Liberal governments can be good, they can do something other
than tax and spend – the thing that is scaring me a little right now, this one
has promised to spend, so taxing is sure to follow. Mr. Martin, with the reform
party as cheer leaders fixed the Canadian fiscal picture. Mr. Martin spoke to
us “hicks” in the west and forged relations with us. Mr. Martin did the Kelowna
accord. Mr. Martin debt financed Canadian Steamship Company to the tune of $30
million and built a company of renown. Justin is a different cut of cloth than
Paul Martin, I wonder if he will have the courage to draw on Mr. Martin’s
experience.
The other concern I have is whether or not we are going to
be exposed to another round of the central Canadian academics, some true
liberals and some silk stocking socialist, attempting to engineer Canadian
Society again. The last time they had their way we got, MASSIVE DEBT, pork
barrel and more pork barrel, frivolous grant programs – all adding up to a
fiscal train wreck and the advancement of a wishy washy ill-defined cultural
soup that generated a single worthwhile cultural artifact – canoeing is good.
Cultural Identity Series
The last thing that Canada needs and most importantly, the
last thing Canadian children need, is a National Institution that takes them
from the care of their fathers and mothers – Factory Daycare scares me, the
last bastion of cultural diversity, the family is under attack by this proposal.
We want to encourage family, we want parents’ love to guide childrearing as
opposed to the stark white interior of a government daycare – the latest
vehicle for building national group think – “give me a child for four years and
I’ll give you a Bolshevik forever” says Mr. Lennon. The last thing I want is
1970 style “central Canada cultural imperatives” lodged in the minds of my
grandchildren. The family needs support; parents should be lobbying for support,
for more time with children, as opposed to less. Quebec spends about $9000 /
year on a daycare seat, give that to the family – two children, $18,000 / year
will let a father that is marginally employed choose to stay home – or give an
extended family member the ability to care for children or facilitate a group
of parents to work together to do childcare in a way that is agreeable to them –
give the money to parents, say no to Factory Daycare.
Childcare Series
Will we see the end of the fear mongering that brought C 51
into being absent sufficient civilian oversight, I truly hope so. Mr. Trudeau
promises to let facts talk, to be rational about risk and response – to let
reason rule. I will support him eagerly in this endeavor, most eagerly if he
reopens the gun registry debate again.
Let Reason Rule - Say NO to Fear Politics
Perrier Trudeau, when faced with tyrants in the form of the
FLQ jabbed at “weak kneed liberals” when they objected to the War Measures
Act.. Mr. Trudeau Senior stood up to violence, he said NO, sent in the army and
took control – that was leadership. Already
Justin is watering down our NATO commitments, failing to stay the course in
Syria. Canada was a proud member of the United Nations and was instrumental in
forwarding as an imperative the obligation to protect people subjected to oppressive
government or circumstance – so now we’re going to leave children in harm’s way
and direct resources toward housing the ones fortunate enough to get away –
with many perishing in the attempt to escape – we must do better.
There is one entity ensuring world stability at the moment, NATO,
absent NATO as a hegemon,
the world is in a pre WW1 circumstance, unstable and volatile. To take actions
that make NATO look like a paper tiger, only serves to embolden the likes of
Isis. Discontinuing Canadian military participation in the action in Syria, is irresponsible
in the extreme and should be reconsidered.
Weak Kneed Foreign Policy
So we are going to run up some debt, for what is the
question. Money is cheap right now, so investing in assets with long term value
makes sense. We do need infrastructure, so investing in infrastructure that
facilitates economy is good – no to frivolous cultural extravaganzas please – build
transportation, build out fiber optic, restructure, fix Canada’s crumbling urban
centers and build out education. For those of us that lived through the 1970s
and saw people getting $25,000 grants for the word “shit” black on white, well we’re
once stung, now we are twice shy – please god deliver us from a repeat of that
CRAP.
Fiscal Policy
Perrier Trudeau never bought a quart of milk in his life, he
was detached from economic reality and Canada paid the price. It took that
detachment however, to give us the Charter of Rights and Freedoms – a most
worthy document, with some 300 years of blood spilled in the enlightenment as
equity. Save the absence of property rights, it is pure poetry. I can take some
more of that, a document that makes Liberalism equal Freedom, the challenge is
that somehow, the 1970 “liberal” government forfeited “Freedom” for a nannystateism.
The legacy of 1970 “liberal” government’s “culture” and policy are still at
play, it resulted in a decrease in choice and a namby pambism that gags me. I
wonder if political pragmatism will prevent this type of boldness from Mr.
Trudeau Jr. and push him so far over to youthful enthusiasm that our economy
ends up in a heap, with so many hopes and dreams with it.
We need to access the full value of our resources, prudent
use of the oilsands should be part and parcel of our way forward – we need
pipelines to market. Will Mr. Trudeau have the fortitude to forge ahead or will
our prosperity machine wither on the vine; the prosperity machine that will finance the transition to an eco-friendly economy.
Oilsands & Pipe Lines
Granted, Mr. Harper managed to alienate the Maritime
Provinces, this fact came through loud and clear this election. It rocked us
all out west when Mr. Trudeau Jr. whispered National Energy Plan, the insensitivity
Mr. Trudeau Sn. to the west and our way of living spurred the whole Western
Concept movement, which morphed in to the Western Separatist movement. Then we’ve
had Quebec threatening to go for decades now. The derision toward the west, exacerbated
by pandering to Quebec and the rest of central Canada put our federation in peril
– Mr. Martin built bridges as Prime Minister, so liberals can do it, the party
has the bench strength for it, will this one put much effort into it. I’ve seen
Mr. Trudeau Jr. cozy with “vote rich Ontario”, in spite of the fact Ms. Wynne
has been running up debt funding operations, rather than investing – lets hope
that Mr. Trudeau Jr. takes his fiscal lead from elsewhere. Mr. Trudeau’s recent
invitation to the provinces for a powwow is encouraging; I hope he has the good
sense to give Mr. Wall his ear.
I think there is hope for Mr. Trudeau Jr.’s liberals; there
are some good people there. Maybe I’m too much a westerner, but when I hear the
echoes 1970s central Canada’s academia’s arrogance bouncing of the walls of the
recently dusted off press gallery, I am screaming blue murder – they can store
that in a dark and in accessible place from my perspective – let culture emerge
from the strong Canadian people, from the land and the actions we take on it to
live each day – leave the social engineers at home Mr. Trudeau, we’ve all seen
their handy work before.
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