Re: We should have gone for the pork (Letters, May 20)

I find it ironic that James FinleyB次元官网网址檚 criticism of my letter B次元官网网址淐onservatives have reason to ignore usB次元官网网址� (Letters, May 13) in which he characterizes an MPB次元官网网址檚 ability to access federal money for local projects as B次元官网网址減ork,B次元官网网址� would appear in the same edition as an article about Denise Savoie eyeing the speakerB次元官网网址檚 job.

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John Coppard

Victoria