIME OF CHANGE TORY

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Change or implosion, that’s what the federal Conservative Party has to do to survive and have any chance of forming a government in the future. Now he’s been through two failed leadership candidates in Andrew Scheer and Erin O’Toole. The latter distanced himself so far from his leadership platform that one would swear he had just spoken to the liberals.

This gang can’t shoot directly. The first thing to do is a leadership review that includes the removal of Erin O’Toole. Second, and equally important, the party’s backroom gang must be purged.

Until this party is completely reinvented, it will languish like a punching bag for the big red machine.

STEPHEN FLANAGAN

OTTAWA

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(Perhaps inconsistent leadership is to blame.)

THE LTC CENTER SHOULD NOT WAIT

Re: Vaxxed or get lost; Perley and Rideau LTC Requires Vaccinations for All Staff, Sept. 24

As for the Perley and Rideau Veterans Health Center, why the hell would this so-called “lead institution” continue to employ unvaccinated staff caring for vulnerable seniors through December? License them to completion. Use common sense.

GARRY Greenland

NEPEO

(“Common” sense is not as common as you might think).

WITHOUT REGRETS

So do you think the prime minister is now, in hindsight, mulling over his ill-thought-out plan? Perhaps you are thinking that instead of calling for the disruptive election of the pandemic, the $ 600 million could have been better used to remove all the warnings of boiling water in the reserves and finally meet the main platform of your platform of “reconciliation” ?

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No, I don’t think so either.

AL WILLEY

EDMONTON

(Point well done.)

THE DOCTOR KNOWS BETTER

Re: I am a doctor who supports vaccines but is opposed to attacking the unvaccinated, column, September 24

The doctor is right. Attacking the unvaccinated will only toughen the position of those who oppose COVID-19 vaccines. However, with one-dose levels at the 80th percentile and second-dose levels at the 70th percentile and trending higher, I believe that scarce resources would now be better used to shore up staff shortages in hospitals. While we all strive for perfection, we accept our high vaccination rates for what they are: an unprecedented and unprecedented level of public participation. In addition, rapid tests, the use of masks and physical distancing have proven to be effective alternatives to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Canada is too diverse a country and the status and severity of COVID-19 are unique in different regions, making a national vaccination mandate unfeasible. “Do it together,” is Dr. Grant’s opinion. As the doctor says, “people make decisions for complex and nuanced reasons.”

Perhaps our new Parliament could be the arbiter and collectively resolve this complex issue.

ROBERT TESKEY

OTTAWA

(Good luck with that.)

INTELLIGENT THINKING

Re: ‘We have a duty’; Ottawa Hospital Staff Faces Unpaid Leave If Not Vaccinated, Sept. 25

How can our healthcare system in the corridors “on the brink of collapse” afford to lay off hundreds of healthcare workers across the province? One way to make sure we stay in a crisis: fire the people we need most.

THE GRAYWOLD

(If they are contributing to the possible spread of the virus, are they really that helpful?)