Dear Editor:
RE: See what happens, June 9.
Doug Ford did win a massive mandate on June 2, contrary to what publisher Dave Adsett wrote in his June 9 editorial. Why? The Progressive Conservative Party is more left wing than the Liberals and NDP.
Adsett claims Ford only got a majority of a minority of votes. By numbers this is true but when voters don’t turn out it tells us the majority of voters don’t think a change is necessary.
In the last election, the voters wanted change and got it on paper, but, my, oh my, in reality nothing changed. If anything, the PC government of Doug Ford turned out to be more left wing and woke than all the other parties. They are so left wing they should drop the word “Conservative” from their party name and just be the “Progressive Party”.
This election result does reflect society. All the legislation passed by the PCs is woke (e.g. sex-ed and healthcare spending) and tends to be authoritarian (e.g. COVID legislation). The majority of people did not object.
As for Ted Arnott, I am not sure the people of Wellington-Halton Hills voted for him personally as I am sure that if a literal donkey, mule or ass were on the ballot under the PC banner it would win. I am not saying Mr. Arnott is one of those animals. I am questioning my fellow voters.
The legislation resulting from the last four years of the Ford PC government is so appallingly left wing and yet the majority of the minority of the voters of this riding voted for the PCs again; it surely shows the voters are exhibiting distressing signs of being somewhat like one of those animals.
Or is it that no one has a clue what “conservative” means anymore, especially Doug Ford.
Jane Vandervliet,
Erin