Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Ontario emissions Testing:
My wife received notice the other day that it was time to get her car tested for emissions again. No problem, lower car emissions are a good thing right? On the news this morning they said that Ontario plans to discontinue the testing on private vehicles as the new emissions laws make them unnecessary. To bad they didn't decide this before she has to pay to have the test done. It's also to bad for the many garages who have paid dearly to install the equipment to make these tests. Too bad also for the garages which opened for the sole purpose of making these tests. Too bad for the millions (billions?) that have been spent to date setting up and administering this program.
I dream of a country where the elected officials show some respect for the money they have taken from their citizens. In fact you could say stolen, when you are taxed for a purpose that turns out to be false, abused, or simply mis-administered. This non-stop waste and lying must end. I suspect that there are an awful lot of Canadians who feel the same way. It's long past time that we put a stop to this. Our officials need to by answerable for their conduct and incredible waste of money that DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM. In any other field this conduct would likely lead to criminal charges. Before long, Canadians will start to believe our officials about as much as we believe George Bush when he feeds us his latest round of bullshit.
My wife received notice the other day that it was time to get her car tested for emissions again. No problem, lower car emissions are a good thing right? On the news this morning they said that Ontario plans to discontinue the testing on private vehicles as the new emissions laws make them unnecessary. To bad they didn't decide this before she has to pay to have the test done. It's also to bad for the many garages who have paid dearly to install the equipment to make these tests. Too bad also for the garages which opened for the sole purpose of making these tests. Too bad for the millions (billions?) that have been spent to date setting up and administering this program.
I dream of a country where the elected officials show some respect for the money they have taken from their citizens. In fact you could say stolen, when you are taxed for a purpose that turns out to be false, abused, or simply mis-administered. This non-stop waste and lying must end. I suspect that there are an awful lot of Canadians who feel the same way. It's long past time that we put a stop to this. Our officials need to by answerable for their conduct and incredible waste of money that DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM. In any other field this conduct would likely lead to criminal charges. Before long, Canadians will start to believe our officials about as much as we believe George Bush when he feeds us his latest round of bullshit.
# posted by Wil Smith : 8:36 a.m.
