The conservatives are creating a bizarre world

By Lethbridge Herald on February 10, 2022.

Editor:

 Conservatives in Canada are blatantly anti-health. From supporting illegal insurrections demanding the end of public health practices, to passing laws banning people from using public health measures, how did we reach a point where Canadian conservatives actually have public policies calling for an end to health? 

When did that become an acceptable platform for a political party? 

I feel like I must have missed a few intervening steps somewhere. To suddenly be posting how the number of illnesses and deaths is acceptable, because these sacrifices keep the economy growing, seems like quite the stretch without having some interim stages to get people used to the idea of sacrificing life and limb. 

Was there a relaxation of the law preventing folks from spitting on people? Did we start allowing the neighbours to kill irritating pets on their block? It’s good for pet sales. 

I may have missed some of these developments so I was taken by surprise when my provincial government started the human cull. 

Now people following doctor’s recommendations are attacked in the streets, while doctors themselves are attacked in hospitals. Health is suddenly a bad thing instead of a good thing. If you want to follow health best practices, you may have to hide the fact you’re doing it. 

I’m just waiting for the pandemic practices tip line – report a mask! 

The conservatives are creating a bizarro world. I hope they don’t succeed at dragging us all into it.

Tom Moffatt

Lethbridge