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An open letter to the Members of the Ontario Legislature Tutti Frutti Toryisms Political apathy result of outrage over the inconsequential
Dear Members of the Ontario Legislature: In yesterday's National Post, the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Mr. John Tory, was handed an important luxury that few of us will be given: the publication of a column in the National Post. Unfortunately, he used it to spread voter apathy. Fortunately for him, the National Post did him the courtesy of not posting my responding letter to the editor. Perhaps one of you will do me the kindness of reading this letter into Hansard, in lieu. Ontario is faced with
challenges to its health care, education, and electricity
sectors. One could argue that government policy on such matters
is wrong. One could argue that certain things need to be
improved. Yet Mr. Tory used not one of his 714 words to object
to government policy at all. Instead, he focussed on Mr. Duncan's expenses
while abroad on government business.
In his National Post article,
Mr. Tory wrote:
I will not defend Mr. Duncan's
decisions abroad, but ask any businessperson and she will tell you: the
people who "get the little things right" are called Administrative
Assistants, not "Premier". How much time - how much tax revenue -
have Mr. Tory and his team blown by scouring of expense
reports and doing Freedom of Information requests concerning these
minutiae? Mr. Tory: how about putting your time - the
taxpayer's money - to work on making sure that the government gets "the
big things right" for a change?
Mr. Tory concludes:
Pardon me ladies and gentlemen,
but with 11 paragraphs about who should pay for snack food, Mr. Tory has
unwittingly provided us with a black and white demonstration of what is
actually undermining Ontario's confidence in the political
process. These never-ending Tutti-Frutti Toryisms; these
politically-motivated, boring dronings-on about implementation
details; are the real reason for the growing indifference
to politics. The battles you choose, Mr. Tory, should worry us
all.
For further details, contact:
This letter has been
distributed to all members of the Ontario Legislature and to all major
news media.
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Freedom Party of Ontario Tel: 1-800-830-3301 |