Re: Scott Reid Flyer

Apr 29, 2015

Once again, Scott Reid's "Keeping in Touch" pamphlet arrived in my mailbox, courtesy of my tax dollars. This one attempts to discredit Justin Trudeau for making a tongue-in-cheek remark about the use of our CF-18s. Fortunately, Mr. Reid shows that Jason Kenney was quick to chastise Trudeau for his "juvenile humour" and we can all rest easy now that this political upstart has been put in his place.

Senate and other scandals aside, Mr. Reid assures us that our Conservative political masters are acting with statesman-like aplomb to protect Canada's security and prestige abroad. Yeah, right. So, this is clearly pre-election electioneering, and the misuse of Mr. Reid's "communication" budget to carry out partisan activities, something the Harper government won't tolerate from any other party.

Reading between the very few lines, Mr. Reid's overly simplistic missives carry only one real message: the Conservative Party of Canada thinks that most of us are really stupid. It would be interesting to find out if other ridings are treated to such swill or if it's only those of us in Lanark, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington that are deemed to be so dim-witted to accept such drivel in lieu of real information from our elected representative in Ottawa. In any event, perhaps in future mailings Mr. Reid might see fit to add some yuk-yuk jokes and references to the Three Stooges. We all likes our morning guffaw!

Stephen Dukoff