Letter to the Editor

Excellent letter by Stan Chung!

We have been poorly, even aggressively mis-governed, for decades; I believe the forceful takeover of government by the corporation / industry / commerce alliance reached destructive proportions in the 1980s and has incrementally worsened as each government built on its ideological and political dependence on special interests.

With each step in the consolidation of “economic” control, citizens and the general public good suffered, and in lock step with that, accountability to the people declined to the point where today people like Eby and Carney impose and prolong draconian legislation, like DRIPA and UNDRIP, along with immigration levels that are crushing social, economic and environmental well-being.

If Chung thinks “things” are bad today, wait til tomorrow! I suspect he knows that; there will be no dollars for health, education, regulatory dependence and competence, environmental protection, or an honest equitable legal system (amongst many other issues governments are failing to manage), because government has capitulated to the corporate world and special interests, like the homeless lobby, immigration support, First Nation leadership and their lawyers, and diversity-equity-inclusion absurdities.

Can’t afford a house?  “Government,” as in taxpayers, will get you one. The people who can / could afford a house? Maybe freeze taxation? Tough bananas!  Need new turf at the local stadium?  Sorry, only if FIFA is playing there, in which case close to a billion dollars are coming your way.

Need a dermatologist?  Sorry, closest one available is a seven hour each way drive. Getting crunched by the cost of living?  Carney and Eby are scared poopless about stepping in front of the commerce juggernaut. After all, that’s who makes them dance.

Fifty years without a new medical school in Western Canada.  B.C. alone added over three million people in that time. We knew the snowbirds needed new aircraft 30 years ago. Trudeau and Carney saw through this, right?  Now it’s shutdown time.

Most Canadians could add 50 issues to this list. But there’s pot on the streets right. So be happy.

Brian L. Horejsi,
Penticton

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