I don't care why but I'm glad
That Mr Rinaldi has changed his mind. Whatever Lou was drinking yesterday morning worked he has now allowed himself to talk to his constituents.
After all isn't that what MPPs have to do - meet with all kinds of objectionable people because they are constituents. I once had a relative (nice man that disappeared when the first wife was gone) who often said that if you received a gift that you didn't like, thank the giver profusely and then toss it after they have gone. Much like the MPP meeting people they don't like - receive them graciously, speak to them nicely and then thank your lucky stars that they have left the building.
I just hope that when he talks to the representatives of the opponents of the hospital cuts that he realises the gravity of the situation and that they represent a lot more people than he can imagine, all of them willing not to vote for him again, if he disses them.
In the meantime "it may not be the end of the world" for him but it is for those who cannot afford the ride to out of town rehab centres, if they can find one open after the round of cutbacks. What he should be concentrating on is to get OHIP funding to stay with rehab services.
As a footnote Mr Rinaldi, says in an interview, "I don't care what Ben Burd thinks" that's good I don't expect him to but I care what Mr Rinaldi thinks and when he thinks "It is not the end of the world" that services are being cut I care very much as it displays a great ignorance of the impact on his constituents lives, and that should be important to him, but obviously isn't. Shades of Marie Antoinette.
After all isn't that what MPPs have to do - meet with all kinds of objectionable people because they are constituents. I once had a relative (nice man that disappeared when the first wife was gone) who often said that if you received a gift that you didn't like, thank the giver profusely and then toss it after they have gone. Much like the MPP meeting people they don't like - receive them graciously, speak to them nicely and then thank your lucky stars that they have left the building.
I just hope that when he talks to the representatives of the opponents of the hospital cuts that he realises the gravity of the situation and that they represent a lot more people than he can imagine, all of them willing not to vote for him again, if he disses them.
In the meantime "it may not be the end of the world" for him but it is for those who cannot afford the ride to out of town rehab centres, if they can find one open after the round of cutbacks. What he should be concentrating on is to get OHIP funding to stay with rehab services.
As a footnote Mr Rinaldi, says in an interview, "I don't care what Ben Burd thinks" that's good I don't expect him to but I care what Mr Rinaldi thinks and when he thinks "It is not the end of the world" that services are being cut I care very much as it displays a great ignorance of the impact on his constituents lives, and that should be important to him, but obviously isn't. Shades of Marie Antoinette.
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