McGuinty Government Accused of Election Fraud

Those of you who faithfully read my column every week, know how hesitant I am about voicing my opinion. This is especially true when it concerns politics. Everyone knows that politics and religion are two subjects that should never be discussed in friendly conversation.

This week I am going to ignore that rule.

With that in mind, I am about to get on my soapbox and lay it on the line. I am not talking about a box of Tide either, but the bona fide, down and dirty, wooden box of the good old days. And, what I have to say is, "enough is enough!!"

I have been watching with great chagrin the behaviour of our current government. The Liberals, under the leadership of Dalton McGuinty, seem to care very little about the promises they made during their election campaign. Everyday it is a different promise broken.

We will, of course, be told the deficit is the cause. Yeah right! If I hear that one more time I am going to scream! (at which point, some men in white coats with a special jacket for me, will probably come to take me away). Not that there will be that many surprised.

The problem is we have come to accept things this way. We all expect the politicians to lie to us. We have created a culture where we are expect to be sheep and just accept what we are told. Then the politicians wonder why voters are cynical.

Well, I for one have had it. As they said in the movie Network, "I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore".

I mean really, if you or I were to stand up in front of a crowd of people or reporters and promised things, it would be considered a contract. If we broke that contract, we, at the very least, would be sued. Not that they could get anything out of me because, as the saying goes "you can’t get blood out of a stone" but, they could try.

Purposely misleading the public, to me, is fraudulent and a breech of contract. The Liberals are acting more like we are married than as guardians of the province. They are not a husband who promises to do something but never quite gets around to it, they are our workers (used loosely). When we voted we hired the politicians as employees of the province and, as you could with any employee, if they lied during the interview they could be fired.

It is time this ended for good. This breech of the public trust every election is criminal and needs to have a stop put to it. We don’t accept it from companies like Enron, why should we allow it here?

This is what I am proposing. I have started a petition on my new website. In it, I am petitioning the Solicitor General of Canada, Wayne Easter, to immediately ask for either a public or RCMP inquiry into this affair.

If this request is turned down, or ignored, (a more likely scenario) then this list could immediately be used as the basis for a class action lawsuit. I figure what the heck. If it’s good enough for the Americans, why not us?

Of course, I would need the help of a lawyer, so if there are any out there who are willing to help for free, email me. I won’t hold my breath waiting but you never know. I heard a rumour about one with a heart once.

So, people, let’s stand up and be counted. Let’s show them that we expect integrity and honesty from our appointed leaders. Let’s show them what we are made of and that we are not going to take it anymore. Let’s immediately go to www3.sympatico.ca/robb.macqueen.

At the very least, it may scare them enough to make any future politician think twice before they jerk the public around. Then again…