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Updated: July 13, 2009 4:57 PM
Editor:
While reviewing files kept over the years, I came across a copy of a letter to the editor from May 14, 2004, from B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair, who was responding to a citizen’s complaint that unions were a source of the province’s economic downturn.
On reflection, I agree with Sinclair’s comments in that letter, and am of the opinion that they are as true in 2009 as they were in 2004. He said, and I quote, “The erosion of democracy, increasing inequality, and decline in voter participation that we see in B.C. and Canada today are directly related to the growing influence of corporations on our elected leaders.”
I am deeply concerned for the future of Canada as a nation, as well as that of my grandchildren and future generations. Will Canada and British Columbia still be the “the best place on earth” once provincial and federal governments complete the privatization and giveaway of Canada’s resources and sovereignty, through globalization, NAFTA, TILMA and the SPP?
Will governments ensure Canadians that they will still have access to publicly-funded programs such as healthcare, pensions, homecare, affordable housing, etc? Or will such programs be available only through profit-motivated corporations?
Something to think about!
Millie Canessa, Langley
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