Harper hears you. Now shut up.
What if your parents used your allowance to convince you that you really wanted Brussels sprouts for dinner, not a fruit salad?
Turns out that’s what the Harper government has been doing to Canadians for years. While Canadians have been polled and focused-grouped ad nauseum on their policy priorities — which, consistently, are health care, education, the environment, pensions and veterans — they’ve instead been fed a steady diet of made-in-Alberta priorities: skills development, Employment Insurance reform, temporary foreign workers and plenty of pipelines.
Oh, and let’s not forget the great cell phone competition boondoggle — where millions were spent to convince us of how much we loathe our cell phone carriers, rather than on actually doing anything about their so-called ‘anti-competitive’ ways.
No one is suggesting keeping the oil industry well-greased isn’t important to all Canadians, or that a government — any government — doesn’t need to make keeping its economy in good working order. Like it or not, Canada is a petro state first and foremost … but not only. But for citizens to consent to be governed, there needs to be a sense that government understands their priorities and will focus on them.
READ MORE: http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/08/08/harper-hears-you-now-shut-up/
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