Let’s take care of our own needy

Why can our Canadian government find a $10 error on our income tax, stop illegal drugs being imported and exported but cannot stop illegal immigration from the United States?

It takes over a year for a legal person to obtain papers to immigrate, and who knows how long after that to actually get to Canada. Illegal immigrants don’t have any wait time to get clothing, housing, food and medical (probably dental and eye), whereas our compassionate government has not done anything for our own people, the homeless. They still sleep on the street and eat out of bins. We saw what happened down south when the politicians didn’t look after the people who had paid the bills and it can happen right here in Canada. Why aren’t the news media jumping all over these issues? Start looking inwards at our problems. You beat up on Kellie Leitch and Kevin O’Leary, but Canadians are starting to listen. Maybe you should, too. Gordon Shannon, Peterborough

Re Canada must contribute more to international aid, March 5

I read the letter from Sherry Moran imploring that Canada give more in foreign aid. What about aid to the thousands of needy Canadians — the homeless, the handicapped, the disabled and the unemployed — instead?

There is a saying that charity starts at home. So why not spend that money in Canada instead of halfway around the world, where too often much of the aid is squandered or diverted before it reaches those it was intended for. You can be just as big a humanitarian in your own back yard as in a foreign country. Robert Drummond, Exeter, Ont.