Public policy plus other letters, June 30: ‘Conservative politicians are usually good at lowering taxes and not so good at owning the decline, decay and disorder’

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Open this photo in gallery: Toronto mayor-elect Olivia Chow enters City Hall in Toronto, on June 27.Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press Money talks Re “War between China and the U.S. doesn’t have to be a fait accompli” (Opinion, June 24): I believe the real war between China and the United States, inevitably involving Western democracies, is not being waged with tanks, bombers and warships. China’s primary goal seems to be economic, not military, domination. On that front, China is on the verge of becoming the world’s largest economy – and winning. The Belt and Road Initiative now involves more than 100...