Fiscal storm

Dear Editor:
aul St. Pieere’s article Good
Men Can Be All Wrong (Dee, 23)
was excellent. His (Tip-side portrayal
of Adlai Stevenson shows that mere
intelligence alune is simply not
enough in high office. Equally
. important is strength of conviction in
representing the interests of the
majority (a dated concept in
Ottawa), .

Some may 7 remember — the
Eisenhower/Stevenson campaign
battle wherein Ike supporters posted
pictures of Stevenson, feet up on his
‘desk, with holes in his shoes clearly
visible. ;

What use is a man with superior
‘intellect who is too lacking .i in com-
mon sense to fix his shoes,” went the

companying slogan.

modern: day politicos in Canada.
‘consti they, debate the fine polars of

country haches aver the edge af at
financial abyss which, E believe, it
will take 10 to 20 years to glimb out
of,

Canada had ils version of high
jntelleet: in the Prime Minister's
Office, He was an esceedingly
bright man who saw Canada ime the
modern eradnd, more thie any other
PM, changed its course of history.

His name. was Pierre Trudeau,
and he was also. arguably, the worst
man ever to occupy the office. In his
years in power he ran the federal
debt from essentially zero to $190
billion.

He told Canadians that they were

entitled to a free launch and they /
_ believed him.

The sum total of subsequent

"yearly federal deficits have roughly

been equal to the interest payments
on his loans.

The increase in our debt since his
time has been required simply to pay

is upon us

the interest on the principal bor:
rowed during the ‘Trudeau era,

Tradeau created the ultimate
vralilariaan society in whieh all were
equal, regardless of ability ar moti-

ation, Chic was in-and work was
out. When he faded from officer the
nation was aca critical juncture,

‘They voted in Brian Mulroney
(possibly the second worst man to
ever occupy the PMO) who had all
the tools and the mandate to’ get the
debt back on a teash.

Instead we watched as he pub-
licly. gave in to special interest
groups and privatcly indulged in an
orgy of patronage and largesse. This
country of ours is a great nation but
(do not think iCcan survive two dis-
astrous PMs in a row, ;

Batten the hatches. In spite of
anything Paul Martin does” in
February, the storm is upon us.

‘Tom Curreily oa

North Vancouver

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