Kate McMillan of Small Dead Animals has posted "Lives on the line" on the CBC's Election Roundtable about the Liberals' having spent $9 billion on "national security" since 9/11. Read it for yourself.
Then ask yourself: what evidence is there that there have been any improvements in national security since 9/11? You learned for yourself from Kate's posting that some border crossings are even worse off than they used to be-- they're being shut down so as to enable all sorts of folks, some of whom can mean catastrophic harm to either side of the border, to enter or exit without breaking a sweat.
Of course the Liberals and Paul Martin must understand the dangers of unmanned border crossings. Obviously, however, they don't care worth a shrew's hiney.
What evidence have the Liberals produced that the billions of dollars have been wisely invested in national security upgrades? We know that the incredibly brave but inadequately-equipped Canadian Armed Forces have received very little reinvestment and continue to struggle just to make ends meet (and even to keep equipment fuelled), the RCMP still hasn't the funding and staff numbers it needs to do its many important jobs, the CSIS doesn't seem to be given any real new priority or investment by the Liberals, etc., etc.
The question must therefore be asked:
What did the Paul Martin Liberals do with that nine billion dollars they took off of our paychecks? Has the money been stolen? Is it yet again being used for the purpose of enrichment of Liberal cronies?
If the money wasn't used for national security, then what, if anything, was it used for?
I hereby demand of Paul Martin: prove we're more secure and safer from terrorist attacks and from acts of war coming from evil empires, or show us the money.
Don't hold your breath. He'll brush off this demand like he brushes off every other demand from us, the people whose hard-earned money he's been taking from us and with which he's been playing fast and loose, footloose and fancy-free, etc., etc.
And remember, the Liberals do NOT deserve our vote. They deserve consequences.
