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August 20: Caricature unfair to conservatives, no social-conservative government, most urgent letters on climate change and more

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We don’t need a social-conservative government

The last thing the Canadian electorate needs, as we approach an uncertain future, is a socially conservative government.

O’Toole has included in his election promises a balanced budget, in economic jargon, an operation of decline because of the dollars it will siphon from the real economy! Trudeau recognizes the need to inject dollars into the real economy and he will do so by using our Public Bank of Canada to fund vital public services without creating a national debt.

Trudeau invested billions in new infrastructure, allegedly $ 12 billion, improving Toronto’s transit system as well as CERB payments and subsidies to businesses during the lockdown. It is also in this spirit that Trudeau will bring a long-awaited guaranteed annual income into the hands of those who have been economically disenfranchised for too long.

However, I cannot forget the Paul Martin years with his cuts in social transfers, and the dismal years of Mike Harris who responded directly to them. It is too bad it took a pandemic to bring the Liberal government to its senses, but that is why I hesitate to give the Liberals a majority. We must also take into account that with a minority government, most social spending would not have been a reality without the support of the socially conscious NDP from the opposition.

Climate change, the most pressing problem

With all the talk about child care, health care, etc. all of which are important, none of this will matter if we don’t do something about climate change.

An open letter to Prime Minister Ford:

The immunization policy you have imposed only dodges the problem rather than leading the way. The “education” sessions for unvaccinated health care workers are a joke. If they don’t get it after a year and a half of a pandemic, they won’t. The government continues to protect the unvaccinated at the risk of vulnerable people who you obviously deem disposable. I am 73 years old, my son is 38 years old and has a disability. I am doing home care work and have been doing it for a year and a half since the pandemic and will obviously continue because we have no other choice. You threw my son under the bus with other disabled and fragile people from our province. The constitutional right that you hold about to justify people who choose not to vaccinate says that harming others overrides their actions. The unvaccinated harm us all and for these people to be cared for and protected by you is absurd!

The fourth wave is getting worse and worse. Do whatever it takes if it’s not already too late.

Jan Burke-Gaffney, Dundas

Caricature should have been by Trudeau

The image of Afghans hanging on and then falling from a plane as it took off from Kabul airport will remain an image etched in my mind forever. Graeme Mackay’s cartoon in Friday’s Spec, which portrayed the Taliban and the Conservative Party saying “we are not the old” Taliban or Conservative Party, was in very bad taste. To begin with, Canadians have the freedom to vote for whomever they want. Afghan citizens, meanwhile, are now forced to live under a despotic Taliban regime that does not respect women and the right to vote. A more appropriate cartoon would contain two frames. One representing a hesitant Trudeau dreaming of a majority. The other picture, an Afghan translator having a nightmare because our government did not act quickly enough to bring them and their families to safety while the Taliban knock on their door.

The Taliban are more credible

The cartoon about two outfits trying to rename themselves was hilarious. Unfortunately, the Taliban have more credibility than the Conservatives.

No comparison between O’Toole and the terrorist leaders

Cartoons are supposed to be funny, but it’s amazing – do you compare Mr. O’Toole to terrorist bosses? It’s almost like you don’t want followers who don’t fit a particular narrow view – the daily roadblock is getting harder and harder to bear.

Spec showed his true colors

Le Spec finally showed its true colors by printing MacKay’s political cartoon comparing the Conservative Party of Canada to the Taliban. I never thought I would see a day when it would be good to sink into that level, lower than the level of a snake’s belly using this comparison. The cartoon also portrays the Conservatives as a bunch of tired old men and women, but when you look at the profiles of the candidates running for this election you will find a most diverse multicultural group. Showing once again the bias that has made its way through the pages of the Spec.

Everything is in the rule of law

I think the question is not whether you support statue builders or statue demolishers, but rather do you support the rule of law. Can a group, for whatever reason, if they feel offended, can they just do justice for themselves? And where do you draw the line looking the other way? Anyone or group that does justice itself today may need the support of the law tomorrow. How will they feel if everyone is just looking the other way?

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