It is beginning to seem we are living in a banana republic with premier Ford and his conservative government. The other day, the Ontario government officially asked the Red Cross to come to its aid. It needed more staff for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. The hospital in Ottawa has had to double its intensive care capabilities and did not have the staff to handle the influx of patients.
I always supported the Red Cross because of their work in third-world countries in need. Ontario has more than the financial resources to fund healthcare. These cheap conservative bastards have their nerve to impose on the Red Cross.
Not that any hospital in Ontario has the staff needed to meet the needs after the last few years of pandemic and the conservative government. Not only has the government denied fair compensation for the workplace needs but is actually driving people out of the healthcare profession by blocking any reasonable raise in pay during a period of rampant inflation.
This is a government that looks after their friends who want to profit from land development in the greenbelt. This is a government that cuts taxes for their friends and then tells government employees that the cupboard is bare.
This government finds a highway to build where their friends have conveniently bought up the more profitable land it runs through. The highway is parallel to two of the heaviest used of the east-west highways in the province—yet it goes from nowhere to nowhere.
The Ford government is a disgrace to both the conservative and other governments who built this province. They pillage and profiteer. They care nothing for the people. They pander to the rich and those who care only for themselves.
What is hard to believe is that any sensible person would ever support or vote for this government. They must have decent conservatives such as the late premier Bill Davis spinning in his grave. Ford and friends are a disgrace.
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