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Harsh penalty
The immediate suspension and banning of the Canadian women’s soccer head coach and two staff members plus a large fine is not questionable. Nor is the withholding of government funding.
The over-the-top punishment, by FIFA, of a six-point deduction impacts the players who did not cheat. Unless you call Christine Sinclair a liar. Unless you were in attendance at every practice.
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Apparently morally superior critics want blood, humiliation and shame heaped on a team of young women. Shame on you.
Jo-Anne Pettit Whiteford, London
Too few for cost
Why are bicycle lane signal lights being installed in London beside existing vehicle and pedestrian signal lights? Can they not follow the existing signal lights?
I do not see enough use of these bicycle lanes anywhere in London to justify this. Furthermore, in many cases, bicycle lanes are not even being used by the cyclists for whom they were designed.
I routinely see vehicles backed up on highways because a cyclist is on the highway and not the bicycle lane directly beside it. The cyclists say they do this because the bicycle lanes are full of debris and stones and it is safer to ride on the highway.
Likewise, in the city I see cyclists riding on the pedestrian sidewalks instead of the on road bicycle lanes, while they maintain it is safer than being beside vehicle traffic.
Geoff Dillon, London
Paid, still paying
Regarding Sheila Leber’s letter to the editor Seniors should pay up (July 27)
I don’t receive any of the services she cited for free.
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I worked and paid taxes for 50 years. I continue to pay taxes on my pensions. I pay property taxes like everyone else. I paid taxes on the measly $500 COVID benefit they gave seniors. I also pay monthly for a medical plan and therefore don’t qualify for the free dental benefit.
Since I retired 13 years ago, I have visited the ER exactly once. Leber made a wide generalization about seniors that is rude and offensive. She is evidently an ageist.
Thomas Allen, London
Flip side irksome
I read with interest the article ‘Ghost jobs’ and being ‘ghosted’ major complaints among job seekers (July 25).
These behaviours are unacceptable, but it cuts both ways.
My recent experience in recruiting involves hundreds of applicants for a job posting, for which the vast majority have no training, no experience, and no explanation as to why they might be a good potential candidate anyway. When we call for an initial screening, candidates know nothing about the job for which they have applied or the company.
I have experienced no-shows to scheduled interviews, and have heard from other employers that a new hire even failed to show up the first day of the promised job. I believe the results of the American survey quoted in the article, and expect it is similar in Canada, but the flip side is equally frustrating.
Karin Rimnyak, Aylmer
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