Dear Editor:
Re: Aug. 19 editorial (Gratuitous election call).
You seem to sympathize with “friends” who resent the multi-million cost to taxpayers of what you call a gratuitous federal general election call.
Well, your apathetic friends may be right. But they are also short-sighted. They ought to consider that much of the cost of this and other elections will be spent on the recruitment, training and compensation of impartial election officials with various degrees of knowledge and responsibility.
Your friends might also consider that much of this compensation money will be spent locally. Consider election spending to be a version of economic stimulus.
Finally, if you and most of your friends are indifferent to Canadian history and Canadian politics now, it may be time to get informed and involved. We have a pretty good nation, but it’ll require imagination and drive to make it a great nation.
All of us need to become interested – your friends and my friends included.
Rolf Pederson,
Fergus