Liberals to blame
The Ford PCs were elected in 2018, and barely a year later COVID came crashing down, exposing the many flaws in our health-care and long-term care systems. The mess inherited by the PCs was a legacy left behind after 15 years of Liberal rule.
The Liberals had 15 years to address and change a LTC system that was already heavily invested in privatization, but they chose to ignore the problems and treated the portfolio with indifference. Lets remember that Steven Del Duca was a senior cabinet minister in that Wynne Liberal government. Del Ducas criticism of the Ford government on this issue, and his pledges to now fix the defective system, simply drip with hypocrisy and shouldnt be believed.
Cameron Stringer, Hamilton
Short memories
I dont get how the PCs are ahead in the polls. Has everyone forgotten all the deaths due to deplorable conditions in long-term care? Dont people know nurses are still overworked and have to suffer with low salary increases? Are all those people interested in another highway to put money into Fords cronies pockets?
Vote with care
My grandfather fought in the First World War and my father in the Second. They went to preserve our freedom, which includes the privilege to vote. Do not take this election for granted, but vote wisely.
Consider voting for a candidate who lives in your riding. They will have the pulse of what is going on and, I think, have the concerns of their constituents at heart. I wonder what interest a fly-in will have?
Part of the process is to engage in debate, giving us an idea of what they stand for. I wonder why some parties are reluctant to allow their delegates to participate. Are they afraid they might say something that doesnt embrace the platform, or maybe embarrass the party?
Dont vote and you cant complain. Regardless of the outcome, its about time that whoever forms the government should set aside their agendas and work together for the people who elect them.
Vote strategically
Ford is set to take his fight against releasing the 2018 mandate letters to the Supreme Court which moves the potential publication date until after the election. And, have you noticed that the PC party is a no-show at local candidate debates? Fords tactic is to withhold information from voters and so far its working. Its time for strategic voting if we want to avoid a disastrous climate change legacy we cant undo.
Carole Arsenault, Hamilton
Fords agenda
Thank you once again to Lorraine Sommerfeld. Her column needs to be read by every person in Ontario.
I wish you would do more of it. We need more people to help us understand where we are heading as a province, and your opinion piece helps to provide the truth behind Fords political agenda.
Required reading
Everyone in Ontario needs to read Lorraine Sommerfelds May 27 column. How do we get this message to the people of Ontario before they head to the polls and blindly vote for the status quo? It should be posted throughout the entire province; not just for Spec readers.
Margaret Mladen, Burlington
Eye-opening stuff
Ms. Sommerfeld is exactly right about (almost) everything in her latest column. In fairness, she cites The Narwhal about the fact that Fords proposed highway will consume 2000 acres of farmland, wetland, etc. So it isnt her personal statistic.
Those 2000 acres are just the beginning. What about the tens of thousands of acres of farmland that will be consumed and paved over building houses, plazas, parking lots etc. on farmland surrounding that highway? More than 20 years ago I happened to meet with one of the major land developers in the province. During the meeting our conversation stumbled upon the village of Waterdown. He said he had bought farmland just east of the village more than 25 years before a shovel went into the ground to build a new subdivision. Does anyone actually believe that developers dont already own, or have options on the land surrounding the proposed highway? What a great day to read The Spec for some eye opening stuff!
Richard Ronchka, Carlisle
Lack of choices
Fords not going to win because he is so great and popular. He will win because the other choices are even less appealing.
Hannah Gardener, Burlington
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