Please note that I am not campaining on behalf of the liberal party, I am merely trying to balance the pro-conservative spin that the media haven't bother to buff out of Harper's press releases.
One month from assuming power, Stephen Harper and his Conservative government has begun to undo all the work that the Liberal Party did to put Canada at the head of the G-7.
Liberals did not send us to Ottawa to vote for this vision of Canada. That is why we will vote against this budget.
I am asking for your support as we expose the plans of Stephen Harper.
Tax Relief: F
Eliminating Liberal income tax cuts in favour of a 1 per cent GST cut is a plan that will benefit higher-income Canadians at the expense of lower and middle-class families.
Income Taxes: F
Mr. Harper is hiking income taxes – increasing the basic personal amount by $200 and increasing to 15.5 percent the lowest tax bracket.
Child Care: WHAT CHILD CARE?
The Conservatives are scrapping the most comprehensive Child Care plans this country has ever seen – meaning provinces will lose stable funding through the previous Liberal agreement!
AND as if $20 a week for child care isn’t bad enough, low-income parents will be losing the young-child supplement of the Canada Child Tax Benefit!
Children lose on this deal – and at what expense?
Environment: F
This government has eliminated climate change programs and is getting set to pull out of the Kyoto Accord.
Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples: F
Stephen Harper has chosen to ignore the historic Kelowna Agreement signed last November , cutting planned funding by 80 per cent, from $5.3 billion to just over $ 1 billion.
Education and Innovation: F
The Conservative budget provides $200 million – less than one-tenth our commitment of $2.5 billion for university research.
As for student aid, our election platform would have provided up to $6,000 per student for tuition over a four-year period. Mr. Harper’s plan covers $80 for text books.
As we move ahead to chose a our next Leader – and next Prime Minister – I vow that your Liberal Opposition will not let Mr. Harper throw Canada back into deficit and dismantle our country, one puzzle piece at a time.
Bill Graham
Leader of the Official Opposition
2 comments:
Bill Graham has b*lls the size of, well, his jaw to suggest that, by pulling out of Kyoto, Canada is hurting the environment.
The Liberal government made huge promises and failed to deliver. Our greenhouse gas emissions increased more than the US (under President Bush).
The government's problem with Kyoto is that even if Canada forces new regulations on its industries, the dent on overall global levels of pollution/climate change/greenhouse levels is negligeable. Especially since China and India are exempt and will be able to release crazy amounts of greenhouse crap.
So, to recap: (a) let's commit to something we intend on actually doing, and (b) let's do it.
I don't care whether its called Kyoto or something else. Let's get on with it. And someone tell Bill Graham that his 15 minutes are up.
darryl - i like your writing style - but your facts seem distorted by neocon media manipulation. the govt WAS committed and WAS actually doing something about it (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/05/energuide05052006.html). The only thing this "new" govt seems committed to is securing the next election, no matter the costs to the country.
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