Letters, Dec. 23, 2025: ‘Healthy skepticism or conspiracy theorist?’

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Conspiracy theories

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(Re: ‘Kinsella – Antisemitic conspiracy theories exploded globally after Oct. 7, 2023,’ calgarysun.com) Here’s another day when conspiracy theories exploded: 24 November 1963. On the day alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was gunned down on live television in the basement of Dallas police headquarters by Jack Ruby. I was 15 when I watched it happen in real time. My first thought: This can’t be right! That the most hated person in the known universe was shot at virtually point-blank range on TV could not, even to my then-juvenile mind, just be ascribed to bad policing. At that moment, like so many millions of other skeptics the world over, I became a conspiracy theorist. Contrary to what Sun scribe Warren Kinsella claims, ‘evil’ had diddly squat to do with it. The healthy skepticism that reared its head was goaded to the surface by perfectly normal doubt born of deeply suspicious circumstances surrounding Oswald’s murder.

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OREST SLEPOKURA

(Fair enough, but healthy skepticism is a little different than being a full-on conspiracy theorist)

Secure annoyance

As your Editorial ‘Israel had reasons to bar Canada’s MPs’ (Dec. 17) astutely summarizes, there shouldn’t be any surprise about Israel barring an anti-Israel Canadian delegation sponsored by a Muslim charity which included five Liberal MPs and one New Democrat. However, giving Israel more than the benefit of the doubt because the Liberal MPs are Fares Al Soud, Iqra Khalid, Aslam Rana, Sameer Zuberi, and Gurbux Saini and the NDP MP is Jenny Kwan, I think it’s more of an annoyance issue rather than a security issue. That being said, where is ICE when you need them?

DAVID HONIGSBERG, Toronto

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(These MPs were looking for headlines in a lame attempt at accomplishing who knows what)

Risky trips

Recently, Canadians’ trips to the U.S. and playing Russian roulette have become very much alike. In 2025 the probability of a Canadian being detained at the U.S. border is higher than ever before. The reason is multiple changes in the U.S. migration law made by the Trump administration. Today, to cross the border, Canadians even have to show their phones and laptops at the request of a U.S. border officer. However, being refused entry and further deported to Canada is not the worst surprise a Canadian can expect. In lots of cases for minor violations they hadn’t even been aware of, tourists were detained and sent in ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) custody for more than two weeks. Even Canada being willing to receive them was of no help. Such actions of Washington are sending a clear message to Ottawa about obvious changes not just in the U.S. migration policy but also in their bilateral relations. That is why trips to the U.S. have become insecure to Canadians, who risk getting stuck at the U.S. border or, what’s worse, to be sent in custody.

AARON DENLEY

(Thousands of Canadians are still making the trip)

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