‘Eroding of our rights’

Dear Editor:

Well we now have a manufactured majority in the House of Commons and no one can spin or deny that. Without the opposition party’s defections those by-elections would still represent the will of the people as expressed in the general election: a minority government with serious opposition control of rogue policies.

This signals that things are  about to get worse and it is a serious eroding of our rights, to which I am amazed there is not more outrage.

The real test will begin for the Liberals this summer with negotiations on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). If talks fail or we take a big hit, cracks will begin to appear.

More job losses will add to the lack of a pipeline, limiting of speech, the Supreme Court appeal over the government’s loss in the Emergencies Act  case, a worsening economy and higher fuel and  food prices ... perhaps then we shall see a shift.

Doak McCraney,
Guelph

*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.