Opportunity is...

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING
A Commentary on the opportunity
The current Canadian Government now has to put substance
behind their promises of Fair Taxation for all honest, hard-working Canadians
by Victor Drummond ©
May 2008

When the Conservative Party won a minority government -- and the Most Honourable Stephen Harper became Canada’s Prime Minister on February 6, 2006 – most Canadians expected there would be another federal election within two years.

Well here it is over two years later and there is no federal election yet in sight. But political pundits do not need to look far to see why. The opposition parties have nothing to offer the Canadian voter that is equal to – or better -- than what the Conservatives have given – which isn’t much.

The opposition parties have searched high and low to find something to go to an election with that might give them a chance at forming the next federal government.

It is difficult to work up much excitement this year over the issue of global warming when Canada has just come through the longest, coldest winter in over half a century.

Then to further lessen public concern about this issue the so-called experts are now predicting that a change in ocean currents will stave off further global warming symptoms for another dozen years or so. (Possibly forever.) So that issue is a non-starter for now.

Getting our troops out of harms way is another sticky issue. There has been a lot of hoop-a-;aw about meeting with the leaders of the Afghanistan dissidents, the Taliban leaders and/or the Hamas leaders to try and negotiate some kind of – let us off the hook -- deal.

As there is a high risk any delegation from Canada may end up becoming hostages, or worse, we need to find some expendable politicians to represent our side. So far there haven’t been any volunteers come forward from our side. (So this issue is a non-starter for now.)

How about energy conservation and renewal?

Who can come up with a plan to replace fossil fuels by an endless supply of energy that can be cornered by investors and keep the economy rolling along like a song? For now higher and higher costs are the most effective means of conserving energy.

Wind power is too little and too unreliable.

Tidal power has prospects for places like The Bay of Fundy.

Geo-thermal sources are great for places like Iceland, Hawaii and Yellowstone Park.

Nuclear Energy is a possible answer for Canada that has a bountiful supply of uranium and some experience with nuclear power plant technology.

But there is a lot of concern regarding the long term safety and environmental pollution associated with nuclear power generation.

Consequently energy conservation – without a suitable replacement plan – is a non-starter issue.

So what issue -- is out there -- to focus public attention upon – that might possibly give any one political party a chance at forming a majority government in Canada?

How about stepping up to the plate on the issue of protecting honest, hard-working Canadians from legalized extortion and economic disaster at the hands of their own government?

After all the Conservative party used “Fair Taxation” as a plank in their 2005 pre-election platform.

And since being elected there have been several speeches -- made by high ranking Conservative Members of Parliament – repeating this same promise.
Stephen Harper, Jim Flaherty, Gary Lunn for example.

In all fairness the Conservatives did take some token measures to keep this promise – at least to about 30 Canadian victims in the riding of Saanich Gulf Islands British Columbia.

The shenanigans carried out so far by the Conservatives -- regarding “Fair Taxation” – are nothing more than publicity stunts with no real substance so far as providing equal relief to thousands of similar victims of the unjustifiable taxes levied on phantom income that never materialized.

Consequently OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING for any political party that has the social conscience, the sense of decency, the will to maintain justice and to actually represent the best interest of the Canadians that elected them.

If any Canadian Political Party attempts to excuse their lack of concern, -- and/or tolerance of an abusive tax practice in Canada – on the grounds they were never aware of this problem then you can add lack of respect for the truth as another reason to vote for someone else.

Because every Canadian Political Party in Canada has received multiple E-mails and messages from both individual victims and from the organization:- “Canadians’ for Fair and Equalized Taxation”, (CFET), appealing for equal and fair treatment. (For further information on this issue visit:- http://www.cfet.ca )

If you would like to have Canada governed by Honourable, decent, and trustworthy people then contact your Member of Parliament and tell them you demand a commitment from them and their political party to change the defective taxable benefit legislation and restore all taxes levied on phantom income to it’s rightful owners.

As a Canadian voter:- OPPORTUNITY is KNOCKING - for you as well.

You can make your voice heard on Parliament Hill and take pride in knowing you have done your part to upgrade the organization that governs you.

The CFET group has made it easy for you to e-mail your Member of Parliament to voice your support of the CFET Fair Taxation objective.

Merely copy and paste the following link to the address line on your web browser and send the prepared text over your own e-mail identity.

http://cfet.ca/EmailMP.html

Victor Drummond ©