Axe the tax? Axe the smoke and mirrors
Poilievre’s ‘Axe the Tax’ rally draws thousands of supporters to Toronto Congress Centre, March 10
Reading coverage of federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s weekend rally and seeing comments from readers, I see there seemed to be a general consensus that Poilievre is “one of them” and understands what the working class and retirees in Canada are facing. I think some clarification is in order. Poilievre is not one of us. He’s a career politician who has never ever worked in the private sector. His only work resume after completing university was working for Stockwell Day and then running for public office. Poilievre has received over twenty years of government pay cheques along with the usual perks of office. His current salary is over $270,000 per year. On top of this, he has taxpayer paid housing, transportation, medical coverage and a pension we can only dream of in private sector employment. If he retired right now, he would receive a fully indexed pension totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
One of us? I think not. Entitled? Hell yes.
Malcolm Lowe, Unionville
Like his alter ego, former U.S. president Donald Trump, Pierre Poilievre wants his country to return to the Norman Rockwell era. There may be many elements of yesterday’s society that his followers admire and wish for but the reality is that the Canada of today is not the Canada of 1958 and never will be again.
Poilievre has no magic wand and this pied piper who sows seeds of anger and conflict has no vision of future Canada and therefore no road map to help us get there. No country can stand still, let alone regress to its past, no matter how green and pleasant it was. Unfortunately we have to deal with the problems of today and so far Poilievre has nothing to offer. Peter Bradley, Mississauga
It is much easier to fit “Axe The Tax” on a sign than “I Don’t Care About Climate Change But I Do Care About Saving A Few Bucks Even Though Most Of What I Pay Comes Back In Refunds.”
T.C. Wilkins, Toronto