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Editor: We as an honourable society have been warned since we were very young that "Crime doesn't pay." But that old barb doesn't hold true in our present society. Our elected politicians have proven otherwise. Our last elected government was quite good at proving crime does pay and it pays very handsomely Ð like to the tune of one thousand million dollars. So far as the Canadian population knows, this amount of cash stolen from the Canadian coffers and divided among a few no goodnics farther east in Canada is solid proof that crime pays very well. To date the taxpayers aren't enlightened where it all went, but we are quite sure it won't get back to where it came from Ð in Canada's treasury. We are quite sure the perpetrators of the robbery won't see much time in the slammer nor will they have to pay it back Ð a shame! Our present PM at the time of the hoist was the Minister of Finance who didn't realize what was happening, or so he says. I guess he didn't take his job very seriously. Now he is making grand promises to Canadians of grand things that he will do for them such as great improvements in health care, create jobs, maybe even cut taxes to smooth over the iniquities so that you will give him your votes in the coming election. Let's not be conned so easily! Let's make these people pay for their sins! Then comes the terrible thought, who do you vote into office? The choices are mighty slim. What Canada needs is a brand new party with new blood in our political choices. Ð Steve Person
