What are the Liberals thinking ?

The closures of the Owen Sound & Walkerton jails will put a huge burden on the communities of Grey & Bruce County. Our property taxes WILL drastically increase due to the extra costs with this crazy and bizarre move.

There will be extra police needed to transport the prisoners, not to mention their wages, the wear of vehicles and the costs to maintain them, as well as the gas, which is forever going up and the loss of the officers to the communities they service.

EVERY mayor, councillor & citizen should be contacting their local members of parliament with a public outcry that will be heard in Toronto.  We will not and cannot take these cutbacks to our communities any longer! 

Don’t forget as well .. if you have someone you know that is incarcerated you will no longer be able to visit them so easily either!

I contacted Carol Mitchell's office to let them know they lost my vote in the upcoming election because of this move and the gentleman I spoke with wanted to know what I did at the jail .. I told him that I didn’t work at the jail .. you don’t have to be employed there to know it’s a huge mistake to close the jails in Owen Sound and Walkerton.  That’s like saying that you need to be a mathematician to know that one plus one is two!

Your voice counts, make sure its heard before it’s too late and remind them that there is an election coming up soon.  If they want your vote, there had better be some drastic changes made regarding these closures!

For the Bruce Grey riding your MPP is Bill Murdoch, his number is 519-371-2421

For the Huron Bruce riding your MPP is Carol Mitchell  1-800-668-9320

 

Guy Helwig

Southampton