I warned people that the Dunderdale government would finance the multibillion-dollar Muskrat Falls project (with its expected cost overruns) on the backs of people with disabilities, hospital patients, the working poor, students, low and fixed income seniors, public sector workers and others. Today, the provincial Coalition of Persons with Disabilities (COD NL) is experiencing provincial funding cuts, so we must ask, who’s next?
We live in a have province with lots of have-not people. How can the Dunderdale government have a poverty reduction strategy when provincial public sector cutbacks will mean more poverty? How is the Dunderdale government going to attract immigrants and prevent people from leaving the province when cuts in education, health and social programs are planned? Whatever happened to the new Corner Brook hospital and a new Waterford Hospital? Whatever happened to more affordable, accessible housing? What’s the point of having a provincial Disability Policy Office when you cut funding to an organization like COD NL? Premier Kathy Dunderdale and her P.C. colleagues have to ask themselves where their sense of social justice and equality is.
Edward Sawdon
St. John’s
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David it seems as if you oppose government involvement in dealing with our serious social and health care issues. Are you opposed to the Dunderdale Government's support of the multibillion dollar Muscrat Falls dam. If you support her government then why don't you and your corporate colleagues look after the Muskrat Falls Project and let Government help Persons with Disabilties. and the Working poor, amongst others. You talk about "inefficient re-distribution of other people's money. Well should "other people's money" be spent on Dunderdale's Muscrat Falls? Do you support "Corporate Welfare"? Or should OUR Tax dollars, not "others or yours but OUR Tax Dollars go into mush needed Affordable accessible Housing Persons with Disabilities and new Hospitals for the Havenot people in this Have province? Speaking about Taxes don't the Poor and the Fixed Income people pay Taxes too? If you support Public Sector Cutbacks and Job Layoffs then I hope you support a FREEZE in the Dunderdale's 6 figure salaried Patronage Appointments and the Premier's Pensions and Benefits. etcetra. Mr. David I have a social conscience, I advocate for social justice and equality, but I think you are more concerned about your own self-vested interests than the "least of these" in our society.