Three smart rules to go by, at least here in NB
Rule #1: Always be weary of a competitive tax plan, or should I say discussion paper that contains additional regressive tax hikes, not to mention, policies that prompt buzzwords like "raise" and "impose".
Rule #2: Be doubly weary if the tax changes "supposedly" being delivered down the road are by a Finance Minister whose government already wears the mantra "only jurisdiction in Canada to raise taxes."
Rule #3: If blogger Charles Leblanc says it's true, it must be true. :)
I knew you'd like rule number three.
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Not the Liberal party, the Irving party. That's a good one.
Half way through their mandate, still acting like they never actually expected to win the darn election, a feckless Premiere who lets the loudest Minister steal the agenda... over 10,000 News releases or about 4 policy announcements a day...
Gotta pay for this amateurism some how...
And a Tory party that has blown it, by taking far too long to choose a leader in such a target rich environment.
OK, Mr. Politician, the next party that professes the following wins my vote... Lower taxes... less government, live within your means....
Kit: good point. Although, just like the Liberals have Lamrock musing about jacking taxes up to help complete his social engineering projects, the Tories have a few MLA's musing about some of the issue , or at least moving private member bills, about some of the issues you speak of.
The three that come to my mind are Volpe (Bill 25 - An Act to Amend the Harmonized Sales Tax Act), Mockler (An Act to Amend the Fiscal Responsibility and
Balanced Budget Act, and many more that the tax and spend Liberals struck down in the first and second session) and John Betts (Bill 17 - Act to amend the assessment Act).
And as we know, Volpe ain't runnin' in October, so that leaves two within theri current caucus. Not sure how some of the ones mentioned outside the caucus, like Merrithhew and MacLeod, stand on taxation, spending and business investment?
There's a lot of talk of the Liberals being a one term government but unless the PC's get their act together I don't believe it for 2 seconds. The Liberals are down to 51% in the polls? Big deal. That still gives them an easy majority.
It would take some mighty fine organization and a very credible and charismatic new leader to make up the ground lost since Lord held the reigns...
Frankly I don't see it. Too bad because the Liberals know they can coast on mediocrity and bluster.
right now 51% might as well be 90.
Good points, spinks and kit. You know I have mirrored both your thoughts since their decision to delay party renewal about a year or so ago.
The provincial conservatives are running on empty with no hope of filling up.
Other then that we don't have a crazy blogger like Charles in Nova Scotia, they're not bad rules to live by here too.
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