INHERENT GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Decades ago I was advised that there are good schools in Waterloo Region and that it was despite the school boards. Basically it was because if a school had some good teachers and a good principal then no matter how flawed the Board's policies and directives, the school would succeed in teaching children. Similarily I believe that there are some good results delivered from the public service despite the best efforts or lack thereof by our governments. Whether municipal, regional, provincial or federal; in certain areas Canadians are well served despite the idiots in power.

Today's Woolwich Observer has this Editorial by Steve Kannon titled "It's evident that governments care only for those who keep them in power". His editorial is a damning indictment of Canadian governments in general although he focuses on our provincial Liberal government. He points out that public sector unions are notorious for donating money to the Liberals albeit through third party groups. From the Ontario Fire Fighters' Association and most especially the Teachers' Unions the donations keep on flowing to the Liberals who then repay them through their exhorbitant wages. The third party groups allegedly include a front group called "Working Families" and another known as "Project Ontario".

The bottom line is that self-interest has become the primary motivation for decision making. Canadian citizens are the losers in all this.