Jetsgo and our federal Liberal government
have made it abundantly clear they don't intend to financially
assist the approximately 17,000 consumers who have been left
marooned throughout Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Is this the way we expect our government to
treat Canadian citizens when they need our help the most? Is
this what makes us proud to be Canadian?
Their employees are now out on the street
looking for another career to feed their families and to pay
their bills, while our "dithering" Martin government
did absolutely nothing to protect our
unsuspecting citizens from being defrauded of thousands of
dollars.
The Martin government ought to have seen this
coming. They had a moral duty to inform and protect Canadians,
yet chose to do nothing.
Airline industry analyst Joe D'Cruz told CTV,
"it was a matter of when, not a matter of whether this was
going to happen." Further news reports made it abundantly clear
that Jetsgo was having problems with their planes, to which the
government saw fit to impose written orders of
compliance.
Little wonder the federal Liberals purchased
their own fleet of private jets. Some years ago the Mulroney
government chose to deregulate the airline
industry. Sure enough, the bloodletting began
and the resulting competition caused airfares to come
down.
The winners are few. The airlines only get
bigger and eventually knock one another off, with more of the
same tragic consequences for guess who? Yup, you guessed it -
the investors, Canadian citizens, suppliers and
employees.
Before you know it, voila, we're right back
to whence we began - one big monopoly which can set airfares at
will and then once again require
government regulation to protect us little
guys.
Gerry McIntaggart
Sudbury