I enjoyed reading Art Betke's letter of April 7.
Not everyone, however, agrees with his well thought out remarks about the over reaction on this side of the border about the new president of the United States of America.
Two letters have now been published in The Citizen opposing Art, including personal attacks, calling him a fool and lunatic for not thinking the way they apparently do.
Such personal attacks could indicate that these letter writers lack rational arguments to put forth.
There have been some news media reports of Americans fleeing to Canada and Justin Trudeau has proclaimed that Canada's doors are wide open.
In view of this, some statistics quoted by a letter writer in the April 15 National Post are interesting.
He states that last year, 15,000 Canadians applied for and received permanent residency in the U.S. while only 7,500 Americans sought and received the same in Canada.
Adjusted for population, this means that Canadians are 20 times as likely to flee their home country as are Americans, so it seems that Canadians are using Trudeau's wide-open door policy to escape to the land of the brave and the free.
Of course Donald Trump has his faults, as Art Betke stated but when it comes to unqualified leaders, Canada elected one a whole year before the U.S.
Svend Serup
Prince George
