VOICE OF THE PEOPLE BLESSED WITH GOOD LEADERS
EXPENSIVE LUXURIES
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose …”
With COVID costing billions to our governments, this does not seem the time to be building a $130-million art gallery on the Halifax waterfront, nor to fund a $25-million “Cadillac” ferry operation for the sparsely populated Tancook Island.
It would be lovely to have a new art gallery, but not now. It is time to pull in, be stringent, think about priorities. We citizens are being asked to do that; the government should do the same.
Is there not a less costly car ferry for Tancook? When I was young, we often took the Lahave ferry, which consisted of a large raft strapped to a Cape Island fishing boat. When you needed to cross, there was a horn to blow, and over it came.
I’m not suggesting we go back to those ways, but there must be something in between that would function well.
Where is all the money going to come from?
Taiya Barss, Halifax
I read with dismay Max Carroll’s Dec. 2 letter suggesting Premier Stephen Mcneil not be paid because of his unwillingness to recall the legislature until a new leader is in place.
I am neither a politician nor a member of the Liberal party, but I feel moved to defend Mr. Mcneil from comments like this at a time when we are in the midst of a very serious threat to our future. Our premier has provided remarkable leadership in this province during this pandemic. If anyone doubts that, all we need is to look at other provinces and see their situation, due to premiers putting political concerns ahead of the welfare of their people.
Both Premier Mcneil and Dr. Robert Strang should be awarded the Order of Nova Scotia for their caring concern and quick action in preventing this virus from spreading any more than it has.
The legislature will sit soon enough, life will go on, and Nova Scotians will not suffer any harm because the opposition could not question the government. I have never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Mcneil, but I commend him for his care and concern in these difficult times, and for the co-operation he has shown with Dr. Strang, a man we are blessed to have in this position at this time.
These gentlemen need our support and praise, not criticism. I wonder how many other Nova Scotians would like to trade places with them, and what kind of a job would they do?
Irene Lefort, Antigonish
Editor's note: Our apologies. This letter was accidentally cut off midsentence in the Dec. 5 print edition, so we are running it again.