‘Demented spending’
Dear Editor:
The federal budget released last week only strengthens my opinion on Prime Minister Mark Carney. How on Earth is adding billions more to our already staggering national debt sustainable? What kind of financial lunacy is this? Does anyone in Ottawa have the slightest clue how to balance a cheque book anymore?
I’m pleading with your readers to take action! If there’s a lawyer out there willing to spearhead a class-action lawsuit against this government’s inexcusable lack of accountability, please do! I’d like my taxes back! This government has done absolutely nothing to deserve our hard-earned money, let alone the right to squander it so recklessly.
This government is completely out of touch with reality, and it desperately needs to be taught a valuable lesson! If Indigenous groups can sue the government over claims that some Canadians find preposterous, why on earth can’t taxpayers sue over this demented spending spree?
We’ve clearly reached a point where our democratic system is failing us. The House of Commons has become an absolute joke! MPs crossing the floor to manufacture a majority is a disgrace to the voters who elected them. What happened to political integrity? What happened to accountability? Does any of it even matter anymore?
And what happens when Carney finally retires – or better yet, resigns? He’ll walk away with his millions, comfortably insulated from the financial wreckage, without giving a damn about the Canadians left to pick up the pieces. Meanwhile, those of us who genuinely believe this country is still worth fighting for will be stuck paying for this government’s incompetence for generations.
The damage being done to this country is staggering, and I genuinely fear we may never fully recover. Enough is enough! Where are the consequences? Where is the accountability? Where is the outrage? For crying out loud, somebody with some common sense, please do something.
Doug Vanderveen,
Belwood
*Editor’s note: Floor crossings (changing political parties in the middle of a term) have been part of the parliamentary system in Canada since Confederation.