Dear Jai, The difficulty with ideology is that it boxes in your thinking. Taken to its extreme, it replaces reason and understanding.
The challenges we face as a country are too complex to be answered with simple rhetoric.
Instead of “tough on crime” policies, we need action that combines tougher sentencing and more police on the streets with jobs and recreation programs that offer hope and opportunity to youth.
Instead of telling people not to invest in Ontario, we need a government that works in partnership with Ontario workers and businesses to develop the green vehicles consumers want.
Instead of cutting funding to arts and culture, we need a government that promotes Canadian artists and cultural institutions at home and abroad.
Instead of ignoring or denying clear scientific evidence, we need a government that acts now on climate change.
Instead of cutting back on food inspectors, we need a government that keeps our food safe.
It’s time to free ourselves from the ideological trap that Stephen Harper has forced onto our politics. Please help Stéphane Dion put reason back into our government’s agenda.
Sincerely,
Michael Ignatieff
Liberal Party of Canada
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