Every day something else is happening to prove Canada’s government is not working for Canadians. The problem seems to be the entire elected government from municipal to provincial and the entire 308 elected members of Canada’s House of Commons. Canadians face lies, deceit, escalating taxes and daily frightening reports with respect to the future expectations for our children and grandchildren.
Ten possible solutions:
1. Parliamentary democracy is unequivocally the best system in the world and needing a change probably like happened in many of the October 25th Ontario municipal election jurisdictions. A complete change of people currently holding elected office would be a start. Wouldn’t that be positive and refreshing?
2. Why not organize a movement to refuse paying the former Ontario Hydro debt included on Ontario hydro bills. What other business aside from the banks and the auto industry can pile up debt and let the taxpayer bail them out? We know the worst is yet to come because the government already said that the payback is just the beginning. Larger and more expensive utility rates are on the horizon while natural gas prices keep pace. Taxes imposed on fuel for our cars goes to paying executive and of course politician and civil service benefits. Look around the globe and the changes always bring unrest, riots and more. Canada's turn is probably coming since Canadians always react later than other people.
3. Why is Canada riding out the recession crippling Europe, America and the rest of the world? Could the reason be that Canadians are exporting our renewable resources as though every barrel of oil, ounce of precious metal, length of exported lumber, dairy and agricultural product together with manufactured goods? Is everyone convinced everything in the country belongs to this generation? Our governments and industry are so intent on making certain every level remains in power that the next generations are losing the heritage that should be included in future planning.
4. Why are Canadian banks registering unbelievable profits while banks across the world are struggling? Could the government be allowing interest rates to remain low so Canadians will continue to spend and contribute to the bank profits through artificially low credit rates making certain savings and investments do not increase in value?
5. Another example might be the price of gasoline at the pumps. Stock market manipulators allow the price for a barrel of oil to reflect little change in price during the fall as the summer travel season wound down. A few dollars up and then a drop of a few dollars while people watched daily stock market pricing reports makes for a feeling that gasoline prices are steady. Oil stock manipulators it seems began rapidly pumping up the price of crude with the Christmas travel season rapidly approaching to match quickly escalating gas prices at the pump . Oil inventories were dropping or OPEC was slowing production the oil companies claim and the price had to rise just in time for Christmas travel. Oh, that’s right, politically correct it is holiday season travel.
6. Why is the Christian celebration of the birth of Christ the only international religious celebration that is designated a holiday season celebration rather than following the traditions of Ramadan, or a Hanukkah celebration? The reason is probably that Christianity has many branches making it less concentrated than other religions as a single faith . The predominantly Christian nations of the world are the richest having the best standard of living enjoyed by the most people practicing Christanity. Could the solution be using more of our wealth to assist the poorer nations instead of spending so extensively on war?
7. You don’t have to be a physic to know the end of the kind of folly practiced after the dirty thirties 20th century depression is in view. Can Canada find some honest leaders with the foresight and desire to make the world a better place for future generations instead of an artificial paradise for some of the people occupying the planet today?
8. Some recent police incidents include police ruthlessly enforcing their own and the government’s rules at the Toronto G20. Officers depicted kicking and abusing prisoners in Ottawa. Officers in Sault Ste Marie charged with inappropriate actions. There was the reported death of a mentally ill man in Nova Scotia after pictures of abuse surfaced. The taser death of a visitor in Vancouver shocked the country. Does this indicate the police out of control with the politicians aiding and abetting the crimes?
9. Opposition politicians claim another party in control will change the way the country is ruled. Where are the plans indicating any party would change the way the parties govern differently than the minority Conservative government? Where are the plans for the ruling Conservatives to serve the country’s needs for that matter. It seems everyone wants power but all the parties only want to serve the needs of the political parties.
10. Would it not make sense to freeze all government spending at current levels until provincial debt in every province disappears and the accumulated hydro debt is retired? Wouldn’t that begin to cure the ills that will eventually lead to an even deeper recession?
