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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2009-01-14, Page 6""--.•,44:60.447 '" Page 6 The Huron Expositor • January 14, 2009 .1;%••61-st•••••••••••,,, ' • - '04111-•••••••••6‘.01,1*flrkIno-vmosn'1,4•0:4-tr„ Letters to the editor • Local Christian Heritage Party member says Prime Minister should have 'stuck to his guns' ••• 0.6v -bask --4• • To the Editor: Liberals and the NDP together only won 114. Only by uniting with a party Tony McQuail wrote a recent letter that is dedicated to the destruction of in which he made a number of state- Canada can the coalition outnumber ments I believe must respond to. I the Tories on any given bill. want to make it clear that I am not What Tatty is not telling us is that a member of the Conservative Party, three polls (Ekos, Compass, Ipsos- and am often disappointed at Stephen IF Reid), all done late last week clearly Harper's behaviour. Nonetheless, I show that Canadians are not at all would rather have the Conservatives 4f happy with the Liberals and NDP in power than the proposed coalition. t; and would by a strong majority (60 to First, Tony says we did not elect the T'63 per cent) prefer another election to Tories to govern. While Tony and 1 the coalition taking power. would like to see proportional repre- Further, while Harper and the To- sentation as the method whereby we ries have sought the support of the elect MPs (and MPPs), the fact is, that Bloc on specific bills, the NDP and under our first -past -the -post system, Liberals have effectively brought the we did elect the Thries. Anyone who Bloc into the government and have casts a vote for any candidate also all but given them the final say on casts a vote for the party with which anything the Liberal/NDP coalition that candidate is affiliated -something wants to do. we all need to remember at election Tony repeats the Coalition party time. • line that it is because the Tories are The fact is, -Harper and his party doing nothing to won 143 seats in the last election; the help ,cthe economy v., Toronto reader says Expositor has -4-1011k*At-'-wwir been his 'anchor' since 1952 ,444 that the Coalition must act. But this is blatantly false on three grounds: it is now clear that as soon as the last election was over that the NDP and Liberals were plotting to overturn the election results; also, only recently the Liberals voted to support the Throne Speech, which laid out the general economic plan the Tories would follow; finally, the Tories have done much to stimulate the economy -cutting corporate taxes, cutting the GST, stating they will hold the line On spending, etc. What sent the other parties over •the edge was the Tories' proposal to cut the taxpayer subsidy to political parties. , • My party has opposed the subsidy from the beginning. Greed and a lust for power they could not attain at the voting booth were the motives behind the Coalition putsch. Tony also repeats the party line that 60 per cent of Canadians did not vote for the Tories. But if you take out the votes the Bloc received, Harper did get a majority. By the way Tony, Jack Layton only got 44 per cent of the votes in his own riding: in Coalition -speak, "more people voted against him than voted for him!" Can we expect Jack to step down as MP and leader of the party or is that different? The only disappointing thing about Harper's behaviour is his caving to the Coalition to preserve his govern- ment and asking the Governor-Gen- eral to prorogue Parliament. • He should have stuck to his guns, dissolved Parliament and taken his case to the people of Canada. . - Dave Joslin Christian Heritage Party Huron -Bruce r, k - • „ ^.- You are invited to attend these area churches S1THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit The Reverend Karine A. Farm Jarvis St, Seaforth 519-527-1522' Sunday, January leth Worship & Sunday School 9:30 ain. Coffee Hour following EVERYONE WELCOME• Morning Prayer Fri., Jan. 16th at 10 Parish Council Sat; Jan.17th at 10:30 a.m. BETHEL BIBLE CHURCH An Associated Gospel Chu 126 Main St, Seaford); 519-527-0982 4 Sunday School AH Ages 9:4 *At Sunday Worship Ila.m, Youth Group & B&G Club Wed. 7 p Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME STJAMES MAN CATHOLIC CHURCH :WELCOMESYOU 14Victoria Street, Seaforth 519-527-0142 Sunday Mass I !a.m. ST PATRICK'S, DUBLIN Saturday Mass 5 p.m. Sunday Mass 9 a.m. Dear Editor, I have been a (hapd-me-on) reader/subscriber to the expositor since I left McKillop Township (.n.1/2 lot 16, conc.5) in 1952. The Expositor has been an anchor for me and enabled me to stay in touch with many friends and neighbours and relations and my rural roots over the years My letter - after decades of silence -- is in re- sponse to Tony McQuail's opinion piece in your Dec.24th edition -- what a refreshing,thoughtful reading of our situation in the current economic debacle and what an encouaging admonition to • all of us to rise to the challenge of making a bet- ter sytem -- a better world for all of god's chil- dren. I also appreciated your editorial and Dan Schwab's opinion piece - they fitted so nicely with Tony's thoughts - we've been through tough times before and we know that we survive only by taking care of each other. I was disturbed to read in your Dec.3lst edi- tion the item on page 17 by publisher Dave Sykes about cutbacks at your pa- pers. Personally, I'd be 't y happy to pay much more for my subscription to see the Expositor survive and continue to • serve the local and extended commu— nity for years to come. I'm too old and far away to start a fundraising drive for the paper but would be happy to contribute to such an undertaking. Jack Murray Toronto Farm Succession & Business Planning Yntrot Session NORTHSIDE UNITED. Welcomes YOU Sunday 11 a.m. Worship Nursery & Sunday School 54toderkh StW. Seaforth mit 527-2635 viww.cavannorthsideunited.ca 444e ;0 47-4‘4.44 EGMONDVILLE UNITED' 'CHURCH Pastor Steve Hildebrand Worship Sun.,Jan. 18th at 11 a.m. Adult &Youth Sunday School 10 ant Come worship with us Elevator & Ear Buds Avaiable SOUP'R SUNDAy Jan. 18th . , - •• , 4 - • E • 59 Goderich StVV.Seaforth 519-527-0170 Organist Susanna Lyman Worship jan. 18 at 11:15 a.m. Rev. 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