Dear editor:

I would like to reference the letter by Nicolas Petrick, “Carney’s record spells trouble for Canadians” (The Lake Report, April 10).

When I read this article, I felt encouraged that at least the youth of our great country are starting to look through the choice of Mark Carney Liberals to lead.

While we live in a neighbourhood dominated by seniors, it was refreshing to read that a 25-year-old person does not want to be “protected” by the Liberal government.

Far from it, our youth want to flourish in an economy that gives them the incentive and opportunity to succeed, not propped up by endless handouts that we cannot afford. Canada can offer this to our youth if we make the right choice now.

Yes, we face the threat of tariffs from a delusional president, but do you really think Carney is the right man to “protect” us?

A man that has become somewhat of an expert in setting up tax havens in offshore countries to avoid paying Canadian taxes? A man who lead the board to move Brookfield from Canada to new premises in New York to provide a better environment for the company?

A man who is a self-confessed climate zealot, a Greta Thunberg pin-up boy, who now says he will make Canada an “energy juggernaut”? It must hurt the very fibre of his soul to make these pro-energy speeches that Canada desperately wants.

A man that was virtually run out of the UK for printing way too much money? To get to his standing at Brookfield, he must have trodden on a lot of folks!

He seems level-headed, but we are unable to see the real Carney and the Liberal campaign handlers have him locked in shackles. Look at that farcical Liberal leadership convention carried out while our country was in the throes of a crisis. The Liberal leadership debates were nothing short of a Liberal “love-in.”

I have yet to see Carney in an environment where he is dancing on his feet. When he gets these tough questions, how is he going to react?

I look forward to the debates to see how he will react when the shackles are removed. I suspect we might see a somewhat “less cool” individual.

He has picked a cabinet full of the same group of individuals that were unable to confront Trudeau in his quest to put us at the bottom of the pile in terms of productivity.

The same group who constantly said they would balance the budget. A government that was economically consulted to by Carney. A consultant that wanted Trudeau to make Carbon taxes greater!

Carney even has MP Guilbeault in his cabinet: A like-minded climate zealot. Yet more proof that Carney may not carry through the energy agenda as promised.

I realize many of you have more or less made up your minds. Our youth may not get what they want this time around, but it will most certainly come in the future.

I know Poilievre is not everybody’s “cup of tea,” but he expresses a passion for Canada that will allow those who want it the opportunity to excel.

Governments can’t solve everything for us. We need an environment that allows the people to solve it.

Simon Gardner
NOTL