PM should step down

Re: PM decides his failures don’t matter, John Robson, July 11; Trudeau gives himself a #MeToo pass, Kelly McParland, July 10; PM needs to start making sense, Andrew Coyne, July 7; and Just drop it, Letter to the editor, July 10

It has been interesting to follow the prime minister’s spin on the]alleged groping incident. His attempt to diffuse by using “we” (“this lesson that we are learning”) is pretty lame. This is the man who has set a high standard by terminating the careers of others on the slightest whim of impropriety.

This is also the man who likes to portray his values as Canadian values. If he wants to save any credibility he may have left, Trudeau has

no option but to step down.

Joe Vandenberg, Chilliwack, B.C. So letter writer Tony Whittaker believes we should stop harping on about Justin Trudeau’s dissemblance on his youthful peccadillos. Why does he think that Trudeau should get a pass on his alleged groping, when so many men have seen their careers ruined by similar, and often unsubstantiated, allegations?

Given his public “holier-than thou” statements about sexual-harassment allegations, he should not be allowed to brush this off and carry on as if nothing untoward occurred. Like Patrick Brown, until he can prove that the incident never happened, and he can clear his name, Trudeau should do the honourable thing, and resign as

prime minister.

John King, London, Ont. It matters what Justin Trudeau did 18 years ago because even back then, teachers had the responsibility to be role models at all times. Trudeau was a high school teacher when he allegedly groped a journalist. He was supposed to be setting high standards for his students. Trudeau should come down from his high horse and man up to his inappropriate behaviour.