Dear editor:

Thank you for your Aug. 15 editorial by editor-in-chief Richard Harley, (“Poilievre is truly great — at pandering”) outlining why Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s political speech in Niagara and other places amounts to “pandering” by telling lies about the Liberal government.

He blames all our anger and difficulties (financial, etc.) on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and government legislation.

My Concise Oxford Dictionary defines “pander” as a verb meaning to gratify or indulge a person, a desire, or a weakness.

Panderer is a noun) that means an illicit procurer or encourager of coarse desires.

If it hadn’t been for the Trudeau government supporting vaccinations, shutdowns, CERB during the pandemic, our death rates would have been twice as many as in the U.S. under Trump’s Republicans.

If elected, the Conservatives would repeal the Online news act and so-called censorship laws.

The 5Cs (conservative, competitive, capitalistic, commerce at all costs) would prevail and more local newspapers and radio stations would fail against massively funded U.S. and other media.

Elizabeth Oliver-Malone
NOTL