Cats Maintain, "All is Well in Mousland"

In a report from the CBC today, “Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday the country is in a mild recession and that Canada will come out of it strongly.” This appears to be yet another instance of the federal government trying to convince Canadians that they have managed the economy well and that we have nothing to fear. These comments are as credible as Stephen Harper's claims as recently as last October Canada could still avoid a recession. These comments seem to indicate a disconnect on the part of the government with the realities being experienced by the people of Canada. In February the economy experienced a loss of 110,900 full time jobs, 35,000 of these losses were in Flaherty's home province of Ontario. Clearly he is not listening to the daily reports in the media of continuing job cuts: Stelco in Hamilton, 1,500 jobs in March, Bombardier, 3,000 job losses announced on April 2nd, as examples. The suffering by Canadian workers continues. The actions of the Federal Government can only be likened to Nero fiddling while Rome burns.

“Earlier this week, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney told an audience in Yellowknife that growth may not return until 2010. He said Wednesday that Canada's economic contraction in the first quarter of 2009 now appears likely to be the worst on record since 1961.”, (http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/04/03/flaherty-jobs-london.html). So who are Canadians to believe, the Bank of Canada, or the Finance Minister? Someone either does not have all of the facts, or is attempting to mislead the populace.

It is time for Canadians to take control of their futures and to become politically active. The economic problems that have been laid at the feet of the working class are the result of massive deregulation of the financial systems worldwide. The following link although old is more timely than ever and should be required reading for anyone who is of voting age in this country.

http://www.tommydouglas.ca/mouseland