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It’s NOT EXACTLY the dramatic reduction you’d like people to think is happening


Early yesterday, Facebook reminded me of an image I had posted 12 months ago, with regards to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and his government.

Ever quick to defend his party of choice, John of Kamloops quickly responded by stating:

Cannabis is legal, over 800,000 people including over 300,000 children are now living above the poverty line, we all are entitled to medical assistance in ending our lives in the face of terrible, terminal diseases, transgendered people now have human rights protections.......all things Andrew Scheer voted against.

First of all John, while StatsCan information (released earlier this year) did indeed show poverty declining in 2017, the Organization for Citizens Justice (https://cpj.ca/), not exactly a Conservative leaning organization, indicated the following details:


  • Poverty Trends 2017  ...  4.8 million people in Canada (or 13.9%) live in poverty .... down 0.5% from 2016
  • Current poverty trends  ...  right now, over 5 million people in Canada struggle every day to get by. Poverty is a heavy burden to bear. It impacts people physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It impacts their sense of identity in the world and their relationship with others, with creation, and with God.


That’s not exactly the dramatic reduction you’d like people to think is underway under Trudeau the Second.

Next up ... personally I’m not terribly concerned about legalized cannabis.  I do however care about the hundreds and thousand of lives snuffed out, due to poisoned drugs laced with fentanyl and carfentanyl being sold on the street – sold with near impunity by those deliberating creating these ticking time bombs.

Then we come to the Trudeau government decision regarding medically assisted suicide, which you spoke of; on that one we are already running into issues (just as was predicted). There are, and will continue to be, challenges as to which individuals, under what medical circumstances, will be able to request an assisted suicide.  Count on that to continue as the legal profession, under the direction of a limited number of individuals, attempt to broaden the definition of the law.

And ... as to right for those in the LGBTQ2s community -- discrimination has been a blemish on our history for decades -- human rights are human rights for all. That being the case, and with history to look back on, I wouldn’t go trotting out the Liberal Party as champions of gay rights John.

I feel fairly certain that you do NOT approve of each and every policy and position of the Liberal Party of Canada ... just as I do not, and never have, approved of each and every policy of the Conservatives (through the PCs, to the Reform Party, to Alliance, and now to the Conservative Party of Canada).

Before I wrap this up today, I’d like to circle back to poverty. The reasons for poverty are many, and many times they are self-inflicted, however that doesn’t mean we should give up on trying to influence change.

Where the choices of parents impact their children however, that brings out anger and dismay within me. Child poverty is often (but certainly not always) the result of parental lifestyles – and those lifestyles are ones which NO child should have imposed upon them.

Children need a home where they come first ... 

They need and deserve a home that’s clean, and where they are kept clean ... 

They deserve vaccinations against preventable diseases, along with regular health and dental care ... and to have an environment where reading, games, learning are all part of growing up ... 

And they should never be sent to school hungry, and be without a healthy and nutritious lunch.

Spending money on cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, gambling, tattoos and the like are far to often, but NOT always, what is contributing to child poverty -- and I make NO apologies for saying so.

As I have stated John, legalized cannabis and medical assistance to end lives isn’t high on my radar.  What is high however is child poverty, and the MANY reasons for it.  And I say this whether it’s politically correct to do so or not.

Finally, we have to agree on something – and it seems that is for the rights of those in the LGBTQ2s community – that, for the moment John, is where we do indeed find common ground.

I care about the well-bring of Canadians ... something that is neither right wing or left wing or any wing at all. ... and THAT is what our politicians should be concerned about.

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  1. John TwiggJuly 15, 2019 at 4:23 PM

    Indeed. I agree that governments and political parties need to put more focus onto real issues like family incomes (aka affordability) and job creation and less on fake issues like gasoline and petroleum supposedly causing global warming.

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