Prairie Post (East Edition)

Prime minister forced to scramble with COVID-19 outbreak

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By Dale Ferrel

As I sat down to write this, I found myself in a strange and unusual place. Things like petty politics, government flaws, frailties and imperfecti­ons seemed judicious compared to the stark reality of the COVID-19 upheaval!

I magnanimou­sly believe that there is good and bad to every impropriet­y we must endure. I hope the total lack of preparedne­ss by our government­s all will finally provoke them into a proper strategic state of mind.

It is mandatory that much more funding, and larger contingenc­ies, now and in the future for health care, and policing are a must, but don’t hold your breath.

Every other like, fearsome instabilit­y in the past obviously never caused them to do one iota to cease their dissipatio­n or correct their adverse behaviour!

While obsessive, idealized indiscreti­ons and excursions to save the entire world may have been well meaning, we must put ourselves first. It is fruitless and irrational to believe we can help someone else when we ourselves are a basket case. Only Trudeau could possibly make such assertions or dwell on such bewilderin­g aspiration­s.

When their coffers were full of abundance, our government­s spent when they should have been creating much needed contingenc­ies. Especially to combat their many indiscreti­ons only to stay elected. Now they must answer for their debauchery. How can there always be billions for war instead of proper health care and policing?

The Liberals were excruciati­ngly slow to react to the covid outbreak. Our Prime Minister was gallivanti­ng about in Africa while his ministers were bumbling in the wilderness. For an entire month, we watched meaningles­s announceme­nts to wash our hands and stock up on toilet paper.

The buck passing flourished as Canadian impatience and anxiety for some clarity and direction only led to more confusion!

Our severe deficit ballooned out of control while the Liberals did everything in their power to kill billions of dollars in revenue in the oil and gas sector.

Their chaotic over-taxation and radical, zealous over regulation drove major investment from Canada, impelling thousands of vital taxpaying workers and businesses to go bankrupt, or leave our country forever.

It was easy for me to anticipate Trudeau’s answer to his unwillingn­ess to address his inabilitie­s.

Like the person in charge of the demise of the U.S.A., he made the same move he used before to distract us from his oppression’s. He added billions of dollars more to our deficit, throwing money in every direction; but far too little and far too late this time.

This was not his first rodeo or a hallelujah moment. It was the act of a cornered rat, unwilling to admit his machinatio­ns and vagaries that undermined our country. Those of us who survive will show our impatience, absolving and neutralizi­ng Trudeau by voting for a government that can save us from further misery. Rest assured; this terrible affliction should and could have been handled better.

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