Dear Editor:
RE: ‘Bluff and fluff,’ Oct. 31.
I want to respectfully disagree with the writer .
Lets begin with the facts of the last couple elections. The Liberal party won a minority government with a substantial fewer amount of votes than the official opposition. Don’t get me wrong, I totally accept the Liberals won. However, a reasonable person would assume that the message would be that the Liberal Party policies and platform were both barely acceptable, with a majority of people wanting a fair portion of the policy of the official opposition.
At that point you would think some sort of step back from the track you were on and begin seriously working first with official opposition and of course having a bit of an ear to the NDP and even a bit from the Bloc due to strong Quebec leaning that way. That would truly be governing.
Fast forward, we know that is not happening. Instead the Liberals are working almost full stop with all of their original continued agendas as the fourth-place party and racking up the worst debt of all time.
The carbon tax is not working. It’s been here for several years and it has not reduced, even a little, severe-weather events. Canada’s footprint in the world is less than two percent.
The Liberals a few months ago introduced a separate increase for seniors over 75, excluding those 65 to 74. A reasonable person would know that would create backlash.
The scandals are too many to name.
Now lets get to the security clearance issue. Let’s just say Pierre Poilievre got it and he even took one of his MPs and sat them further away in the house, do you think that Trudeau would not try and bring the security agencies down on him? What information would really be shared at all?
Trudeau’s own people said Poilievre would be gagged. Yet Trudeau has the legal authority to unclassify all of it this minute with no repercussions. It’s a sham and a trap.
And yes, the house commons is testy, but although aggressive I find Poilievre is quite calm and yes, short and sweet. On the other hand, our prime minister is far from the cheerful “sunny ways” guy from 2015.
Time for a change.
Doak McCraney
Guelph