The first known use of the word “parliament” was in 11th century France, referring to the practice of holding discussions or negotiations … expanding in early 1200s Britain to meetings of the governing council.
Canada’s Parliament … our 45th … is now back in session and there will be LOTS of talk … much of it competing to become the clip used on the nightly news, “from coast to coast to coast.” 🙂
Canadians, however, need more than that: we need ACTION!
ACTION to get our economy growing again with incentives that reward new ideas, encourage new projects, lead to new investments.
ACTION that assists workers, jobs, businesses to survive, refocus and even thrive, despite America’s tariff war against us.
ACTION that refocuses foreign policies, increases free-trade deals and awards major contracts to democratic nations that offer reciprocal new deals.
ACTION domestically to expedite, encourage and enable major development and transportation projects that can provide the world with much needed resources and Canada with reliable markets.
ACTION that streamlines processes and provides incentives to get massive housing investments, approvals and home construction building again.
ACTION that makes our streets/shops safe again, by reforming bail laws, strengthening sentencing to reflect the seriousness of crimes committed and also keep repeat offenders in jail.
ACTION that reforms our Immigration, Temporary Workers and Foreign Student programs to more carefully regulate numbers, prevent exploitation and keep out/deport those who abuse our welcome by sowing dissent/protests/violence, and
ACTION that restores our health care system system with adequate funding, medical training positions, staffing levels so no Canadian waits hours in Emergency to see a doctor, days to get a physician’s appointment, weeks to see a specialist or months to have surgery when needed.
Talk is cheap … and Parliament will hear much of it over the next several months.
But what Canada REALLY needs right now from the 343 Members of Parliament (169 Liberals; 144 Conservatives; 22 Bloc Quebecois; 7 NDP; and 1 Green) is ACTION to heal our ailing nation, rebuild our economy and laws to protect people in the best country in the world from our foes … both foreign and domestic.
Harv Oberfeld
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