News from Canada’s Conservative Party’s campaign office
September 14th, 2015 – Our Conservative government has a strong record of economic and fiscal management.
Canada’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper
Our government achieved a balanced budget last year – one full year ahead of schedule.
This is good for our economy and good for Canadian families.
Spending beyond our means, as Justin’s Liberals and Thomas Mulcair’s NDP propose, would lead to permanent deficits, massive tax hikes, and economic chaos.
Only our Conservative government has a plan to lower taxes further, keep Canada’s budget balanced, and keep our economy moving forward.
For more information from Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party campaign click on http://www.conservative.ca/ .
For CBC’s account of the Harper government’s surplus announcement click on http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-surplus-economy-1.3227146 .
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Yeah, part of that “surplus” was due to a $38billion dollar cut to health care, cutting veterans’ benefits and closing offices thus making them less accessible to those in need, cuts to environmental services, massive cuts to research, seniors, etc., blah, blah, blah, while graft and thievery goes on amongst their members. How about McKay’s helicopter fishing trip on our dime? Gee, I would love a vacation like that. I like fishing. These cuts affect every one of us. These are the people who say only THEY can manage the budget. Why then have they run a deficit for EIGHT years? How convenient these stats come out now. They will stop at nothing.
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Imagine how much more we would have in the budget had Harper’s friends paid their fair share of taxes rather than banking their money off shore. Harper achieved this “surplus” on the backs of the majority of Canadians whom Harper “nickel and dimes” through reduced services
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Not entirely sure his hat was where he pulled it out from…
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What about the unspent $8 billion + ? And selling off the GM shares?
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Hey… A surplus is a surplus, regardless of how you get there. Playing the market, trimming non-essential services, etc.. All valid options.
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“A surplus is a surplus”? Not when it’s an exercise in political spin, it’s not. By any measure, this government’s announcement is a cynical ploy to win votes; fortunately, it’s only convincing its own loyal following, who believe everything they’re told anyway.
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You believe your gurus and I’ll believe, selectively, what I hear from mine. You’re already all-in for your own spinmeisters, so there is always and predictably a large measure of skepticism when examining others. Anyway, best of luck in the debate tonight, because luck is mostly what it comes down to, that and the entertainment value, wherein the U.S. still far exceeds us.
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As a matter of fact, “progressives” (I don’t like the expression but don’t know what else to use) on the left tend to be perpetually sceptical and critical of their own leadership, which is why it’s a tough grind to be a left-wing party leader. Conservatives value loyalty very highly; “leftists” value the freedom to critique and think for themselves, even at the expense of solidarity. As for “entertainment value” in our politics, I completely agree with you that we aren’t even in the same realm as the Americans 🙂
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Succinctly and cordially expressed. I’d still like to “think” that I think for myself, so much so that I am conceding an unprecedented personal openness in considering casting my vote for someone Left of Center. In other words, I’m endeavouring to do a strategic vote myself, considering what will benefit me and the ones nearest to me the most, while disregarding the big picture policies. Maybe it’s coming down to selfishness, a trait I always figured was minimal within me, but I have grown weary of cutbacks and perks specifically designed for the rich. But we do need a Donald Trump sort of guy to increase the ratings of Canadian politics! ☻
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He raided the EI slush fund, if you are unemployed you are not eligible, EI the Conservative renamed scam on the Canadian people. 1 billion stolen by those robbers.!!
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