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Letters, May 4: CCPA op-ed offered facts, analysis, on gas prices compared to taxpayers federation piece
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You ran two op-eds on April 29 about high Vancouver gas prices, with one saying oil-company profiteering is to blame while the other blames high taxes. One uses facts and figures to show that gas s…

You ran two op-eds on April 29 about high Vancouver gas prices, with one saying oil-company profiteering is to blame while the other blames high taxes.

I choose to believe Marc Lee of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, who offered analysis to reveal the real culprits behind high Vancouver gas prices. Kris Sims of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation made a one-note argument without analysis or facts.Capitalism wins ‘every time’I find it a rather interesting juxtaposition of the two op-eds April 29 on gas prices. One was written by a diehard socialist while the other was penned by a capitalist.

Several women broke ground into the trades, many of whom have their red seal certifications and have gone on to start their own companies prior to her.‘Democracy in action’Last Saturday, letter-writer Daryl Sturdy reminded readers that in the recent Alberta election the United Conservative Party won 63 seats — 73 per cent of the 87 seats in the legislature — with only 55 per cent of the popular vote.

Simply adding up all the votes in the 87 constituencies for a party’s candidates is like saying the winner of the Stanley Cup should be the team that scored the most goals in a series, which might not be the team that won the most games.Useless Trudeau photo-opI understand that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his son made a public-relations appearance at one of the flooding sites near Montreal last weekend.

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