I hate to admit that I am going to have to stop saying Ontario premier Doug Ford is stupid. That dumbass has us paying for his stupidity. So, who’s stupid now?
And who do I have to give the credit to for this revelation but that crazy lady who just won a premier’s pension in Alberta. She was on Global Television’s West Block last Sunday defending her weird sovereignty act. You didn’t have to be political to just know that she was relishing the publicity. And she very obviously wants to be taken to court. The Alberta taxpayers can make some more lawyers rich. It’s all free publicity for her.
It is the same with that bigot in Quebec City. François Legault has groups lining up to sue him for his discrimination. Who else can get sued for religious intolerance, language oppression and discrimination towards immigrants and have his legal fees paid by the voters who put him in office.
What I would humbly suggest is that the taxpayers involved deserve a break.
The next time a judge has to rap the knuckles of the provincial perpetrator of spurious legislation, the judge should apportion a fine against the premier, the cabinet members and the caucus sheep who went along with such spurious legislation.
And I think there should be an extra apportionment of costs against the chief law officer of the province for allowing the cabinet to promote legislation that would never pass the litmus test of fairness. And I am not just saying that because my provincial member of the legislature is such an uncaring attorney general and needs to pay more attention to my electoral district.
But just think: If cabinet members and their party’s caucus really had their good faith (and maybe their outrageous pensions) invested in their government’s legislation, they would pay more attention. We need people in our parliament and our legislatures who not only pay attention to what is going on but have their financial future involved with the outcomes of their laws and policies, we might see more responsible people taking the reins.
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