Hello Mr. Trudeau,
I
understand you need donations but for one thing I'm undecided on who to
vote for and 2, I'm a pensioner with no real disposable income to
donate.
I
like many of the things the NDP stand for, as in bringing back a
compassionate govt that cares about people who can't make ends meet.
Replacing a union bashing, corporate govt with a balanced approach
to both. Protecting public health care. Making sure industry is on a
short leash and not let off leash like the CPC has done. As a retired refinery operator with 33 yrs in the oil industry, I know full
well that it needs proper regulation not self regulation. We should not
ask foxes to guard a hen house.
However I think Mulcair's stance on Cannabis is
wrong headed and think he has been spreading propaganda about
the dangers of "this new Marijuana" that's supposedly far more dangerous
than old marijuana. That is simply not true. I
know I lived through the 70's and there was plenty of so called strong
marijuana and or hash. You just had to know where to get it. Even if
pot was stronger, or is stronger, it simply means people use less of it.
It does not mean it's any more dangerous. In fact pot is far less
dangerous than many things mature adults are trusted with every day.
Alcohol, Aspirin, Driving, Gasoline, bungie jumping... lol. Just because
something might require caution, does not mean it should be illegal for
mature adults.
The
current position of the CPC and their new control system for medical
marijuana is ridiculous. It prevents mature adults like me from growing
for personal use. It prevents people from juicing the plant for medical
benefit, it puts people under a govt, police and medical microscope
simply for wanting to use a relatively harmless plant. It makes
criminals out of harmless grandmothers like me. Many will avoid the med
pot program simply because they don't want the govt or the RCMP
babysitting them. Medical pot should be a private issue between patient
and doctor. What other prescription drug requires govt oversight and
rcmp approval ? You don't see the govt or RCMP bothering Shoppers Drug
mart or Pfizer do you?
This
is a plant that many use simply to relax the same way people drink wine
or beer. They do this covertly and in fear of being caught. In fact
some people prefer pot over alcohol but instead of it being legal like
alcohol it is going to be controlled like a pharmaceutical? So imo this
is about control and has very little to do with the "dangers" of this
relatively harmless substance. I think people should be able to grow
their own if they want. Mature adults should be trusted with this plant.
The dangers of this plant have been blown way out of proportion and the
problem is that some people actually believe the propaganda. The laws
regarding Cannabis should be no different than the laws for beer and
wine. People
should be trusted with it, able to grow a few plants themselves, or buy
it from a store. As in brewing or wine making, not everyone wants the
hassle of home production... but those who do should not be denied that
right.
In
my opinion the Liberals and NDP should be focusing on getting rid of
this insane govt instead of pointing at each other. I am very tired of
divide and rule politics. So tired of corruption. So tired of corrupt,
cheating politicians plea bargaining their way out of election fraud and
fleecing the public. Tired of rigged investigations. So tired of
corporations and rich CEOs getting the
welfare they want and the poor being cut off the welfare they actually
need ! There are no good jobs trickling down from corporate welfare. In
fact I am sick of so called "free trade"... when the real meaning of
free trade is giving the right to CEOs to go shopping elsewhere for
slave labour. It has been a scourge to the manufacturing sector and the
middle class which is the engine of a strong economy. You need to read
the truth about Canada by Mel Hurtig and watch "Crime of the Canadian
banking system" on youtube...by Bill Abram. I'm quite tired of the
deception of our various govts...past and present. I want leader who is
going to assert our independence and bring in sane trade, sane banking
practices, sane management of the economy. As it is, it's a corrupt
scheming sham. I want a Canada first, globalist second approach. I want
an end to secret back room international business meetings unless they
are used to discuss benevolence; As
if...lol . good luck with that.
Ideally I would like to see co-operation and consensus and possible
power sharing situation between Lib and NDP...even if it's just
temporary. In order to get this country back on a sane footing. If not,
I'm worried about another split vote and another CPC bull headed, my way
or the highway govt. In my opinion many of the things Harper has done
in secret are criminal. In fact treasonous. He talks of protecting
sovereignty one minute and sells us out in back room deals the next.
This guy is either not all their, or working for global corporate
outside interests
and not the interests of Canada, it's peoples, or it's environment.
As
far and your positions on other issues go, its hard to make a judgment
because I'm not familiar with most of them. I do know that getting every
policy I want in one candidate is impossible...unless of course there
is some kind of sane merge and/or sharing of ideas and power. However
both you and Mulcair have taken an adversarial approach to each other
and that is sad, politics as usual, BS. I know what I don't want, and
that's a Liberal party that's moving right...you need to remain a
centrist party with compassion for the less
fortunate. I also I know I don't like an NDP who's leader is spouting
reefer madness nonsense.
I
just know I want peace keeping, compassionate Canada back. Harperland
is so depressing, so discouraging. I worry about the future of my 3
grand kids in this country. I want some kind of true, open, transparent
accountability. I want the lies of the CPC to be defeated and I want
real truth and trust in the sciences, support for the arts, support for
those who are unable to support themselves and promotions of companies
that actually produce good jobs with good benefits. The TFW program is a
disgrace. Not
paying interns is a disgrace. We need fact based policy in this country
not greed based deception.
What
bothers me is I've asked both you and Mulcair some serious question on
twitter and all I heard back was crickets... aka nothing.
I
was told by a supporter of yours that if I write to an email address, I
would get
a response. So I'll wait patiently for a response, not from a
designated form letter factory but from YOU personally. ...and believe
me, I'm smart enough to know the difference.
thanks for your time.
Kimberly May.
Sarnia Ontario.
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