To the Editor:
There have been several mistruths put forward by Ralph Goodale, but the people of Saskatchewan haven’t forgotten his patented Liberal doublespeak.
Under thirteen years of Liberal rule, he and his Government treated both farmers and the Province of Saskatchewan as their personal whipping boy.
Our Government is proud to deliver on the commitments we made to farmers and the people of Saskatchewan in our campaign platform. A quick look at the facts and its easy to see how out of touch the Liberal party is with the people of Saskatchewan.
Mr. Goodale’s Liberals jailed farmers for selling their own wheat and barley. As promised, our Conservative Government gave farmers marketing freedom they wanted and deserved.
Mr. Goodale’s Liberals established a long-gun registry designed to throw law-abiding farmers and hunters in jail and confiscate their firearms. As promised, our Conservative Government abolished this wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry.
Mr. Goodale’s Liberals balanced the budget of the backs of the provinces, slashing transfers to healthcare and education. As promised, our Conservative Government will balance the budget in 2015 all while ensuring transfers to healthcare continue to increase.
Mr. Goodale and Mr. Trudeau have also said they would eliminate income splitting for seniors, end the family tax benefit and rollback the universal childcare benefit. Trudeau and company also oppose the Energy East pipeline, claiming it is “not socially responsible.”
Fortunately for the people of Saskatchewan, our Government continues to lower taxes, expand trade opportunities and invest in important infrastructure projects to ensure our province is well positioned to prosper well into the future.
After more than a decade of Liberal destruction and deceit, voters now have a Government that follows through on its commitments. We will proudly take our record into the 2015 election, and Mr. Goodale and his Liberals will be forced to defend their legacy of letdown.
- Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz
