Federal workers and return-to-work rules, plus other letters for May 13: ‘The protests are going to be in-person, virtual or hybrid?’

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Open this photo in gallery: From left: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov raise their arms at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on Aug. 23, 2023.ALET PRETORIUS/The Canadian Press Western ways Re “The economy we have taken for granted is not coming back” (Report on Business, May 10): There is concern about rival countries, BRICS countries particularly, no longer being dependent on Western imports and exports. Let’s remember that it’s a good thing for the billions of people in...