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Letter: Increasingly embarassed with our leaders

Increasingly embarrassed with our leaders
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Increasingly embarrassed with our leaders

I am writing to you, my elected member of parliament and the premiere of the province I reside in, to express how appalled and disgusted I am with our governments’ handling of the Freedom 22 Convoy. All my life I have been proud to be a Canadian however I have been increasing embarrassed and quite frankly disgusted and angry with the actions of our so-called leaders.

Points to consider:

In 2021 our current prime minister was elected by less than 1/3 of Canadian voters.

Recent polls show that between 33% to more than 50% of Canadians support the goals of the Freedom Convoy.

This barely elected leader of a minority government refuses to meet with a concerned group of Canadians [HIS JOB] and further dismisses these Canadians, who are legally voicing their concerns, as a small fringe group with unacceptable views — even before they arrive in Ottawa and he hears what they have to say.

Instead of meeting with concerned citizens this so-called leader then hides at “an undisclosed location” doubling down on his divisive rhetoric. This only showed the world that he is a spoiled child and entitled bully who is more interested in name calling, vilifying citizens and dividing the country than he is in representing the Canadian people and promoting unity.

This is not the behaviour I want nor expect from the elected leader of my country.

I have been a strong NDP supporter since Grant Notley’s rise in Alberta in the 1980’s not only as a voter but also actively fund raising and campaigning for the party. Recently I have been extremely disappointed by the NDP who have not spoken out in support of their fellow citizens, so much so that I am currently unlikely to vote NDP in our next elections both provincially and federally.

Please do the right thing - stand up and speak out against the heavy handed measures being used to punish peaceful demonstrators in Ottawa by Trudeau and his party of mostly boot licking lackeys! Meet with the truckers and have an open discussion on their concerns and work to find common ground rather than escalating punishment, divisiveness and violence within my country. Show that you know how to lead Canadians and that you deserve my vote in coming elections.

I await your responses.

Colin Woytowich P.Eng (retired)

Cobble Hill