Here in Ontario, the 2022 June election will likely see another Doug Ford majority, in part achieved by cynically buying the electorate with cash gifts that I have written about in previous posts. People will use their own inflation-induced economic hardships to justify supporting Doug Ford. Isn't he, after all, the man who has already rebated and ended licence-sticker fees, promised a six-month reduction of gas taxes post-election, etc.?
What is a voter to do other than revert to an 'it's all about me" approach to the world? Voting with principle and integrity seems not within the cribbed philosophy of many. At the very least, they should have the courage to admit their selfish shortsightedness.
The following letter, taken from the print edition of today's Toronto Star, neatly encapsulates the political prostitution a sizable segment of the electorate is willing to engage in:
Ontarians should be ashamed if Ford is re-elected
If Doug Ford is re-elected, it will prove Ontarians do not care about the environment.
If Ford is re-elected, it will prove Ontarians do not care about our seniors.
If Ford is re-elected, it will prove Ontarians do not care about nurses.
If Ford is re-elected, it will prove Ontarians do not care about the young.
So what will Ford’s re-election show that Ontarians do care about?
This election is about “affordability,” so in effect, if Ford is re-elected, it will prove Ontarians do care about their own bottom line — they are selfish. To be fair, a majority will probably disagree, but a sizable enough plurality will have shown we’re not “in this together” but, in fact, we’re each in it for No. 1.
Ernest Tucker Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
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