Sunday, September 20, 2009

Letter to the Editor: Is PM Harper a hypocrite?

The actual heading in Saturday’s issue of The London Free Press read:

‘Harper a hypocrite?’

Beth McC. wanted to point out that the Conservative attack ads on TV, depicting Liberal Leader Ignatieff as one who might cozy up to socialists and separatists, are hypocritical, since Harper is doing just that “to fend off an election.”

Personally, I don’t want to spend time answering the question.


["All hands are needed today."]

I don’t want to enter a political minefield where parties lob stink bomb after stink bomb from one deep trench to another, hoping to prove how hypocritical, hateful, harmful etc. the enemy is.

Or can be - even in their sleep, if the enemy ever sleeps.

I’d like more Canadians to engage in debate about:

- the best way(s) to develop a sustainable economy for the future, while at the same time developing, maintaining and restoring our natural environment wherever possible.

- what to do to restore or create jobs that provide people with an adequate lifestyle
how best to dial back our present excessive lifestyle (and expectations for the future) in order to ensure that the needs of future generations are addressed

- how to get diverse political parties to work together for Canada’s good

The effort and energy of each member of parliament and citizen of Canada will be needed to address and resolve the great, pressing issues of the day.

Stink bombs are yesterday’s news.

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Pressing issues of the day, the future? What are they?

One party can’t address them single-handedly anymore, can they?

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