‘But who speaks for Canada?’

Re: Redford Is Right About B.C., editorial, Aug. 16.

Of course Alison Redford is right when she says we need a national energy strategy, but it is totally wrong for Stephen Harper to abdicate virtually all responsibility for creating such a strategy.

Aside from not having any experience in developing strategic plans, the premiers need to realize that electricity, water, etc., as well as all the associated infrastructure needs across Canada need to be taken into account — plus the possibility, perhaps, of achieving ‘resource sovereignty’ and security for all of us.

It is Mr. Harper’s job to lead this effort, but, clearly, he has less experience in this than the premiers, and avoids responsibility for jobs he can’t handle.

R. A. McDougall, Mississauga, Ont. Although no admirer of the late, unlamented Pierre Trudeau, his question, “But who speaks for Canada?” comes to mind whenever I am forced to consider the lunacies presented to us by former, current and future provincial premiers: The chiselling Christy Clarke duelling with Alberta’s first NDP premier over other peoples’ money; the low-rent bigotry of Quebec’s putative first minister; and Ontario’s chinless contribution to the noise. Dear me, what a collection of nothingness.

Hazen McDonald, Mississauga, Ont.