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afransen TO
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I've noticed the same thing. I wonder that Liberal MPs are unwilling to push for the constituents' interests, especially at a time when their grasp on power is rather tenuous and there is a real chance of them losing their power base in Ontario.
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With friends like these
At election time, they knock on your door, tell you they want to represent your interests in Ottawa, and ask you for your trust and support.
In the last election, voters in this province sent 71 Liberal MPs to Ottawa to ensure Ontarians' voices were heard and their concerns addressed in the development of national policy.
But are these Members of Parliament really looking out for you?
National policy, of course, involves a lot more than foreign affairs, airlines, broadcasting and national defence. Much of it has to do with directing how federal tax dollars are split up among the 10 provinces.
In this regard, Ontario is getting the short end of the stick, short of dollars to meet this province's needs in health care, education, public transit, immigrant settlement and other key areas.
That's why Premier Dalton McGuinty has launched a campaign to persuade Ottawa that Ontario isn't getting its fair share.
You would think the 71 Liberal MPs who represent Ontario in Ottawa would be keenly interested in what McGuinty has to say.
At the very least, you would think they would hear him out.
Yet, this week they rebuffed his request to meet the Ontario Liberal caucus to discuss this province's needs and its people's concerns.
It is outrageous.
Your premier asks your federal representatives for a meeting to discuss your needs, and they tell him they are not interested in what he has to say.
Can you imagine MPs from any other province treating their premier with the same disrespect?
Instead, the Ontario Liberal MPs told McGuinty to stay at Queen's Park and solve his own problems.
But when he tried to do just that a year ago by breaking a promise not to raise taxes, these very same politicians attacked him, fearing his tax increase would cost them seats as they headed into a federal election.
If these Ontario Liberal MPs don't think McGuinty should raise taxes or ask for their help in getting a fairer deal from Ottawa, they must believe he should be solving his fiscal problems by cutting spending for your health care, for your children's education, jacking up college and university tuitions and ordering cities to charge even higher transit fares.
Yes, these are the same people who last June shook your hand, said you mattered, and asked for your trust.
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With friends like these
At election time, they knock on your door, tell you they want to represent your interests in Ottawa, and ask you for your trust and support.
In the last election, voters in this province sent 71 Liberal MPs to Ottawa to ensure Ontarians' voices were heard and their concerns addressed in the development of national policy.
But are these Members of Parliament really looking out for you?
National policy, of course, involves a lot more than foreign affairs, airlines, broadcasting and national defence. Much of it has to do with directing how federal tax dollars are split up among the 10 provinces.
In this regard, Ontario is getting the short end of the stick, short of dollars to meet this province's needs in health care, education, public transit, immigrant settlement and other key areas.
That's why Premier Dalton McGuinty has launched a campaign to persuade Ottawa that Ontario isn't getting its fair share.
You would think the 71 Liberal MPs who represent Ontario in Ottawa would be keenly interested in what McGuinty has to say.
At the very least, you would think they would hear him out.
Yet, this week they rebuffed his request to meet the Ontario Liberal caucus to discuss this province's needs and its people's concerns.
It is outrageous.
Your premier asks your federal representatives for a meeting to discuss your needs, and they tell him they are not interested in what he has to say.
Can you imagine MPs from any other province treating their premier with the same disrespect?
Instead, the Ontario Liberal MPs told McGuinty to stay at Queen's Park and solve his own problems.
But when he tried to do just that a year ago by breaking a promise not to raise taxes, these very same politicians attacked him, fearing his tax increase would cost them seats as they headed into a federal election.
If these Ontario Liberal MPs don't think McGuinty should raise taxes or ask for their help in getting a fairer deal from Ottawa, they must believe he should be solving his fiscal problems by cutting spending for your health care, for your children's education, jacking up college and university tuitions and ordering cities to charge even higher transit fares.
Yes, these are the same people who last June shook your hand, said you mattered, and asked for your trust.