Letter: Political promises need to be clarified

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(1) “Cut taxes and claw backs.” The federal claw back currently begins to apply to those tax payers that receive a federal financial benefit while reporting annual income in excess of $82,000. Dan, please provide the number of constituents in your riding that will benefit from the elimination of the claw back and the total value of this tax cut benefit that would be directed towards our wealthier constituents. (Revenue Canada can provide you with this number).

(2) “Remove the gate keepers so immigrant doctors and nurses can treat patients”. Dan do you plan to overrule both provincial and federal systems of accrediting doctors and medical service workers?

(3) “Green light projects like nuclear, hydro, carbon capture, and mining of battery-making materials”. Dan is it your intention to by pass all provincial and federal environmental assessments and municipal conditional use processes? Would you also eliminate the government of Manitoba’s ability to regulate projects like the extraction of silica sand from a sensitive aquifer in eastern Manitoba?

(4) “Remove taxes, red tape, and gate keepers to bring home businesses, factories, pipelines resources and technology”. Dan is it your intention to remove all regulation and taxation, both local property and corporate taxes from enterprises that meet this description?

(5) “Remove gatekeepers to free up land and speed up permits to build”. Dan, planning and building permits are normally controlled by local government. Is it your intention to use Federal government powers to restrict local governments ability to issue or place conditions on building permits?

(6) “Sell off federal buildings”. Dan please provide us with a list of the federal buildings including Canada Post outlets, within your constituency that you intend to sell. Dan do you also support a plan to sell the building infrastructure on Canada’s military bases, Agriculture Canada’s research centres, Parks Canada infrastructure, The House of Commons, Federal prisons, Court Houses and Customs Canada infrastructure at border crossings and other points of entry into Canada?

(7) Dan you are going to be tough on crime “Jail not bail, keep the worst of criminals off the street”. This indicated that you support to expand the capacity of Canada’s Federal Penitentiaries. As you have already advertised your priority of selling government buildings it would appear that you envision the privatization of both the existing and future expansion of Canada’s penal system. Would you please verify and provide details as to the location and costs associated with expanding and privatiz- ing Canadian Federal Penitentiaries. Do you also consider the economic benefit of deporting prisoners to lower cost detention centres out side of Canada?

Fred Tait Rossendale, MB