I love Mayor Hazel. In fact she is the only politician I have ever liked. Her ways are practical, well thought out and fair. My only wish is that instead of running Mississauga she would run the country.
Granted, she probably couldn't keep Canada as debt free as she keeps Mississauga, but chances are we'd be far better off than we are now. Hazel doesn't spend money she doesn't have, plain and simple. The government of Canada however spends money like they have an unlimited supply of funds. Then, when they realize how broke they are, they simply invent a new tax to stick on us to help support their careless spending habits.
Currently in Canada everything is about the G8 and G20 summit. I'd like to know why a meeting about the state of the economy world wide is costing billions of dollars including 2 million dollars on a fake lake.
This G8/G20 summit is doing nothing good for this country. It is a complete waste of tax payers dollars and not too mention a huge inconvenience to Canadian citizens. First the security measures being taken are insane. I do understand that these are world leaders and security needs to be of high importance. What I don't understand is why they don't hold it at a secret location, away from the downtown core. This way they wouldn't have to keep workers out of the area, or tell those going to work to dress down for their safety, or tell parents to keep their kids home from school/daycare or pay to have roads barricaded etc. Instead, they could quietly have their meeting somewhere with a real lake and role model smart spending habits.
Imagine if our government stopped trying to impress these world leaders with flashy pointless accessories in an effort to 'keep up with the Joneses' so to speak. Imagine they showed they respect how hard Canadians work to pay their taxes and instead held a modest meeting that didn't eat up all the resources that we do not even have available.
Here is what this summit is really doing:
-Putting the downtown core in danger of terrorist/protester attacks
-Inconveniencing residents, business owners and employees of the downtown core
-Using up all our RCMP resources
-Costing Billions of dollars in tax payer money that could be used towards more important issues or simply refunded back to Canadians. (If you feel you have that much money to burn, you obviously are taxing us too much)
At the end of the day the G8 and G20 summit is simply a meeting, nothing more. I am very disappointed in our government and the lack of respect being shown for Canadians in regards to the frivolous spending of our tax dollars. Shame on you Harper and company!
