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4 February 22'24 HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB. ECA REVIEW VIEWPOINTS The opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of this newspaper. R R R R R Published by Coronation Review Limited Subscriptions: $52.50 in Canada; $98.70 in US; $183.75 Overseas. VIEWPOINT Trudeau’s bloated bureaucracy a drain on taxpayers by Gabriel Giguere Oscar Wilde once observed that bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. This would seem to be the maxim driving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approach to the size of the federal government and its out-of-control growth almost from the day he took office. By the most recent count, the Canadian government had 357,247 public servants. If all these federal employees were gathered into a single municipality, it would be the 16th most populous in the country, ahead of the city of Markham on the outskirts of Toronto. Another way to understand this is to consider that there are 100,000 more federal public employees today than there were eight years ago, representing an almost 40 per cent increase in the government’s labour force over Trudeau’s mandate. Whether you look at this in nominal terms, as a percentage, or in terms of the number of civil servants per 1,000 inhabitants, no other prime minister in the last 40 years has inflated the public service as much. Given such a mighty increase in staff, one might reasonably assume that the federal government is doing a lot more to help its citizens. Or maybe it is now delivering existing federal services at lightning speed! You would be hard-pressed to find many Canadians willing to say this has been the case for them. Whether because of endless line-ups at the passport office or at customs or interminable waiting on hold with the Canada Revenue Agency, it must be admitted that Trudeau’s massive hiring spree has not changed things much in the speed and form of federal service delivery. If, in fact, anything has changed at all, it’s the amount we spend collectively to cover the salaries and benefits of federal government employees. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, total federal employee compensation spending has risen by more than $21 billion since the Trudeau government took office, reaching $60.7 billion as per the most recent available data. To put this $21 billion in context, it’s roughly equivalent to the amount the federal government expects to pay out in employment insurance benefits this year. That’s a heck of a lot of money we’re sending to Ottawa to pay for extra civil servants instead of bolstering health and education systems in the provinces or giving taxpayers a bit of a break. And it’s worth mentioning that the effects of an ever-expanding federal public service are not only felt when it comes time to pay taxes. Given the current business climate, one in which our entrepreneurs are struggling to find qualified workers to fill their companies’ available positions, it’s important to recognize that excessive growth in the size of the federal government is detrimental. At bottom, the larger the pool of workers gobbled up by the federal government, the smaller the number available for private-sector employers. The outcome of this artificial labour shortage is that our businesses’ plans for growth are hindered, and their ability to take on new customers is impaired. This has a significant impact on their revenues and, ultimately, on government revenues as well. According to data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, a shortage of skilled workers was responsible for more than $38 billion worth of business opportunities being turned down by Canada’s small businesses last year. 72 pt East Central Alberta EVIEW 60 pt 48 pt 36 pt Website ECAreview.com Office Hours Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 5 pm R 30 pt 4921 - Victoria Avenue Tel. (403) 578-4111 R 24 pt Mail: Box 70, Coronation, AB Canada, T0C 1C0 Professional & Business Directory Stettler Office: 587.627.1111 24 Hour Helpline: 1.844.343.1611 www.pregnancycare.ca Bill’s Waterwell Services Ltd. Well Drilling Pumps & Repairs 403-747-2120 drillerbill@xplornet.com LETTERS POLICY • Letters to the Editor are welcomed • Must be signed and a phone number included so the writer’s identity can be verified. • ECA Review reserves the right to edit letters for legal considerations, taste and brevity. Letters and columns submitted are not necessarily the opinion