{"id":853423,"date":"2025-06-04T22:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/letters-canadians-should-work-together-with-u-s-not-criticize\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T22:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:13:22","slug":"letters-canadians-should-work-together-with-u-s-not-criticize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/letters-canadians-should-work-together-with-u-s-not-criticize\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Canadians should work together with U.S., not criticize"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"60123772-600c-4fea-8d37-ab1f77aaf1ef\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Readers share their opinions on the Canadian-American relationship, sexual health issues in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan and homelessness.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published Apr 05, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>Last updated Apr 05, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=rP_Tutlga_dl6PLTdyk-Pg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=m77wf3C2WdxXnUI-MdIokQ 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=aM7p8JpefzTqJZiigxp7pA, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=GxL7-KlOc_nvp_i54iqJ1A 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=472&#038;h=354&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=hdjuPoTYJa6p-81_xRDocg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=82AttMrZ6m7jZCmfR1cpAA 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=472&#038;h=354&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=BST3rB-ebRtVbautCXcpGQ, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=pH3XntnzSnnnEfufO28eJQ 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=lVzCVU3GzBp8vROd1hTpVg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=vqheYBiqYfmWZLOKbyKxRw 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Canada-U.S. relations\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=gySzPU9nuK4gEPDESpcRIQ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=gySzPU9nuK4gEPDESpcRIQ,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gettyimages-1490584028_290068474.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;sig=XrPN1FVRjgCYtFD213aTFw 2x\" height=\"750\" width=\"1000\"><\/picture><figcaption><span>A letter writer suggests Canadians should respect and work with their American neighbours instead of complaining and criticizing.<\/span> <span>Photo by Ruma Aktar<\/span> \/<span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<p data-async>Regarding Mr. Cuthand\u2019s <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"March 29 piece\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/columnists\/cuthand-trump-leads-america-down-regressive-path-on-racism\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/columnists\/cuthand-trump-leads-america-down-regressive-path-on-racism\">March 29 piece<\/a> about President Trump and America, I found it difficult to understand some of its inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p>The piece suggests that racial violence in Canada was more subtle than in the U.S. Given Peter Gzowski referred to racial violence in and around North Battleford and called the area \u201cour Alabama,\u201d I don\u2019t see the subtlety. Another example of the lack of subtlety might be Louis Riel and his experience.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-aqa=\"identity-sign-in\" data-async id=\"article-block\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Star Phoenix\" height=\"37\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/18.8.0\/websites\/images\/identity\/logo-identity-ssp-new.svg\" width=\"280\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\n<li>Get exclusive access to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.<\/li>\n<li>Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.<\/li>\n<li>Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\n<li>Get exclusive access to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.<\/li>\n<li>Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.<\/li>\n<li>Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>REGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\n<p>Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\n<li>Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy additional articles per month.<\/li>\n<li>Get email updates from your favourite authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\n<p>Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access articles from across Canada with one account<\/li>\n<li>Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy additional articles per month<\/li>\n<li>Get email updates from your favourite authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div data-auth-component id=\"auth-screen-form\" aria-live=\"assertive\">\n<h2>Sign In or Create an Account<\/h2>\n<p><span><\/span><span>or<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>I definitely don\u2019t see any subtlety in Canadian government forces chasing Almighty Voice with a cannon. Again, in the Battle of Cut Knife, not much subtlety in trying to use cannons and a Gatling gun on an Aboriginal group that included families, women and children.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that the USA bears the scars of slavery, but it\u2019s also true that Aboriginal people and First Nations all over the Americas engaged in slave taking and slave labour for centuries before European contact. One-sided views rarely help real understanding.<\/p>\n<p>The USA fought a civil war to deal with slavery and racism and has consistently promoted freedom, democracy, tolerance and equal rights.<\/p>\n<p>Without American involvement in the First World War and Second World War, millions of people in Europe and Asia would most probably be living as slaves under totalitarian regimes, like the one in Russia today. Thank you, American general Douglas MacArthur for saving part of Korea.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async>Instead of constant <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"complaining and criticism\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/columnists\/tank-meek-moe-finally-talks-tough-on-trade-with-new-pm-not-trump\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/columnists\/tank-meek-moe-finally-talks-tough-on-trade-with-new-pm-not-trump\">complaining and criticism<\/a>, I\u2019d hope Canadians would try to work together with the superpower, and our cousins, who live next door.\u00a0God bless the USA!<\/p>\n<p><em>Mike Sluchinski, Saskatoon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Money not answer for sexual health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-async><a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"Candice Klein suggests\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/news\/local-news\/how-canada-wins-breaking-the-stigma-of-sexual-health\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/news\/local-news\/how-canada-wins-breaking-the-stigma-of-sexual-health\">Candice Klein suggests<\/a> that sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections are normal and expected results from engaging in sexual activity. She indicates that more money is needed to operate Saskatoon Sexual Health. She suggests getting wealthy elderly farmers on board to help financially.<\/p>\n<p>If a 65-year-old farmer has millions of dollars in his bank account, as she fantasizes, he most likely didn\u2019t engage in the type of activities that contribute to sexual disease and I suspect that he wouldn\u2019t be very willing to support the cause. Farmers know that you need to fix the fences so the cattle don\u2019t get out.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>No effort is being made to \u201cfix the fences\u201d when it comes to sexual health. More money will not fix this situation; the situation is out of hand as a result of choices that people make. There is no need to fear a sexually transmitted disease when in a monogamous relationship.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lillian Heichman, Saskatoon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing first model works elsewhere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-async>This <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"failed provincial government\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/columnists\/tank-province-blasted-for-fantastically-failing-saskatoon-on-homelessness\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/columnists\/tank-province-blasted-for-fantastically-failing-saskatoon-on-homelessness\">failed provincial government<\/a> needs to get on board with \u201chousing first\u201d as standard policy, and the harm reduction model as the blueprint for transition into care. Treatment before housing just doesn\u2019t work. Multiple jurisdictions globally have concluded this as fact.<\/p>\n<p>Look at Finland. They built tiny homes for unhoused people, and they essentially ended homelessness in their country. You can\u2019t get clean and sober if you don\u2019t have a place to store your belongings, cook food and call home. We need to do better.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>We need to drastically expand harm reduction services and, frankly, we need a new government.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jae Anderson, Saskatoon<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span>Share your views<\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-async><em>The StarPhoenix welcomes letters to the editor. <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"Click here\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/letters\/how-to-send-a-letter-or-an-opinion-article-to-the-saskatoon-starphoenix\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/opinion\/letters\/how-to-send-a-letter-or-an-opinion-article-to-the-saskatoon-starphoenix\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to find out what you need to know about how to write one in a way that will increase the odds it will be published. 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