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Rathgeber should get back to work

I received a return email from Edmonton-St. Albert member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber after I had written him to request his return to Parliament on Jan. 25 and to express my disagreement with the prime minister’s proroguing of Parliament.

I received a return email from Edmonton-St. Albert member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber after I had written him to request his return to Parliament on Jan. 25 and to express my disagreement with the prime minister’s proroguing of Parliament. His email essentially contained a list of what he is currently doing to keep busy.

If your kids skipped school for 22 days but showed you a list of how they kept busy, would you be satisfied? How about your employees? Rathgeber is our employee because we elected him to serve as our MP.

Rathgeber is well paid to do all of his constituency work as well as his Parliamentary work. Parliament was supposed to reconvene on Jan. 25 to complete its unfinished business, including answering tough questions about the Afghan detainee issue and I expect Rathgeber to be there along with the rest of the Conservatives. This extraordinary proroguing of Parliament disregards the concept of responsible government, which was hard fought for by our ancestors in the 1830s and 1840s. Our Parliament is supposed to be representative and responsible and it is neither with extraordinary prorogation.

Some members of Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament have calculated, with the assistance of Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, that this prorogation will cost taxpayers more than $130,000,000. What an outrage!

If you would be outraged if your kids skipped school or your employees skipped work, then do the same with your MP. The outrage of many Canadians will be seen with demonstrations across Canada.

E.P. Pollard, St. Albert

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