of this newspaper. MEMBER OF: CAN'T SEE OUT? Financing Available Anchor Glass Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada. Option #1 Replace the Foggy Unit Option #2 Replace the window 403-854-4414 • 1-800-463-3148 www.anchorglass.ab.ca tim@anchorglass.ab.ca VIEWPOINT Observations and complaints by Ken Waddell Neepawa Banner & Press Over the past few weeks, I have had a variety of thoughts and emotions about the state of the world. I realize that my opinion doesn’t count for all that much and I have no expectations that many people will listen, but it makes one feel better if, every so often, they can shout out a few opinions. If you would like to do that, send us a letter to the editor. • If the United States elects either Joe Biden or Donald Trump as president, I hate to think what will happen. Neither man should be president. Both JOYCE WEBSTER Publisher/Editor office@ECAreview.com YVONNE THULIEN Marketing/Digital 403-575-9474 digital@ECAreview.com are too old. Biden is showing signs of senility and Trump has other mental issues that are obvious. Both are too old and risky to carry the burden of President of the United States. • The amount of money spent by political campaigns is obscene in the U.S. where politicians will spend hundreds of times the salary just to get elected. • If you look at the net worth of presidents when they go into office and compare it with their net worth when they leave office, it seems they gather a lot of wealth from somewhere and it isn’t the salary. Turn to Liberals, Pg 14 Optometrist Dentist Dentist JUDY WALGENBACH Marketing 403-740-2492 marketing@ECAreview.com Our families serving yours! Phone: 825-300-0049 Email: drballdental@gmail.com Location: 4913 50 St, Killam AB, T0B 2L0 Mail: Box 389, Killam AB, T0B 2L0 Dr.McIver In Coronation (Located in Coronation Mall) MONDAYS 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call Anytime for Appointments 403-578-3811 STU SALKELD LJI Reporter 403-741-2615 reporter@ECAreview.com CORONATION VISION CLINIC Dr. Ward ZoBell Tues & Thurs 10 - 4 403-578-3221 HANNA VISION CENTRE Eye Health, Glasses, Contacts Dr. Dennis A. Heimdahl Dr. Ward ZoBell Tues, Wed 9-4:30; Thurs, Fri 9-4 403-854-3003 LISA MYERS-SORTLAND Graphic Artist R 18 pt
ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB February 22'24 5 MAIL BAG Climate crisis, zing we’ve been looking for Dear Editor, Forget climate change. That one, like it’s predecessor, global warming, was still severely lacking in intensity and shock value. Introducing “climate crisis”! Now that’s more like it. It has the zing we’ve been looking for, doesn’t it? You might have noticed this new catchphrase in the latest propaganda ads being touted on Network Television with our depreciated tax dollars by the Trudeau/Singh regime for the consumption of the gullible. You may have even seen Joe Biden’s reference to it, “crimate Better communication system needed for those with disabilities Dear Editor, I am on disability and months from becoming a senior. I cannot get out everyday so I may not see the snow removal signs that are placed by the Stettler public works staff when they are about to clean snow from my street. I deal with pain that causes sleepless nights so after breakfast and medication I sometimes fall asleep. Instead of working with the 33 rd BREEDER’S SECTIONS March 21 & April 11 clisis”. After all it’s origin, the World Economic Forum, is the common thread in it’s inception. The point being, you can count on the climate cult activists to immediately get on board with it, and use it for their perverse agenda. Once again, with the fast approaching spring, (hastened even by the cyclic El Nino), brace for a brutal attack of smoke brought on by the phantom fire bugs. As was the case last summer with ditch fires which broke out along Hwy. 9 running west from MAIL BAG people like me, I feel the Town of Stettler takes advantage of me by ticketing my car. Also, snow removal after one inch of snowfall is nothing more than a waste of resources, manpower and a waste of taxpayer dollars, in my opinion. I went to the town office with my complaint and was referred to a bylaw officer who lead me out to his truck where he checked his notes and said that I was given a verbal warning Hanna, these fires do not start themselves. Even unseasonably warm temperatures or droughts cannot cause fires to erupt spontaneously. And you can bet that this spring similarly to last spring, arsonists will be back out with matches. Probably somewhere just