Dear Editor,
Thank you for your editorial Rights, freedoms, and responsibilities on Wednesday, August 13. I too am bothered by a culture of self-indulgence in which freedom means being able to recklessly put other people at unnecessary risk of harm just because someone wants to indulge themselves in an activity for their own pleasure. I am confused by the shift in Conservatives in Canada who used to put community safety as a high priority. Safety is one of their reasons for increasing restrictions on immigration, on calls for more policing and tougher laws even though demographics and the economy are more important for reducing crime.
I am also writing because I am concerned that the federal and provincial governments show more concern for businesses than workers.
They are offering programs to help businesses but nothing for workers in response to the tariff issue.
They are requiring workers whose jobs do not require them to go to an office daily to return to working in office mainly to support businesses and transit systems dependent on customers. This unnecessarily increases costs for those workers and increases the production of greenhouse gases and traffic congestion.
Sincerely,
Jim Kenney
East Hawkesbury
