Originally posted by: silverpig
I was in the gym and saw the debate... it was CCd in english so I got to read it (it was french wasn't it?).
It mostly seemed like a gang up on Harper. Layton, Dion, and Duceppe all spoke of how well they thought they could work together and that Harper needed replacing. Harper didn't get much chance to respond to anything.
Originally posted by: RichardE
More Proof Harper is nothing but a Neo-Con wannabe
Just in case some of those forget when Harper got his "Sell Iraq to your country" package and used it to push Canada to war.
Mr. Harper's challenge last night was to dispel the notion promoted by critics in Quebec that he is a right-wing ideologue eager to lock up 14-year-old criminals and cut arts funding to the bone. He remained calm in the face of repeated attacks but displayed little passion.
Originally posted by: Number1
The debate is on right now. The opposition leaders all sound like chihuahua nipping at Harper. LOL.
Originally posted by: silverpig
missed it
Originally posted by: Number1
The only guaranty in voting for the Liberals this year is an IMMEDIATE tax increase on gas and home heating oil. They promise a PARTIAL tax refund but once the Liberals got our money, well, priorities change and other programs will need to be funded. We will never see a tax refund. And look, the Lieberals are already admitting they will be short 12 B to implement all their promises.
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/504838
Once the Liberals got YOUR money, THEY decide how it will be spent. I don't trust them.
I would rather decide MYSELF how I spend my money.
Vote CPC
BURNABY, B.C.?A Liberal government would be hard-pressed to quickly implement its big-ticket campaign promises because Conservatives have spent like "drunken sailors," leaving little left in the federal coffers, a key party official says.
In a private briefing this week to party insiders, Liberal John McCallum, a former cabinet minister and bank economist, admitted the party's ambitious $15 billion agenda would be slowed by the lack of cash.
"Because we have relatively little money, because the Conservatives have emptied the bank account to a large degree and because the economy is weak, some of our initiatives will have to be phased in slower than we had originally planned," said McCallum, the incumbent in Markham-Unionville.
In an interview, McCallum accused the Conservatives of using tax cuts to deliberately drain the coffers and prevent future governments from enacting ambitious programs.
"I think the Conservatives are anti-government. I think their philosophy is cut taxes ... and then deprive us of room to do Liberal things," McCallum said yesterday.
"If we come to power, they will have so emptied the treasury that we will be constrained."
Originally posted by: Firebot
Originally posted by: Number1
The only guaranty in voting for the Liberals this year is an IMMEDIATE tax increase on gas and home heating oil. They promise a PARTIAL tax refund but once the Liberals got our money, well, priorities change and other programs will need to be funded. We will never see a tax refund. And look, the Lieberals are already admitting they will be short 12 B to implement all their promises.
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/504838
Once the Liberals got YOUR money, THEY decide how it will be spent. I don't trust them.
I would rather decide MYSELF how I spend my money.
Vote CPC
LOL I love the spin the Liberals are putting on their own failure to propose a balanced platform.
BURNABY, B.C.?A Liberal government would be hard-pressed to quickly implement its big-ticket campaign promises because Conservatives have spent like "drunken sailors," leaving little left in the federal coffers, a key party official says.
In a private briefing this week to party insiders, Liberal John McCallum, a former cabinet minister and bank economist, admitted the party's ambitious $15 billion agenda would be slowed by the lack of cash.
"Because we have relatively little money, because the Conservatives have emptied the bank account to a large degree and because the economy is weak, some of our initiatives will have to be phased in slower than we had originally planned," said McCallum, the incumbent in Markham-Unionville.
Yeah, let's blame the Conservatives for putting implementating a budget plan that built a small surplus and say they are 'spending like a drunker sailor', blaming them as the reason why the Liberal can't spend an extra 15 billion dollars for their own pet projects if they were to be put in power. The Conservatives are always up to no good and destroying Canada!
I love this part the best
In an interview, McCallum accused the Conservatives of using tax cuts to deliberately drain the coffers and prevent future governments from enacting ambitious programs.
"I think the Conservatives are anti-government. I think their philosophy is cut taxes ... and then deprive us of room to do Liberal things," McCallum said yesterday.
"If we come to power, they will have so emptied the treasury that we will be constrained."
Darn those conservatives and their evil tax cuts. Elect the Liberals and they'll make sure to tax enough to get all the pet projects in place. Please vote for them.
Originally posted by: Firebot
In an interview, McCallum accused the Conservatives of using tax cuts to deliberately drain the coffers and prevent future governments from enacting ambitious programs.
"I think the Conservatives are anti-government. I think their philosophy is cut taxes ... and then deprive us of room to do Liberal things," McCallum said yesterday.
"If we come to power, they will have so emptied the treasury that we will be constrained."
Darn those conservatives and their evil tax cuts. Elect the Liberals and they'll make sure to tax enough to get all the pet projects in place. Please vote for them.
Originally posted by: sandorski
Umm, they have been spending a lot. I wonder when the Conservatives will put forth a Plan. I suspect it too will be slowed due to Economic Issues.
Originally posted by: Firebot
Originally posted by: sandorski
Umm, they have been spending a lot. I wonder when the Conservatives will put forth a Plan. I suspect it too will be slowed due to Economic Issues.
The Conservatives are well within their budget, and that's despite the slowing economy which was accounted for. Canada is running a 3 billion dollar budget surplus in the first 4 months of the fiscal year already. The Liberals plans cannot work with a slowing economy, and with the recent tax cuts the Liberals are whining that they can't spend as much as they wish if they were to be put in office. So they blame the Conservatives of course.
The Conservatives already have a plan. They've been running it since office and has no reason to change it or make empty promises to buy votes.