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Contributed - Nov 17, 2020 / 3:00 pm | Story: 316622

A Speaker of the House (Julian Reed, a Liberal MP) replied in 1995 to a letter I wrote during a time the left was bellowing its perpetual cry, Tax the rich more.

I had just paid 83% of my annual income in Federal, Provincial and Municipal taxes and sent Mr. Reed my tax return papers to prove it. I asked him how much of my income he thought I should give to his socialist government. He stated that I should be grateful to live in Canada and that government knew best.

I responded that his view that government knew best how to spend my hard-earned income pretty well represented the view of Marxist and socialist governments that we had defeated in war, adding that with his elitist view he would not be satisfied until government had the additional 17%. I did not hear back from him.

Are not Canadian citizens, who own unmatched natural resources and therefore unlimited potential wealth, unjustly taxed by a few controlling political leaders who have proven themselves void of any vision for Canadians? How much will they take from citizens before we collectively wake up?

Canada is the envy of the world with 318 billion trees for lumber products; the third highest oil reserves in the world; unmatched rivers and waterways that produce hydro power the rest of the world can only dream of; vast fishing seaways connected to three massive world oceans; farmlands and orchards that are the envy of every nation; productive citizens that have produced some of the most advanced products in the world (Avro Arrow, space arm, medicines) and so much more.

With only 37 million citizens in this massive, beautiful, rich country, why then are Canadians struggling so much? Sadly, the answer is clear.

We have chosen socialism, a system that has not worked in any country in the world.

Socialist governments are morally bankrupt from the top down.Our own scandalous government has become so socialized and corrupt and putrid that it is incapable of governing.

They deceives us in favour of lobbyists and foreign leaders (eg. UN and China) that want to control our resources and nation.

Tax dollars are siphoned secretly to unknown sources such as WE and other entities.

Citizens scrape the barrel to make ends meet while corrupt leaders prosper.

It is time to choose leaders with integrity who love Canada and its people!

Garry Rayner, Kelowna

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