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BY BRUCE FORSYTH

The recent protests at Queen’s Park by teachers and health care workers highlights just how noisy the next three years is going to be for the Ford government.

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I think most people understand the concept of limited resources when it relates to our personal finances. Most of us also realize that if your credit cards are maxed out, you need to make cuts in your own family spending. You don’t get another credit card so you can take your family to Disney World.

We all have to make choices between needs and wants.

I understand how awful it is to not get needed health and educational services, but think of how much more autism therapy or life enhancing medical treatments could be provided if the previous government hadn’t wasted $2 billion moving two gas plants out of Liberal-friendly ridings.

That may be a partisan swipe, but it’s the truth.

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I was disappointed to hear recently about cuts to library services — like inter-library loans — but could a volunteer or corporate entity pick up the slack? While the “Toronto Public Library presented by ABC Widgets” is not my ideal option, if it helps preserve or expand library services, is that not the better choice?