The Free Voice

I’m old enough to remember when it was considered impolite to discuss religion, politics, or money outside your home.  Then social media came along and gave everyone a voice.  It’s a new era to navigate.  As my mother-in-law would say, this is not our world anymore.  And while there are trolls being paid to create chaos and discourse on the internet by gaslighting people that take social media seriously not all internet storms are bad.  Twitter has brought public awareness and scrutiny on the ruling class and all their questionable ethics.

Take the Ontario conservative long term care minister, Merrilee Fullerton, who dropped the ball in long term care homes is now working with vulnerable children and families as the Ontario minister of family and children services. See what I mean.  The former Canadian conservative Health minister Rona Ambrose now sits on the board of Juul owned by a tobacco corporation, an industry that floods our healthcare system with chronic health conditions costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year. You can’t make this stuff up. Canadian politicians get a sweetheart deal. They get retired with full pensions and shuffle off to new posts.

Over in the US you have Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the house makes regular stock trades based on laws and votes she is directly impacting and she’s not the only one. Insider trading is normalized with these people and don’t even get me started on Dr. Fauci who seems to be on the side of angels.  You need some special goggles to see that.  Am I the only one? 

We need young vibrant voices that ensure the government is making Canadian’s lives better.  We need feather rufflers alike. Independent media. Leaders who are more concerned about doing what’s right for Canada then they are appeasing minority groups, corporations, and special interest groups.  Public officials who value progress for our country, not their own reputations and contingency plans. We need economists. Canadian’s pay for security and safety. Our freedom, healthcare, social assistance, clean water, hot baths, roads, lakes, and parks aren’t free.  Inflation will hit hard, and the media will spin it and politicians will argue the causes.  Is it greed, globalization, monopoly power, labour shortages or supply chain disruptions? It’s easy to be cynical and harder to be hopeful.  It’s easy to think our politicians are trying to bamboozle us with their malarkey and to see where they use government funds to enrich themselves. 

Canada is supporting us today tomorrow and forever and has been for generations.  Despite all our bad ideas and past histories, we are still glorious and free.  A place to call home where good people outnumber bad people.  That on occasion we should root for the home team.  We just need the right people on the bus and dare I say a much smaller bus.