WAY TO GO MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

One of the great fallacies I heard as a child was that we're all equal. Reminds me of the quote about the majesty of the Judicial System and how in all its power and authority it will treat the rich man who steals a loaf of bread exactly as it would treat the poor man. Almosat like tha alleged rule of law where we are all equal under the law. Bullshit! Yesterday legal scholars were giving opinions as to how difficult it would be for any person convicted of a crime and who had renounced their Canadian citizenship, to get back into Canada to live. Guess what? Today we're advised that the deal/deed was done in March via the Federal government and Conrad Black will be back in Canada this evening. Apparently his long time pro Conservative Party and ideology have not hurt him one bit.

Now to the closer to home. Today's Waterloo Region Record advises us that 88 year old Jane Brewer is getting her licence back today. She was involved in a serious car accident a year ago and interestingly there's a lot of dancing around as to who was at fault. Jane Brewer of course is a decades longtime municpal and currently regional Councillor. Meanwhile two years ago my then seventy-eight year old father in law didn't have an accident. He didn't have any tickets or any history of driving problems. In fact he was driving commercially (15 passenger van) taking old order Mennonites routinely across the border for trips to Pennsylvania and other U.S. locations. He was responsibly maintaining his health and had taken and passed his most recent eye exam. Unfortunately the Doctor's paperwork was illegible to the Ministry of Transport who immediately pulled my father in laws licence. Two years later, multiple eye tests and two out of town driving exams (Toronto and London) later and he still doesn't have his licence back. This was all because of the eye Doctor's sloppy handwriting. By the way I rode with him driving on Highway 401 only a couple of months prior to his troubles starting and his driving was superior to well over half the other drivers of any age on the road. The Ontario M.O.T. are totally unreasonable, arrogant and dogmatic. My father in law is a Mennonite, now 80 years old and shocked by this turn of events. He is now learning of the capricious nature of our governments. They are power hungry and authoritarian. They are running out the clock on him while having illegally and unreasonably discriminated against him. Being Mennonite they are very confident that he won't sue them and that is part of the problem. If my father in law were rich, non mennonite and or a well known politician this would have all been cleared up in just about five minutes. RULE OF LAW MY ASS!