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Canadians have duty to vote - J.M. Belfry

I find the NorthernLife.ca news poll question regarding a Christmas season campaign interesting.

I find the NorthernLife.ca news poll question regarding a Christmas season campaign interesting. Although most people will say they are not in favour of it, when the election call is made, the majority will do their civic duty that was fought for by our veterans and get out to vote. The Liberals are the ones who are, as usual, trying to dare the opposition into disrupting the Christmas season by having a much needed election to save their sorry butts. The Liberals didn't think twice about bringing Clark's government down in December 1979.

Paul Martin has already started the campaign using our tax dollars to bribe voters and to lay the ground work for the scare campaign about how the Conservatives will wipe out any benefits his government proposes. All of a sudden the surplus has ballooned to epic proportions just in time for a stand-off that is the greatest threat to Martin's tenure as prime minister. One of reasonable thinking would have to assume the money from over-taxation has always been there, it was just saved for a moment like this.

If we have to have an election campaign during the Christmas season, it will be put on hold during the important week, as it was in 1979. Think of those veterans who spent their Christmas in the trenches so that we may be able to take half an hour to mark a ballot or seeing commercials that do nothing but exploit the true meaning of Christmas. It is the year of the veteran, so just suck it up and fulfill your civic duty they fought for.

J.M. Belfry , Cardiff, Ont.