Whose legacy is really the lousiest?

Re: The lousy legacy of Justin Trudeau (letter, March 20 by Fred B. Woodward):

How interesting this writer’s insightful views are. I’m quite sure his mention of “diatribe” is a scholarly reference to the Greek word meaning “discourse.”

There was nothing wise about the inception of the Phoenix pay system by the Harper government. In June of 2015, at Miramichi , payroll staff were already reporting they could not keep up with the complaints of people not being paid. To this, Tilly O’Neill-Gordon, Conservative MP for Miramichi, blithely said “just a matter of them learning their job.”

The election, if you recall, occurred many months later, in October of 2015, the secondlongest campaign in Canadian history and certainly the costliest.

I grant you, the sad situation of Glen Assoun, whose file regarding his wrongful 17-year incarceration sat on the then-justice minister’s desk for 18 months without ever being dealt with, would indeed suggest being an accomplished lobbyist with a sense of entitlement and scant law experience are not credentials for a well thought-out ministerial appointment.

As a point of interest, Pierre Trudeau served in the Canadian Officers Training Corps from 1943 to 1945, but was never deployed overseas. Neither Brian Mulroney nor Stephen Harper served in the military, which is immaterial, except for the ghastly fact that Harper closed multiple Veteran’s Affairs offices, including here in Kelowna, making it difficult to access assistance.

Harper’s trip to India in 2012 cost taxpayers $2.5 million, including $1.2 million to fly two armour-plated Cadillacs and an SUV. Perhaps he should have only packed some "inappropriate clothing.”