Dear Editor:
It is not fair to blame Joseph Racinsky for his appointment as Wellington-Halton Hills PC candidate. The process of replacing Ted Arnott was to conclude less than two weeks before the called election. If the nomination meeting was left on the original schedule, none of the fine people seeking the nomination would have had time to present their platform to the electors.
Please give Racinsky an opportunity to present himself and his platform for Ontario. The province faces many challenges at this time.
We are facing economic trade challenges with no seated federal government. We are facing shortages in health care, housing, child care and education. I believe the province is struggling in these areas due to the federal government’s choice to rapidly increase immigration levels to almost five times the traditional 200,000 per year, and increase the numbers of foreign students by hundreds of thousands per year. All these people need jobs, homes, schools and health care from a system unable to expand fast enough.
Jobs and homes need serviced land. Where in the province will you develop?? Health care needs trained professional doctors and nursing. What is each party’s plan to train and keep these people?
The federal promise of $10-a-day child care falls on the provinces. Does anyone believe that $10 covers the cost of care in a highly regulated business?? How much taxpayer subsidy is coming from seniors and the childless, who face their own challenges?
Our children and grandchildren face the burden of government debt from our generation’s expectation to use government funded entitlement programs paid for with taxes. Can you name a program or benefit that has been cancelled once started??
Can we afford more unfunded promises and programs??
Gordon Thomson,
Guelph-Eramosa