Dear Editor:
As lovely as it may seem to receive a refund regarding our license plate stickers, I’m concerned about the more than a billion dollars being lost from public coffers.
Did many people who have the means to own one or more vehicles really feel that this would help them personally? Did anyone ever think, “If I only had that sticker money,…”? Won’t this individual money be swallowed up quickly with few tangible results?
However, a collective $1 billion-plus could do so much good! Although a federal responsibility, another ice breaker to add to the only one Canada now has to help protect the Arctic region would be useful (Russia has 49). Since this is provincial money, there could be increased help for Ukraine, for climate issues or for so many other worthwhile initiatives that your readers could name and ones that might actually make a difference and be more productive.
I’m saddened by our government (provincial and federal) throwing away so much money, especially before an election or just to stay in power! I wonder what’s in mind to replace this billion?
There certainly doesn’t seem to be any conscience for responsible spending, a balanced budget or repayment of debt anymore.
Ruth Slater,
Puslinch