Dear Editor:
Isn’t it appalling that 55 per cent of Ontario’s eligible voters didn’t care enough to find time to vote on any of the four days, 12 hours each, when polls were open?
Couldn’t they see that Doug Ford took more than one page from President Donald Trump’s playbook? Ford already had a majority, so was only after another four years of control, thereby increasing provincial debt at the expense of future taxpayers, as he has with paving part of the Holland Marsh, clearing trees from Ontario Place for an elaborate, costly spa.
Rather than repair the magnificent Science Centre, it will be demolished for housing and relocated. Then he has the audacity to promise a massive tunnel parallel to Highway 401 rather than invest in public transit systems, failing health care and public education systems, or increasing hydro facilities.
On top of that, he didn’t trust any of his local candidates to participate in public debates with competing candidates.
Premier Ford certainly seems to favour his wealthy developer supporters rather than Ontario citizens in general!
Eligible citizens who fail to vote, surely lose the “right” to complain.
Louise McMullen,
Erin