The drone of conservatism
Just had a thought. If the recent call from Mr. Scheer (a soon-to-be forgotten Tory) to scale back on government benefits/largesse is genuine, could we make him a poster boy for that movement? You know, take away the top level salary and free housing; a simple examination of the facts will show that he’s not actually earning his pay, or adding to the collective greatness of Canada. Let him volunteer to make life difficult for others. Don’t pay him.
I’m not bitter, but I’ve heard the undertone/drone of conservatism, my whole life. Funny how they want others to suffer, while they profit from the situation.
Right now (as in, today) there’s an international marathon effort to raise research funds for a vaccine against the coronavirus. Oddly, the nation with the most to gain from a solution has avoided the call. Yes, Yanks. You.
In Charlottetown, the provincial parliament has been undergoing a facelift for what seems like a lifetime. It’s not that long, yet, but finally someone is asking a pointed question about the finances. You see, the project was originally quoted at a price of $20 million when they stuck the shovel in the ground. In 2015. We were told, five years and then a party. There’s been a revision: now the estimate is up to an inflated $92 million, with two more years of fixin’ and primpin’ to go. This can’t be blamed on a pandemic. Rather, the person in charge should be set aside, and we can see if there’s a “Bob the Builder” out there, able to get the job completed.
