Re: Leslyn Lewis sponsors petition to withdraw from UN
When Leslyn Lewis presented herself in Haldimand-Norfolk as a parachute candidate from Scarborough, she arrived with an agenda. It should be no surprise that, now as our MP, she is following it. For example, she has had a lot to say about the World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization. Now, on behalf of a British Columbia resident, she has sponsored a petition calling on Canada to leave the United Nations.
It is unfortunate that she has not put her energy towards something that would benefit the people of this riding, especially given that she is her party’s critic for infrastructure. Last year, when Volkswagen was looking for a place to locate its new battery plant, it considered the industrial park at Nanticoke. Ultimately it went to St. Thomas, along with its thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in future industrial property taxes, which would have reduced the need for residential property tax increases for the rest of us. Jobs and lower taxes would have benefited everyone.
Where was Lewis when Volkswagen was eying the Nanticoke industrial park? Why was she not fighting for us? St. Thomas got the plant following a $13-billion investment by the federal Liberal government, so you might say, oh, Lewis is a Conservative MP, why would a Liberal government do anything for this riding? Yet St. Thomas is also represented in Ottawa by a Conservative MP.
Let’s be honest. The likelihood of Canada leaving the United Nations as a result of anything Lewis is doing is zero. So, Lewis is wasting her time. Sadly, she is also wasting our time. It would be appreciated if she could reset her priorities to include the people of Haldimand-Norfolk.
Greg Crone,
Caledonia
Stoplight at Haldibrook and Highway 6
This past Friday morning, January 12, the intersection of Haldibrook and Highway 6 was the site of yet another serious motor vehicle collision. Fortunately, there were not any fatalities, which has not always been the outcome at said area. This leads me to again ask as many have asked, when will the MTO commence change and implement signal lights to slow/stop traffic to increase safety? The warrants have been completed by your bureaucracy that support the long overdue need for implementation of lights. What will it take – how many more accidents, injuries, and deaths?
The area is unique: a regional road with shared ownership between two municipalities, dissected by a provincial highway, and yet staff from Hamilton and Haldimand are in agreement change is needed. The provincial arm, MTO (you), have the warrants completed that change is needed and supported; the local political representatives of both municipalities, provincial MPPs, are all in agreement for the need to have immediate implementation of signal lights at said area. So again, what has to happen to get the necessary change sooner than later, more collisions plus deaths – or is that irrelevant to the MTO? The answer appears to be a big yes!
Moving forward, I cannot articulate my and the many residents and users of Highway 6, the feeling of frustration due to the lack of action and concern by those who have the power to initiate change for the betterment/improvement of safety. I and all, would appreciate a definitive response as to a timeline with action plan for the near future. With that said, please do not send a standard shallow response such as, “We are working through the process with our partners in an effort to ………” Heard it way too many times from many faces within the MTO for many years in regard to multiple issues.
Dan Lawrence,
Ward 3 Councillor,
Haldimand County
