To the Editor:
Wow when I woke up this morning and turned on the radio it reminded me that we are two weeks away from our federal election! Really, I didn’t think the day would ever come, especially since our present Prime Minister has utilized U.S. Strategists to run a US style very expensive election campaign. Or was that not the plan all along, run a 3 month campaign so you can spend spend spend and hopefully totally confuse the electorate by election day so they vote for you again.
Well I for one am not confused, I do know that a reelected Conservative or Liberal federal government means NO CHANGE with our “slush fund run, useless Senate”. You see Mr Harper can stand in front and lie all he wants but the bottom line is he campaigned for years on a triple E senate, only to turn the senate into a total joke. Remember those that are in court now or are under suspect were almost all appointed by PM Stephen Harper. Can any of you out there not think of a better use for the billions of dollars that have been wasted by keeping this useless institution in Place? And I’m only referring to the money that we know about, obviously Mr. Harper and his cronies know about much more, but have chosen not to tell us everything. The question still remains why have Mr. Harper’s personal and most closely appointed advisers, under oath all told a different story, but yet left the public believing that Mr. Harper knew exactly what was going on behind the scenes. Think about that when you vote! Lastly on the Senate issue, why did the Premier of Saskatchewan when pushed by the PM stand up and say that Harper’s plan of not appointing any more Senators will solve this problem. Our Premier knows that Sask people are almost universal in opposition to the Senate. What plum was he promised for this about face.
AGRICULTURE: After 40 years of being not only a farmer but also a very strong activist for farmers, I am shocked how little is being said about one of Canada’s resources. Please remember individual farmers rights were always being protected in the past by a strong Canadian Grains Commission, and a worldly respected Canadian Wheat Board. But don’t ever forget it was Harper’s front and center dream to gut both of those institutions. The CWB was taken from farmers when Harper fired the Farmer elected board of Directors and appointed his yes men so it could be changed and then given away to a multinational, I always wonder out loud if Mr. Harper and Ag Minister Ritz both thought this is what farmers wanted why didn’t they subject that decision to a vote as was promised? Also if not selling the remains of the CWB to a organized group of Canadian farmers but instead giving away the assets and knowledge base, with no returns to those who built and paid for it, Western Canadian Farmers! If all this was the right decision for Harper and company why did the announcement of the sale happen quietly on the Friday afternoon prior to the election call? If that decision was so right, where is my share of what I paid for? And how much did this foreign multinational based out of Argentine (who was a major buyer of CWB grains) pay for my CWB? And what rules or lack of them (like the Senate of Canada) will they be allowed to operate in our country?
Woman’s rights: I know I can go on but I wouldn’t, I will however point out one more glaring fact about Mr. Harper’s followers. We all know how Mr Harper avoids issues in a election Campaign then he does an about face if he gets a Majority government. I wonder how many woman out there realize that a growing and scary number of Conservative candidates have openly signed on a said that woman do not have the rights to there reproductive capabilities. In fact in Saskatchewan with only 14 ridings, a scary number of 10 Conservative Candidates have openly said that woman have not got the rights to there reproductive bodies but they in Government do! Scary isn’t it? Are you sure these people should be allowed to govern anymore? I know I don’t and I do plan on voting on October 19 for a better Canada.
Micheal Halyk, Melville Saskatchewan
