We completely agree! Less talk and more action.
During a recent gathering of Canada's premiers, including our own premier Brad Wall, it was pointed out that while there are many items on the agenda, now is the time to start whittling down and focussing on achievements rather than just discussions.
"At this particular meeting, there just was a lot of items on the agenda... The agenda grew and grew and grew and we all are guilty of trying to add on our own thing, but we've got to make sure in the future that we're focused..." stated Wall earlier this week. "Alternatively, you just go and talk about it and perhaps complain about things. And I just think we have enough meetings to go to. We're not spending our money when we go to these things. It's taxpayers' money."
Rather than complain about short comings, Wall says premiers need to identify objectives and put deadlines on plans for action. Correctly so, this will obviously better serve Canadians' interests as well as give premiers more credibility when they disagree with the federal government.
"Sometimes we get caught up in reports and the process itself and I think there's a disconnect there with Canadians. Canadians would like us to be thoughtful, but they would also like action on these issues, and that's what we try to bring to those tables," he adds.
"The same is true with the Senate... We should be able to do more than just simply list things that we don't like about some issue."
Well said Mr. Wall.
Action and positive change for the benefit of Canadians is why we choose our elected officials. If they can't follow through, then why have them?
