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No cuts

To Carney again, along with a bunch of cabinet ministers. This one courtesy of Lead now with additions from yours truly. Send your own letter here:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/no-cuts-ett

Dear Prime Minister Carney and Cabinet Ministers,

I’m writing to express my concern about your government's proposed $25 billion in federal budget cuts. These cuts risk gutting the very public services that working people across this country rely on every day — health care, housing, EI, child care, and more.

It's funny how there's no hesitation when MPs believe they need a cost of living wage increase or when MPs assemble a staff to support their work, but when ordinary workers ask for fair compensation (Canada Post workers, Air Canada flight attendants, just to name a few) or to keep their jobs, they're told to take it in the chin for the good of the economy.

We are in a moment of overlapping crises: climate disasters, a worsening housing emergency, and under-resourced health care systems that are already stretched to the breaking point. This is exactly when our public institutions should be firing on all cylinders — not being hollowed out. 

These cuts look and feel like a short-sighted move straight from the Harper days: slash budgets, lay off staff, and expect working people to pick up the pieces. It’s not just wrong — it’s dangerous.

Instead of layoffs and service cuts, we need your government to take meaningful action to protect the social safety net that has always helped working-class people survive and thrive. We need strong investments in public services, not handouts to military contractors and fossil fuel CEOs.

I’m urging you:
- Reject cuts that would weaken the services Canadians rely on.
- Invest in the systems we need to weather economic and climate instability — from affordable housing to health care to public transit.
- Make the ultra-rich and powerful corporations pay their fair share, instead of passing the burden onto everyday people. (Most especially this, as it makes all the other points possible.)

Public services are how we take care of each other. I’m calling on you to protect and strengthen them — not tear them down.

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