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Public relations expense a good return on investment


Dear Editor:

Not that I see eye to eye with Mayor John Gray and the daisy chain councillors at city hall
but I do give them credit, and as an Oshawa resident for over 50 years I have been watching with some interest the recent musings by Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on council’s
decision to hire a public relations firm to ensure the federal government gives the Port of Oshawa back to the city.

Perhaps Mr. Flaherty should be spending more time dealing with the crisis in Ontario’s manufacturing sector and the impending recession about to hit our economy rather than second-guessing a spending decision by the City of Oshawa’s elected council.

Mr. Flaherty is telling the residents of Oshawa to just wait until the Crombie Report and everything will be okay.

This is nothing more than a delaying tactic by the Minister and the residents of Oshawa should not be fooled. Just think of the Gomery Report, a report that received national attention and that the government agreed to implement all of its recommendations, to find that most of the report was totally ignored.

The citizens of Oshawa are quite aware of federal ministers holding this chair ignoring us on our waterfront, and quite frankly, Mr. Flaherty, the residents of Oshawa want their port back regardless of what Mr. Crombie thinks.

Perhaps an investment of a few hundred thousand dollars to help mobilize the public to take their port back is exactly what the city needs. And if this results in millions of dollars per year in additional city revenue, then I consider it a great return on investment by city council.

Gary Hood
Oshawa
 

 

 

  
     
     

 
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