Dear Editor:
With the year 2022 now over, I believe that the public realizes that our economy is in serious trouble.
I believe the prime minister should take responsibility for most of the deficit, and stop blaming it on COVID-19, or the war in the Ukraine, or past governments. Whenever the PM goes “globetrotting” he hands out millions or billions to other countries, while many Canadians have to choose between heat, or putting food on the table.
We could be a very prosperous country, instead we are stuck with this PM and his “climate groupies” paying carbon tax and HST on top of the carbon tax, which likely will go towards financing projects in other countries, while homelessness is on the increase, and food banks witness a never-before-seen increase as well.
When this PM took office, government spending was $296 billion per year. Last update in November that spending was increased to $448 billion. Ninety per cent of middle class pay substantially more income tax. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation explained that the PM intends to increase five major taxes in 2023.
This prime minister is obligated to own all these problems, as this happened on his watch. Add to this that our military is now in such bad shape for equipment, manpower (10,000 unfilled positions), and senior officers have been forced out. Retention has also become a problem.
All this to say that Justin Trudeau is not qualified to lead this nation, and never will be, and I ask the NDP to stop propping up this failed prime minister. Phone Justin Trudeau in Jamaica, where he is on holidays, and tell him that he cannot support him anymore, and initiate yet another federal election so we can start to fix this problem, which will take years.
Jacques De Winter,
Rockwood