The Lake Report’s Aug. 15 editorial by editor-in-chief Richard Harley, “Poilievre is truly great — at pandering,” has garnered attention from coast to coast.

It also struck some nerves — with people who object to the Conservative leader’s habit of embellishing, exaggerating and twisting the truth, and with supporters of Poilievre, who felt the commentary was unfair, inaccurate and just another case of the so-called liberal media bashing a right-wing political leader.

The editorial has been written about in some conservative circles, been widely circulated on social media by members of the Liberal government and been reprinted or shared by many others.

That resulted in a torrent of emails and letters to The Lake Report, some of which are published here.

Unfortunately, many who wrote, on both sides, declined to have their comments published, fearing a backlash from those who hold different opinions.

Here are some of the published letters we received, which are featured in the Thursday, Aug. 22 edition of The Lake Report:

“Thank you for editorial” (Nick Swift, “St. Catharines)

“Editorial on Poilievre was refreshing voice of common sense” (Korey Schaefer, Toronto)

“Leaders should do what is best for the country” (Derek Insley, Glendale)

“Good job debunking Poilievre” (Reid Maltby, St. Catharines)

“Legacy media needs to adapt to new times” (Kevin Leicht, NOTL)

“Editorial was best I’ve read in a while” (Nauman Anwar, Calgary)

“Accurate and careful assessment of Poilievre” (Sue Lott, Ottawa)

“Government subsidies erode trust in news organizations” (Kirk Morrison, Calgary)

“Government shouldn’t subsidize media” (Alexander Evans, Virgil)

“Great editorial. Local journalism is important” (Stewart Jeans, Ottawa)

To read this week’s edition of The Lake Report, visit lakereport.ca.