Below is an email that sent to each Member of Parliament today as well as each Alderman (and Mayor Nenshi) at the City of Calgary to voice my concern on the recent PPP Canada decision to deny rec centre funding to Calgarians.
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from [Offline] Y Vote YYC y.vote.yyc@gmail.com
to jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca
cc rob.anders@parl.gc.ca,
stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca,
diane.ablonczy@parl.gc.ca,
devinder.shory@parl.gc.ca,
deepak.obhrai@parl.gc.ca,
michelle.rempel@parl.gc.ca,
lee.richardson@parl.gc.ca,
Peter.Demong@calgary.ca,
diane.colley-urquhart@calgary.ca,
Shane.Keating@calgary.ca,
Brian.Pincott@calgary.ca,
andre.chabot@calgary.ca,
gian-carlo.carra@calgary.ca,
john.mar@calgary.ca,
druh.farrell@calgary.ca,
Richard.Pootmans@calgary.ca,
ray.jones@calgary.ca,
Gael.MacLeod@calgary.ca,
jim.stevenson@calgary.ca,
gord.lowe@calgary.ca,
dhodges@calgary.ca,
themayor@calgary.ca
date Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:25 AM
subject PPP decision
mailed-by gmail.com
hide details 11:25 AM (2 minutes ago)
Hon. Minister Jason Kenney
jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca
Dear Honourable Minister Kenney,
I truly regret having to send this email to you today. It is regretful because of the fact that the issue I write about was quite foreseeable for some time.
I will admit up front that I am a strong supporter of both the Provincial and Federal Conservative Party, but in the last Federal election, you name was not the one that I put an X beside because of the events that lead up to the Federal Election.
As my Member of Parliament, I expect a modicum of representation from those that are are elected serve their constituents. I feel that you have not a fair job at that.
During the last civic election, you openly used the position of your office as Minister to endorse a civic candidate, for which I had contacted your office several times to voice my concern. Granted there may not have been any regulations about using a Minister's office to endorse a political campaign, particularly when that campaign does not deal in party politics, but the optics were quite murky.
During the Federal election, you neglected to campaign or even meet with constituents throughout the process, instead, you spent your time and efforts bolstering candidates in Quebec and Ontario.
Now comes the decision to overturn the PPP application that would have seen 4 recreation centers in Calgary. One of which would have been in your riding.
I watch the Prime Minster speak about how recreation centers were never part of the program, though the application criteria clearly states ,, from Mayor Nenshi's online documents, that they are. I can't help but hear the sounds of silence from your office as the communities demand a rational response from anyone.
To refer back to my first paragraph of this letter, there is no indication to the contrary that your office was unable, or unwilling, to support the interests of the residents/voters who gave you and the Federal Progressive Conservatives a majority government.
For you, as an elected official, to assume that Calgarians would blindly follow your party because of its incredible support in this city for the past several decades, is an insult.
I expect better than to be taken advantage of.
I know that your party will likely be victorious come the next Federal Election as the ideals of the PC Party do not transfer to other parties yet. Regardless, Calgary expects you to be our representative first, not Ontario and not Quebec.
Sincerely.
Adam Chapin
