tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post4194429676661198335..comments2024-01-07T08:41:13.864-05:00Comments on C A I T I - O N L I N E: Just what is Harper’s economic record......the number one upcoming campaign issue?Brent Fullardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515599756822506137noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-62595470878426442902008-09-05T12:16:00.000-04:002008-09-05T12:16:00.000-04:00Here's some chilling information, contained in an ...Here's some chilling information, contained in an interview of Tom Flanagan, Harper's campaign manager, economic guru, and "soul-mate".<BR/><BR/>http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4161083p-4748030c.html<BR/><BR/>Many have suspected Harper of a hidden agenda. We can now read for ourselves what it is: namely the weakening of the federal government, its tax base, its ability to create any new programs, and the ultimately, the Balkanization of Canada.... and its eventual dissolution.<BR/><BR/>Now certain inexplicable things begin to make sense. <BR/>1. The rapid Tory intervention into the Quebec as sovereign nation issue that was threatening to split the Liberal party. Harper immediate moved to grant Quebec that status. At the time I thought it was a political blunder, but now I see how it plays into the larger plan.<BR/>2. The attempts to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board.<BR/>3. The Income Trust debacle. It has been proven over and over that there was no "tax leakage" caused by ITs. Rather there is real tax leakage caused by all the leveraged buyouts in the wake of the punitive new tax on ITs. Of course, if your aim is to starve the federal government of revenue sources, this makes perfect sense. And, I would go so far as to say, if you want a Finance Minister who is willing and able to turn a massive $13 Billion surplus into a deficit, then Flaherty is your man.<BR/><BR/>This is no longer a "conspiracy theory". It is the stated policy of Harper and Flanagan.<BR/><BR/>"They've gradually re-engineered the system. I'm quite impressed with it," Flanagan told The Canadian Press. "They're boxing in the ability of the federal government to come up with new program ideas... The federal government is now more constrained, the provinces have more revenue and conservatives should be happy."<BR/>Harper "really didn't have the option of the cataclysmic approach because you can't do that without a majority," Flanagan continued. "So he's made the incremental approach work -- all the time having the insecurity of a minority government. It's really quite a performance, I think... Over a period of a few years they've got all this in place and they never appeared to be making a radical shift. But the cumulative impact of all these together is creating a new profile."<BR/><BR/>Chilling.Where's My Canada?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04258608860957596671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-41743939784164901002008-09-05T11:36:00.000-04:002008-09-05T11:36:00.000-04:00Harper has taken Canada from an economic surplus o...Harper has taken Canada from an economic surplus of over $10 billion to the brink of recession. The number one reason he wants to go to the polls now is he knows it will only get worse....and he has no plan to help deal with a downturn and no Finance Minister with a brain to come up with anything to help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com