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If asked last September, October or November, if we would be happy if the Oilers played even two home games in the Stanley Cup Final, most of us would have said we’d be ecstatic.
Regardless of what happens, this season has been an unqualified success for the franchise and for Edmonton, that the team and its fans can be proud of even if it does leave one final piece of unfinished business on the table.
Ken Cantor, Edmonton
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Postpone travels to Hungary
Re. “Floating down the Danube,” June 15
I was surprised to see your travel writer feature a visit to Hungary at this time. Many of my friends have postponed travel to Hungary as result of its prime minister, Viktor Orban, seeking to undermine the EU and NATO in dealing with Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Orban’s active support of Russia’s President Putin, an alleged war criminal, has unfortunately removed Hungary from our current travel plans.
R.M. Kruhlak, Edmonton
Capital gains tax far from nefarious
Re. “Capital gains tax increase nefarious, cynical,” Don Braid, June 15
Don Braid’s column shows he doesn’t understand the capital gains tax increase, misleads readers about how many will pay it, and worse, appears to be trying to get average taxpayers to lobby the government to rescind it.
Braid correctly states the increase will be to capital gains over $250,000, but consider that in 2020 the number of personal taxpayers with income (all types, not just capital gains) over $214,000 was only 1.3 per cent of all personal filers, and far fewer people or corporations than that will have over $250,000 in just capital gains in any year.
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Most Canadians think the rich need to pay more, so when the feds actually do something about it — and capital gains will still be taxed at a lower rate than income from salaries, Braid bizarrely thinks it’s “nefarious.” The only thing nefarious is how many people there are trying to get average taxpayers to pay more while the rich and rich corporations keep paying less. Braid should be ashamed.
Darcy Holden, Edmonton
Water crisis should cancel Stampede
The City of Calgary has just declared a local state of emergency so one would assume that the Stampede will be cancelled. That would be the sensible thing to do, however, the City of Calgary doesn’t always do the sensible thing. The show went on during a flood so why not during a drought? Proving you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
Bob Cutler, Diamond Valley
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