Dear Editor:
RE: ‘Abandonment,’ Dec. 28.
I disagree – Pierre Poilievre was very clear on a YouTube that he does support the Ukraine free trade deal. Poilievre does not support adding carbon tax to Ukraine.
In Poilievre’s message, he discusses that he would remove any reference to carbon tax in the free trade agreement and would help Ukraine by selling Canada’s civilian grade nuclear technology and uranium so Ukraine can power its economy emissions free and would allow Canadian defence workers to produce munitions and sell them to Ukraine so Ukraine can win the war for its freedom from Russia.
Poilievre said, “Liberals voted against a supply agreement for Canadian defence workers to produce munitions and other technologies that would help Ukraine win the war”.
As Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong reiterated, Conservatives have and do support Ukraine now and in the past with recognition of their independence, recognition of a Canada-Ukraine free trade deal and advocacy against Russia in the G8. It is very clear why the Conservatives did not support the free trade agreement with the references to carbon tax. Carbon tax goes against what the Conservatives stand for.
It is essential that young and old Canadians start to look long and hard at the finances of the country and consider the impact of the never-ending spending by the Liberal/NDP coalition. The federal Liberal government has run a deficit every year since it was elected.
The spending is not sustainable. Everyone knows if you spend more than you make, you are going to be in big trouble financially. Likewise, in a country where the leadership does not stand on guard and weigh up expenditures and the state of finances in the country before committing money and resources, the result is higher costs for all Canadians.
So we need elected representatives in the government to put the brakes on spending appropriately and really think through how national money is best spent.
The Conservatives must defend the nation and bring “common sense” back to government spending.
Thank God we have a Conservative party that has courage to show common sense and will look for ways to bring the nation back to a sensible budget and plan – besides the Liberal suggestion of cutting the Disney channel.
Carolann Krusky,
Fergus
*Editor’s note: There is no formal coalition between the federal Liberal and NDP parties; they have a confidence and supply agreement – there is a difference between the two.