Federal Election Game..

THE FEDERAL ELECTION GAME
How to avoid being another loser.
A commentary by Victor Drummond ©
March 2008

Within the next twelve months there is a high prospect a federal election will be called.

Even before that actually happens the newspapers, radio and television programs will be polluted with attack ads, political rhetoric and promises of social benefits too numerous and likely too ridiculous to mention.

Ordinary citizens like to believe promises made by their favourite candidate and will often decide to vote for that person – even if he or she is not running for their favourite party.

As most experienced voters know election promises are classed in the same category as pie crust. e.g. that being something that is made to be broken.

Unfortunately you can not eat a broken promise – and although not eaten -- a broken promise does leave voters with a bitter taste in their mouth.

Most issues chosen by politicians, (spin doctors), for the promise:- “I will fix this.”
are high profile items, such as:- Global Warming, Environmental Protection, Homeless Street People – Low Cost Housing, Child Poverty, High Taxes – and the list goes on and on.
Issues that for the most part no one person -- or political party --can do very much about.

Promises made by the Conservative Party – before – during – and after the last federal election focused on “Fair and Equal Taxation for All Canadians.”

And perhaps they tried to deliver.

The efforts of Gary Lunn -- MP for Saanich Gulf Islands – assisted by the Prime Minister and Governor General – merely helped improve a horrendous miscarriage of justice for some 30+ victims of the defective taxable benefit legislation – in that one riding.

But it made matters worse in the long run. Their efforts left thousands of similar victims with false hope but without relief from their own – personal -- financial disaster.

The current taxable benefit legislation is an insidious piece of legislation which conjures up an excuse for taxing thousands of Canadians on a potentially huge income that is purely imaginary.

Although ordinary common sense proclaims taxing phantom income is unreasonable, unfair, illogical, cruel, obscene, ridiculous, punitive, distressing, unwarranted, and DENIES all Canadians their RIGHT to fair and equal taxation – this issue is completely ignored by every political party and every candidate for federal office at the present time.

If you as a Canadian voter do not want to be a loser in this game of:- “Elect me and I will look after your interests.”-- then notify you favourite candidate -- in the coming federal election:-
“State your policy on correcting the taxable benefits disaster.”
Then I will decide if you will get my vote. No policy commitment = No Vote.

This is something your candidate – as a Member of Parliament -- can actually do something about – and it affects every Canadian.

See you at the Federal Election voting polls – O’Grady

Victor Drummond ©