I think Tory handed over the reins when he abandoned a key issue (funding for religious schools) in midstream.
Personally, I'd like to see a cap on the income level for those seeking to run for public office. Over $70 thou/yr, you don't truly represent most of the electorate.
Wolf
Yes I agree, but the argument's always been that the "best"..ie. managers, executives, legal etc. can attract handsome salaries in the private sector and if we expect the "best" in government, we should expect to pay salaries commensurate with these skills...
Unfortunately Canada's "best" work to create "investment climates" and "lucrative potentials", all of which are desirable and inviting to the already well-off....
Meanwhile: Farmers are paid pennies for years of toil and middle-men inflate the prices of beef pork and livestock goods far beyond a reasonable rate that would give the producer a decent living and safeguard the quality of Canadian products. Case in point: How many meat packing plants are owned and controlled by Non-Canadian firms and how does the record of these plants stack up in terms of quality and management? (Quick appraisal: Poor to criminal)
Our "best" (who warn us they could find high-paying jobs in the private sector) are continuing policies of past governments that allow unsettled land claims and disputes with Canada's Native People to simmer and boil over....repeatedly ...time and time again....
Our "best" have us convinced that after letting the nations shipbuilding industry flounder for decades that there is an "urgent" need for taxpayers to pay for ice-breakers to "show the flag" in the far north where Canadian (and American) petroleum and mineral cartels want a leg-up on Danish and Russian claims to what's under and around the north pole.....
Our "best" have denied and frustrated anyone who argues that global warming is happenning and we can address this calamity by artificial nonsense like "carbon credits" and monitoring "carbon emmissions intensity"...which means when all is said and done that nothing that the Liberal government didn't do over the past fifteen years will be mirrored by the new government (principally the Stephen Harper Dog and Pony Show....but we should all be pleased that at least lately Stephen the Fool has changed his mind on the topic and actually thinks that there may be a problem after all...
Our "best" continue to pour money down the rabbits hole created by a medical profession that's reneged on its Hippocratic oath in favor of making as much money as quickly as you can from an aging population...us old folk will kick off and they'll have no one to prescribe over-priced useless medications to....
Our "best" (Ontario) voted themselves a 25% raise to their 100,000.00+ annual salaries while disabled folk get 2%....
Our "best" are con-men liars and theives, always have been and always will be so long as Canadians are prepared to accept that Canadian politicians aren't accountable to the people. Perhaps we could all get jobs at Hydro One....million dollar a year salaries.....must be truly next to god himself in qualifications and expertise.....
Don't bet on it....
While sitting on billion dollar reserves in UI and other niches in the national treasury, services to the people are cut and prices keep rising.... roads keep falling apart and we're supposed to get all worked up over paying for Jews to send their children to Jewish schools and Catholics get to keep a hand in our pockets to learn that hating homosexuals is OK and women aren't entitled to anything...and oh yes let's not forget that the Harper government will send millions to Lebanon and pour money out to others in the name of foreign aid...but as our TV tells us, 1,000,000 Canadians can't afford shelter and electricity....1,000,000 Canadians can't afford shelter and food.....750,000 Canadians use and rely on foodbanks....
Our "best" are parasites and hoodlums, just like big businessmen and international multi-national conglomerates....
Welcome to the world that the dollar built.....
