Dear Editor:
Re: Canadian, eh?, July 1 Viewpoint
Yes, Canada is a great country, no doubt about it.
However, notwithstanding, and apologies for bringing this up, but our 50-year-old medicare system is just that: 59 years old and in dire need of triage.
As far as gun control is concerned, the myth continues that taking guns away from law abiding citizens reduces crime. We can see from the ongoing death toll in Surrey that this is not the case.
In fact, statistics prove that the areas with the highest proliferation of guns has the least crime. And then there was the illegal police gun grab in Alberta, committed while citizens were in a flood crisis.
And, until aboriginal peoples are included as ordinary citizens without the current system of entrenched apartheid and reserves (reminiscent of the old South Africa), the issues will never be resolved.
Throwing more money their way is patently not working.
Jerome Henen
North Vancouver
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