Editor:

Your Aug. 13 issue contained a letter from John Paulin titled “Harper crowd must go.” In it he complains that the policies of the current government with respect to the Harper government are “simply ignoring the wishes of Canadians and pressing on with their own agendas.” What else is new?

We elect parties to Parliament to carry out the collective wishes of the people. In most cases they do and, in many cases they don’t. The reasons for not complying may include costs, timing, priorities or political philosophy.

If Mr. Paulin thinks another party or coalition of parties can do any better, he’d better give his head a shake. We have the Liberal Party that ran up some of the largest deficits in our history, now led by Mr. Ignatieff who just recently returned to Canada after years of living in the U.S. He is now trying to convince us that he knows what’s good for Canada.

We have the NDP that has been trying to be part of a ruling triumvirate for years. And we have the Bloc Quebecois lead by Gilles Duceppe dedicated to the break up of Canada. What an unholy alliance.

Personally, I believe that unless a party fields candidates in every province in the country, they should not be allowed to sit in our federal Parliament.

My point to Mr. Paulin is: be careful what you wish for. Because should it come about, we will have Duceppe, dedicated to the break up of Canada, as the real power behind the throne, and Canada as we know it could fracture. This fracture may never heal.

Garry Clifford

Sechelt