Re: Disappoint Harper, and vote letter by Keith Hebert, The News April 19.
Keith Hebert suggests that the federal Conservative government has “stupid spending priorities.”
I’d like to ask Mr. Hebert if he could be more specific: What is so stupid about the Conservative priorities?
Would it be in the area of job creation? Or could the stupid spending priorities be in the area of family support, or eliminating the deficit?
Or just maybe Mr. Hebert thinks it is stupid to make our streets safer by taking a tougher stance on crime, by passing stronger laws?
Or could it be that Mr. Hebert doesn’t like the idea of having the infrastructure of the prison systems modernized, or even the building of additional prisons?
Maybe it’s the idea that the federal Conservative party wants to give more rights to the victims of crime rather than to the convicted offenders.
Does Mr. Hebert also think it is stupid to invest in new fighter aircraft to replace the older, and obsolete CF-18 fighter jets?
Could it be that Mr. Hebert doesn’t like the idea of a stronger, better equipped Canadian military, so that when soldiers, seamen and airmen who are put into harm’s way, won’t be able to do their job? For your information, Mr. Hebert, the military has one purpose and one purpose only – to kill the enemy. We need a stronger military and safer streets. There is nothing stupid about the federal Conservative government’s priorities.
Lee Hanlon