Once again U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing his 51st state. He has stated his Golden Dome project will cost Canada $200 billion, but if we join the states it will cost us nothing.

Promises from the president will be lies, or he might just change his mind. Two hundred billion dollars is a risk.

Why do we need this so-called dome anyway? I do not think Canada is on any foreign country’s list of enemies, unlike the United States. If we agree and missiles flying over from the north are shot down by Canada, where will the debris land? In Canada.

Any thought that our government might want to participate in this Golden Dome idea should be nipped in the bud.

William Jesse

Victoria

The push to flood Canadian roads with BYD electric vehicles is not just naïve — it’s dangerous.

China’s auto industry thrives on state subsidies, opaque labour practices, and a blatant disregard for fair competition.

BYD’s bargain-bin prices aren’t a miracle of efficiency — they’re the result of a system that exploits workers, dodges environmental accountability, and weaponizes trade to dominate foreign markets.

Canada’s 100% tariff on Chinese EVs is a firewall against economic sabotage. Remove it and we invite a tsunami of artificially cheap imports that will gut our domestic industry, kill union jobs, and leave us dependent on a regime that censors dissent and bullies its trading partners.

Let’s not pretend this is about consumer choice. It’s about sovereignty. It’s about standing up to a country that plays by its own rules and punishes those who don’t fall in line.

Prime Minister Mark Carney should strengthen our industrial base, not sell it off for a fleet of shiny sedans built in surveillance-state factories.

Canada must lead the EV revolution with integrity — not outsource it to........

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