This is in response to Colin Mayes’ recent mail-out, exclaiming over the Conservatives’ success in providing “all Canadians the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of our growth and prosperity plan.”
Mr. Mayes, have you ever counted your money while holding your breath? This so-called “prosperity” will mean little when our air, land and water sources are so toxic that our very survival is threatened. The catastrophic aftermath of Harper’s short reign spent gutting every law that gets in the way of industry, while writing free trade deals that give the world access to whatever we have that they want – or else – will take years to recover from.
“Free trade” even restricts the rights of other countries. If they ban our products (like clubbed baby seals or asbestos), Harper runs like a crying baby to the WTO to sue them.
I would like to remind you, Mr. Mayes, that you voted against Bill C-539 (an act to promote local foods); against Bill C-571 (an amendment requiring horses, filled with carcinogenic drugs, to follow regulations that apply to all other slaughter animals); and against every other bill that would adversely affect industry, no matter what the cost to human and animal well-being.
Please wake up Salmon Arm and take a look at what you want for the future. Is saving a few dollars on taxes worth handing Canada over to a totalitarian dictatorship with zero ethics, that only exists to serve companies like Monsanto? Don’t be fooled by the clean-cut, wholesome, family values image. Looking good on paper has nothing to do with quality of life. Delve a little deeper into what you’re supporting before the next election. Only vast ignorance will re-elect a Conservative majority.
Belinda Lyall
