Letters: Canadians have lost confidence in Trudeau and his pals
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September 29 2024
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Honourable statesmen they are not
Re: NDP joins Bloc in not supporting Conservative attempt to trigger federal election — Catherine Lévesque and Stephanie Taylor, Sept. 19
While political machinations may be fascinating to political players and analysts, what is sadly overlooked is the expectation that our representatives behave like honourable statesmen.
A statesman would have no confidence in a government that has doubled our national debt, invoked the Emergencies Act without sufficient legal grounds, seized citizen’s bank accounts without due process, worked the auditor general and ethics commissioner off their feet, and reduced women to tears during a meeting of Parliament’s Status of Women Committee.
A statesman would have no confidence in a government that fails to inform MPs they are targets of a malevolent foreign power, or relies on foreign security agencies to identify domestic threats.
A statesman would have no confidence in a government taxing their citizens into government-dependent penury.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet have an abundance of confidence in the Liberal government’s performance.
They are no statesmen.
Marion Bacon, Kamloops, B.C.
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After repeated ethics violations, spendthrift financial management, grievous overspending on procurements and the illegal invocation of the Emergencies Act, amongst other malefactions, it is clear that an election is due. Yet Jagmeet Singh declares that he will not support a non-confidence motion and that “New Democrats came to Ottawa to get stuff done and to work for the people, to fight for the people …” So what is worse than having Canada led by an incompetent? Having Canada led by two incompetents.
John P.A. Budreski, Whistler, B.C.
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