{"id":15126935,"date":"2026-05-29T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/you-said-it-strong-and-free\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:00:49","slug":"you-said-it-strong-and-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/you-said-it-strong-and-free\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Strong and free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I checked, Canada was a democracy. As such, it allows its citizens a wide range of freedoms not enjoyed by a large majority of the rest of the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-strong-and-free?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=truncated_content&#038;utm_content=opinion_letters&#038;utm_term=letters_to_the_editor\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-strong-and-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Canada \u2013 Ottawa \u2013 Ottawa Sun \u2013 rss.app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, May 29: Here are today&#8217;s Ottawa Sun letters to the 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