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Subject: Re: Thank you for making my point

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Michael Watkins

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Date Posted: 11:34:30 03/11/03 Tue
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In reply to: Greg Moors 's message, "Thank you for making my point" on 09:43:17 03/11/03 Tue

Hmmn - in one breath Greg Moors is calling Jim Prentice's education policy proposal "socialist" (Daily Digest, March 10) yet in another breath Greg ties "social responsiblity" to nationalized programs for building cars and furniture.

Sounds more like a page from Mao or Lenin's book.

And calling Mr. Prentice's policy proposal on education "socialist" is laughable. Investing in our children is something all levels of government already do and we as a society have a moral obligation to provide for. Extending the availability of post secondary education to more students is key to improving quality of life for all and enhances national competitiveness for the long term good of our country.

I guess we can summarize Orchard's education policy as "David Orchard does not believe Canada should make it possible to extend post-secondary education to more students". I wonder if all the student-based support Mr. Orchard seeks realizes this.

As for his question "What will we have to offer the global market when all the trees are cut down and all the gas and oil are out of the ground?"

... Greg seems to forget that Canada is not just peopled with hewers and wood and drawers of water (and oil). Our smart, educated population are world leaders in many areas of business and technology.

Greg must dream of Star Trek replicators building these automobiles and furniture, otherwise his finished goods example is specious. Building automobiles demands both the energy and raw materials that he suggests we need to move away from.

Does Greg/Orchard suggest that the answer is to simply to enforce the production of finished goods, until all the raw materials are then exhausted? How is that better than the status quo?

Its a complicated world Greg. Simplistic answers might appeal to the masses but they don't stand up to scrutiny.

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