The Conservatives asked me about priorities for the coming year!

I refused to complete the it as soon as I saw there is NOTHING to address the critical issue of poverty and homelessness in our country.  We are one of the richest countries in the world and yet still have the worst rates of poverty, especially child poverty.

The fact that this government will not even consider the recommendations from the Committee studying poverty in Canada is outrageous. I told them Diane Finley is turning Canadians off the Harper government. I had been a recent convert to the conservatives, but between the lack of care of the poor and homeless and the recent statements that the government does not have to protect the human rights of people who are prostituted, I will not support them any longer. The whole issue around prostitution and trafficking can be reduced to a very simple thing: poverty.

All human beings are to be extended basic human rights, freedoms and safety. This is not happening in Canada and if the law makers in Ontario and the federal government do not see what’s happening we are in very deep trouble. People are drawn, forced and kept in prostitution because of poverty and lack of basic needs.  This government pretends to care about life and family. The evidence says otherwise.