Have we really sunk this low?
Our democracy in both Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador is at risk - and ironically at a time when countries that have suffered decades of dictators are struggling, fighting, and giving their lives to achieve freedom.
Oh we should be ashamed as our people have already paid the price to achieve this precarious assembly of rights and freedoms that we allow our politicians to so recklessly dismantle it. And what is our response? Apathy and a feeling of hopelessness or just laziness - as we let others make decisions so threatening to our future.
We are lead around by a partisan harness ready to jump on anybody for trying to protect the future of our children - who are depending on our participation for their very survival. Whose responsibility is it to ensure proper development of precious natural resources? We cannot respond - that is what we elect governments for - what if that government is not acting in our best interests? How would we know?
Today - we are witnessing such abhorrent behavior like the patronage appointment of Elizabeth Matthews - following a string of many years of such appointments to various government posts. We are witnessing contracts to Williams old law firm and fibre-optic presents. Federally we have a Prime Minister who lied to this province and now a Prime Minister who leads a party that broke the law - regarding of all things the Elections Act.
These people - your governments and political representatives no longer respect the people. They treat us like fools - they treat us with disdain - they treat us as an unfortunate blockage between natural resources we own and the multi-millionaires who want every piece of it.
Who do you believe would get a meeting first - one of us people or a corporation wanting a piece of the action?
We are only necessary to flock like sheep to the polling booth election after election - so that when the polls close the faceless nameless greed can start up again and enjoy sipping from our wealth served in great portions by the people we elect to represent us.
How much is enough? It is never enough - these leaches will not stop sucking until every drip of life is taken from this wonderful place. They will not stop - they will send in lobbyists, or set-up one of their own to do their bidding in the peoples House of Assembly. They will crawl around in the backrooms of arrogant power - at all times trying to separate you from your future in order that they may take it.
We have people in this province who do not have two nickels to rub together - struggling week over week - but will trip over each other to go cheer for some politician or another.
We have half a million people living here and probably many times more than that who have been forced to leave their home to find work while filthy rich "shareholders" sit in ivory towers somewhere counting our wealth - that has been shuffled to their pockets.
We have been stripped of our forests, fish, water resources (hydro), minerals, communities, and people. We have been stripped of our pride and through social experimentation by people like Dr. Doug House slowly disappointed - just slow enough to avoid a political uprising.
I remember when the Liberals privatized a good number of our provincial parks. Natural areas of leisure for our families - built by the taxpayers and then unceremoniously dumped to the private sector who now treat these vast tracks of land and natural wealth as their own. Oh boy - Tom Osborne went off his head - he vowed to get them back. I guess that did not happen - I'm surprised the rest of the pristine areas have not yet been turned over to golf enthusiasts.
How much did it cost to buy the Southlands? How much was the Wilds turned over for? How much is enough? They will never have enough and now they are after more rivers - more power - they will want money from you to fish in a pond or pick a berry on the barrens. They will take and take and take - while we are expected to worship the filthy rich while they continue to work for "free". Free indeed - stop this now or you will not own the bit of ground you walk on - or the water that either surrounds you wholly or as a peninsula.
Any body catch the Minister of Fisheries today? Every day - day in - day out - they continue to walk over us until there is nothing left. Are you sure you want that outcome?
6 comments:
tell me sue, whats my alternative who would you see me support in the upcoming elections. the conservatives have broken election laws, the liberals had the sponsorship scandel, Jack Laytons NDP are questionable. provicially i see no real leadership at all nobody impressive and nobody in politics willing to see our resources used for our complete benifit.
During an environmental assessment panel today, I think it was in Labrador, NALCOR admitted to the audience that customers in our province will be paying around 14 cents/kwh while the power they export will be sold at market value of 7 cents/kwh.
It is really pass the time for everyone to wake up, make some noise, and demand details. There is shroud of secrecy that has been placed around NALCOR. They even claim that citizens can't be told the interest rate for the loan of the billions that they want to borrow. EXCUSE ME, don't we, the citizens of NL, own NALCOR??!!??
NALCOR is quick to pull out numbers when it comes to building up their Holyrood boogeyman but ask them for numbers pertaining to Muskrat Falls and they dance around the question.
It seems there is a reason no one in our current government or NALCOR wants the public to be fully informed about this project.
Why should we be paying the high rates on OUR resources just to subsidize the exported power so NALCOR can give it away at half the price for others? Every time a detail slips out of the iron curtain around NALCOR it shows how the people of this province are getting the short end of the stick.
Here is an interesting take from the Council of Canadians on how the re-appropriation of the Abitibi water rights in NL and the settlement paid by the CAN government through NAFTA might have set a dangerous precendent for so called public resources like water.
We are really going to hell in a hand basket and corporations are laughing all the way to the bank.
http://www.canadians.org/media/trade/2011/08-Mar-11.html
Our democracy in both Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador is at risk
No Sue the only thing at risk is whether your dillusions will take over your thinking.
With that said, I think it already has
You will note above a comment from anonymous - do you see any debate or comment on a position. The answer of course is no. First this gutless wonder is afraid to share their name thereby proving the point - real democracy is at risk. Second - not a position on any topic of public interest just a comment that I am delusional - and better yet look at the spelling of that word.
Like the song writer says,Sue & Scott: "The answer my friend is blowing in the wind"
The PC are no better then the Liberals. Don't about the NDP, maybe it's their turn.
My personal answer is very simple. EVERY ELECTION VOTE IN A DIFFERENT PARTY until we get to the point where the parties will say to themselves; we must obey the wishes of the voters, not go in government with our agenda and then use their own.
This is the POWER we have, to continually switch parties until they get it right for us, not for them.
If ur on the Rock, Brent, don't worry. Muskrat Falls is for u, it always was,according to Nalcor's vice president.
Post a Comment