Editor, The Times:
The 2012 federal budget has very specific winners and losers.
The Winners: Big oil and mining companies, pipeline companies, cross border shoppers and construction companies specializing in prisons.
The Losers: The public service, public broadcasting, arts and culture, Atlantic coastal rescue, and youth programs.
It was a predictable budget by the Alliance, oops, Conservative government of Steven Harper. But, you protest, this was a democratically elected government, truly reflecting the will of the Canadian public, right? A few thousand misleading robo calls to voters doesn’t signal election fraud, does it?
May I humbly suggest that prior to the next federal election, we make application to the United Nations to have international observers on the ground and airwaves to ensure a corruption free election? In other words, practise what we preach.
Wes Morden
Blackpool, B.C.
