Politicians living high off the hog

DEAR EDITOR:

Governments and politicians of all stripes seem to forget their agenda promises once they are in power.

Some are worse than others and today’s federal government is among the worst! For starters, five taxes will be raised this year; the Canada Pension Plan tax;

Employment Insurance tax; the carbon tax; alcohol tax; a second carbon tax as well as Canadians having to face the highest food prices and interest rates ever seen before.

In spite of all this, I cannot see any benefit to the average Canadian family or any worthwhile contribution to climate change as the worst polluting countries continue to utilize coal and fossil fuels for their energy needs and what they produce affects the world as a whole.

In addition, not only is free speech under attack but this government spent $8,800 on a sex toy art exhibit in Germany, $6,000 on a single-night stay in a hotel room (and will not divulge who stayed there), $1 million on the Governor General’s week-long trip to the Middle East that included almost $100,000 for in flight meals.

Members of Parliament took three pay raises since the beginning of COVID-19 while the G.G’s salary was increased almost $40,000 on top of a salary of almost $300,000.

The government-funded CBC doled out some $51 million in bonuses during the pandemic while the Bank of Canada handed out $45 million in bonuses and raises and CMHC gave its employees almost $61 million in raises and bonuses (information from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation). All of this spending while pushing the average family closer towards the poor house and suggesting they cancel their Disney Channel subscription to save money as suggested by Chrystia Freeland.

I don’t know what word could be formed by combining tyranny, dictatorship and arrogance, but it should be in the dictionary!

Harry DeRosier Summerland