off Sec. Hwy. 2 running north from Grand Prairie or Hwy. 43, from Grand Prairie running north and west and on north up B.C. Hwy. 2 to Dawson Creek and beyond. As in the past, the fires will be breaking out during the typical dry spell that precedes the once before, and on that occasion I did move my car. After stating about his verbal warning, he rudely walked away. There should be a system in place for low income seniors and those with disabilities to notify them of street cleaning rather than depending on signs at the ends of a block. Randy Wagner Stettler, Alta. R R 72 pt Annual East Central R Alberta 60 pt R EVIEW R R Coronation R • 403-578-4111 24 pt Stettler • 403-740-2492 R 48 pt 36 pt 30 pt 18 pt summer rains, and even before electrical storms have begun to form over Alberta. The scenario is so predictable that, as one who has nothing better to do than pay close attention to such details, I have to ask the question, where are the RCMP during the initiation of these crimes, or the Forestry Service, or Fish and Wildlife Officers? We know they are not out counting dead birds beneath wind turbine towers, in my opinion, since that task has been designated the responsibility of the Wind Farm Developers themselves. (Something akin to placing a weasel in charge of policing the Chicken House - that, however, is the subject for a different letter). In my opinion, the Trudeau subsidized media are all too happy to refrain from investigating or reporting on the suspicious nature of many of the spring forest fires, sadly it has come down to just one or two social media news platforms to carefully follow and investigate this criminal activity. The intent of these fire starters is really quite obvious. Hit people where their lungs hurt or hit them in the pocketbook with the destruction of their homes and livelihoods, and their minds will soon follow in your cause. Thank you, Mr. Dressup. I know in some ways you are smarter than we tend to surmise. M. Lee Hudson, Calgary /Paintearth County East Central Gas Co-op Ltd. ACCEPTING TENDERS for a 2016 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 GST will be added to all tenders. Tenders will be accepted until 4:00pm on Friday, March 1st, 2024. Not necessarily will just any tender be accepted. Please deliver tenders in a sealed envelope marked “Tender for 2016 Truck” directly to: East Central Gas Co-op office located at 406 5th Street East, Hanna Or mail to: East Central Gas Co-op Ltd. Box 190 Hanna AB T0J 1P0 Or e-mail to: manager@eastcentgascoop.ca For more information regarding the tender or truck, please contact East Central Gas Co-op Ltd. at 403-854-4411 EAST CENTRAL GAS CO-OP LTD. The Brownfield Rec Centre wishes to recognize and thank the following sponsors of our mixed/open bonspiel. Ken & Treena Adair Alberta Ag Centre Alliance Seed Cleaning Apple Tree Coffee ATB Financial Atco Power Station Baker Hughes Keith & Lynn Barnes Battle River Railway Backcountry Supplies Battle River Implements Bar C7 Designs Beans & Blooms Brandt Agriculture Craig & Jill Brown BW Livestock Chic to Hick Cliff Stock Transport Mike & Michelle Copan Coronation Bulk Sales Coronation Industrial Services Coronation Seed Cleaning Plant Coronation Value Drug Mart Coro View Farms Ltd County of Paintearth Crop Management Network D.M. Richardson Farms Dryland Cattle Trading Corp. Echo Outdoors Eastview Ag Ltd Elliott Bros Ltd Enbridge Future Ag Coronation Gas Auto Terry & Cathie Gilbertson Tami and Darvy Gilbertson Golby Hardware Hillview Grain Farms Hidden R Farms Home Hardware Castor Home Hardware Coronation Houlihan Designs Paul & Shari James Kal Tire (Sedgewick) King West Outfitters League Projects Little Gap Septic Service Hugh and Linda McLarty Maureen Black Ag Sales McKenzie Motors MR Autobody Nelson Creek Cattle Co Nifty Livestock Nutrien Ag Solutions (Amisk) Nutrien Ag Solutions (Coronation) OK Tire Castor OK Tire Coronation Pedicures by Kelsey Provost Livestock Exchange Ramsey Stockman Centre Rangeland Auto Repair Remuda RE Brigley & Sons Richardson Pioneer (Veteran) Adam & Karin Richardson Wayne Richardson Rocky Mountain Equipment Rooster Rentals Short Stop Liquor Store Sandy Spring Farms Inc Techmation Electric & Controls Wayne & Jolene Thacker Thor’s Fencing Thornton Electric True Roots Salon UFA Castor Tammy Van Holland & Conway Vidal Wild Rose Co-op Thank you to our booth volunteers, curlers, and community members that came out to support and make the event a success
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