By the time the election date of June 28
arrives Paul Martin will be have been the Prime Minister of
this country for approximately six months.
What has Paul Martin done over these past six
months? Did he rebuild our armed forces as he said he would?
Did he work to fix the problems with our crumbling health care
system? Did he stand up and accept that his government
misappropriated $100 million from Canadian taxpayers in the
sponsorship scandal and apologize?
The answer is no to all of the above. Paul
Martin has been on the campaign trail for the past five months.
He sees his role as Prime Minister is to get re-elected. Is
this who we want leading this country?
During the Liberal leadership race Paul
Martin said "Just watch me in the first 100 days."
He was referring to the fact that most
elected leaders set the standard by which they will govern in
their first 100 days. During Martin's first 100 days he was
rarely seen in the House of Commons. Martin almost never
participated in question period. The only media contact he
allowed was to make a statement and refused to answer media
questions afterwards.
Martin read a budget speech, but implemented
none of it. He claimed the budget was not an "election budget"
then went out over the following weeks and gave away
approximately $5 billion in announcements.
Where is Martin going to take this country if
re-elected? Is he going to clean house the way he did with his
own party? The two people who ran against him in the leadership
race, Sheila Copps and John Manley were dismissed, not by the
voters, but by their own leader.
Martin has overruled the democratic process
in eight ridings thus far, and appointed candidates rather than
allow the voters from those ridings to
choose their representatives.
By the time of the election Martin will have
put this country in a six-month limbo, spent an estimated $5
million tax dollars flying to over 40 cities campaigning and
shown he's a bully by appointing his chosen candidates.
I have one question for Sudburians? Is this
the man you want to lead this country?
Stephen Butcher
Conservative Candidate
for Sudbury