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Opposition Leader Carla Beck correctly notes an emergency session of the legislature may be needed to deal with President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs.
Saskatchewan lives and dies by its exports. A 25 per cent tariff on Saskatchewan potash, uranium, oil and agricultural products would deal a massive blow to the province’s economy. With Archie Bunker now in the Oval Office, we are through the Looking Glass into a Wonderland. The future is anyone’s guess.
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Does Trump understand how tariffs work? They are paid by the importer — not the exporter. American consumers are going to see increases in prices, even though Trump promised he would reduce the cost of living. Most Americans will be hit hard by his tariffs. Premier Scott Moe’s timid response is disappointing.
To his credit, he initially lined up with eight of his fellow premiers on the need for a Canadian response. Moe has since begun to wavered — no doubt, under the influence of renegade Alberta’s Danielle Smith. Even more puzzling is Moe’s definition of “emergency.”
In 2023, he considered gender pronouns the single most important issue facing the province. An emergency legislative sitting was convened. Saskatchewan’s economy is now under siege as part of Trump’s ludicrous scheme to annex Canada, yet Moe doesn’t see an emergency.
If ever there was a time for a unified, all-party response to an issue. it is now. If ever Saskatchewan faced an emergency, it is now. Will Moe do the right thing?
Roy Schneider, Regina
Was American ever great?
“Make America Great Again” is a great sounding slogan. But it raises an obvious question: “Just when exactly was America great the first time?” I have been puzzling over this question, but it has now occurred to me: It is not my job to determine if and when the USA was ever great.
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Now that Donnie has been president for two weeks, his answer is obvious. He thinks America was great in the 1850s, just before the Civil War. Rich white men ran everything. The USA was at war with Mexico. Taxes were close to zero, as were social services.
The U.S. Army — or well-armed and organized settlers — were free to slaughter Indigenous people and steal their land. Rich white men were free to own as many African slaves as they could afford, and grope whichever black women they wanted to grope.
Women were controlled by their husbands, and no thought was given to ever letting them have the vote. Homosexuals were tortured, and transgender people weren’t even considered. So, according to Donnie, those were America’s greatest years ever. He is doing his level best to try to make America that way again.
David Wessel, Regina
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