tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post12296536637264230..comments2023-08-01T04:17:03.628-04:00Comments on Liberal Arts and Minds: If the CBC Won't Bite, Go to the CTV SafehouseKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-80418592149338285182008-02-18T00:23:00.000-05:002008-02-18T00:23:00.000-05:00"No agenda and no money with which to gloss over t..."No agenda and no money with which to gloss over that fact."<BR/><BR/>Dion is now playing with the fact that there is 10 billion available in surplus. He is going to dole out 7 billion in a public infrastructure investment. How will the Cons respond?<BR/><BR/>If there is more, the Grits can also throw in the exemption of income trusts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-69775979328898911382008-02-18T00:01:00.000-05:002008-02-18T00:01:00.000-05:00Did anyone notice that Robert Fife asked Prentice ...Did anyone notice that Robert Fife asked Prentice 3 times how they were going to help manufacturing and all 3 times he talked around it.<BR/><BR/>....what's that saying? Oh ya, 3 times and your out.RuralSandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552973218865121867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-44956409108145187952008-02-17T23:28:00.000-05:002008-02-17T23:28:00.000-05:00"The mini-budget in the fall was part of a plan fo..."The mini-budget in the fall was part of a plan for a fall election."<BR/><BR/>That was part of it too. The reason they went so far, made some measure retroactive (pretty uncommon) is because they were afraid of the mounting surplus which was starting to take shape. The last thing the Cons wanted was the embarrassment of a 15 billion surplus, ala the Liberals, heading into a potential campaign. When the figures started coming in, the Cons sort of panicked and cleared the decks. I don't think they were planning to go that far when they initially decided to push for an election.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-16590672665895998772008-02-17T23:03:00.000-05:002008-02-17T23:03:00.000-05:00The mini-budget in the fall was part of a plan for...The mini-budget in the fall was part of a plan for a fall election.<BR/><BR/>Throne Speech, mini-budget, election.<BR/><BR/>Neither one was supposed to pass.<BR/><BR/>So now the Conservatives find themselves in a pickle.<BR/><BR/>No agenda and no money with which to gloss over that fact.<BR/><BR/>Although, I would not mind seeing an election call in a couple of weeks I would prefer one later in the Spring or even early fall. Let the fact this government is drifting in the wind sink in a little more with Canadians.ottlibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695135535019042279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-53567561576210001472008-02-17T20:21:00.000-05:002008-02-17T20:21:00.000-05:00What's really frustrating is the fact that they ar...<I>What's really frustrating is the fact that they are given a national platform to lie and they do it without shame</I><BR/>It's easy to get a cheap soundbyte in, it's harder to get the truth out.<BR/>This is the same tactics used by Bush in the south...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-69358137715853556712008-02-17T19:45:00.000-05:002008-02-17T19:45:00.000-05:00Then this made it all the more foolish for the Gri...Then this made it all the more foolish for the Grits to abstain in the budget.<BR/><BR/>These tax cuts pushed us into debt. Now we will have to raise taxes to balance the budget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-63919217586776031642008-02-17T19:32:00.000-05:002008-02-17T19:32:00.000-05:00"That's not to say that he'll show a deficit of co..."That's not to say that he'll show a deficit of course, but he hid it in Ontario didn't he?"<BR/><BR/>I think the Cons make a gigantic error, with the mini-budget. There was no need for them to hand out all those goodies right then, except to innoculate themselves from criticism over the ballooning surplus. Now, they have left themselves little room to be pro-active, essentially their fiscal hands are tied. I said at the time, the Conservatives would get little traction for the mini-budget, because the real focus would be the budget, they handicapped themselves. Remember, it was only a few weeks after the mini-budget that Flaherty started to warn of an economic slowdown- where was the foresight in October? I suspect a couple minor goodies, but not much to WOW anyone.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-3845271515518249722008-02-17T19:18:00.000-05:002008-02-17T19:18:00.000-05:00Well exactly Steve. I've railed on that in the pa...Well exactly Steve. I've railed on that in the past so I left it out.<BR/><BR/>I think we are in for a surprise...not in a good way.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say that he'll show a deficit of course, but he hid it in Ontario didn't he?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-71216449588260775972008-02-17T19:06:00.000-05:002008-02-17T19:06:00.000-05:00"Wouldn't the Minister of Finance be a more logica..."Wouldn't the Minister of Finance be a more logical choice than a Minister of Industry?"<BR/><BR/>Flaherty isn't exactly a great advocate when it comes to criticizing others about deficits.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.com