A disturbing trip

Re: Foreign follies. Terry Glavin, Feb. 23

What i s most disturbing about this trip was that it was only a photo- op to fluff up the local vote for a handful of nobody Sikh MPs from Surrey and environs for the 2019 election.

No, strike that. Most disturbing is that the whole thing was so mendaciously intended and carried out that one wonders if in just two years the provincial Liberal Queens Park crew could continue to not only continue employment at the PMO but will in the remainder of the present mandate bring worse (if possible) disasters onto the PM and Canada’s failing reputation.

No, strike them all. What is most disturbing is that the fumbling incompetence will be forgotten by the faithful and wavering voters and return the Liberals to government. Pretty wins over (hoped for) competence. Clay Atcheson. Vancouver

I think it might have been last Halloween when certain costumes had to be removed from shelves for the reason that anyone who wore them would be guilty of cultural appropriation. I just saw it as another campaign to occupy the time of “Higher- Purpose Persons” ( thanks to Denny Boyd for that term). Given his penchant for politically correct causes, it was a total surprise that Justin Trudeau and his family would dare to wear ceremonial Indian dress. After all, it is 2018!

However, that is not the main reaction I had to the many pictures of his family in several locations on his family holiday in India. I noticed that in many of the situations, the locals were dressed in business suits! Was he not the slightest embarrassed by this show? Allan Garneau, Abbotsford, B. C.

How can Canada be taken seriously with Justin Trudeau as our prime minister? Wherever he goes, whatever he does, it always about him.

After his tour of India, he can be known as Mr. Dress Up. Rex Murphy, wrote that there were up to three costumes changes a day. It looked like the Trudeaus, were on vacation, but the official reason was for our PM to develop better trade relations with India. There were a multitude of photos in front of famous Indian landmarks with a few meetings along the way.

All is not lost, though. Near the end of the visit, our prime minister finally got to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tru- deau was able to give him a famous handshake and cosy embrace. Leone Wright, Surrey, B. C.