Poor choice

Manitoba’s move to end seasonal time changes appears to be an edict by extrapolation.

A voluntary online questionnaire produced 72,000 self‑selected responses, of which 58 per cent (41,760 people) preferred permanent daylight time. This is not a scientific poll, yet it is being used to set time policy for 1.4 million Manitobans — without legislative debate, committee review, or a vote in the Assembly.

If a one‑hour shift twice a year is considered “harmful,” then by the same logic we should question every activity involving time‑zone changes.

By capturing 39 of 83 parliamentary seats in Saxony-Anhalt, a poorer area of east Germany with two million people, it’s closer to power than any German far-right party since the Nazi era.

Banning gambling ads

Re: Sweeney’s sexist U.S. gambling-site ad isn’t the real problem, Sept. 16

I applaud Dan Lett’s opinion piece regarding online gambling.

Reporting of increasing social issues due to the proliferation of gambling addictions has been thin. Online gambling (not just sports gambling) is super-charging this serious and growing problem.

Students in Manitoba are facing additional costs at a time when many are already struggling with the rising cost of living, despite repeated promises from the provincial government to make life more affordable.