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Posted on: 25-04-11 18:39:27
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Originally posted by hemzer
http://jeremyarneysblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/senator-tommy-banks-letter-re-harpers-gradual-destruction-of-our-canada/
Good luck to the Harper Fans.
WAAAAAAAAHHH!!
Some of your older posts make it crystal clear why you hate Harper. Maybe you should try to write for the Toronto star, you'll fit right in with the other character there.
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i may be wrong but i dont think harper's govt laid all those financial foundations based on which Canada withstood the recession.
Granted. It is impossible to credit any one govt. for the foundations though, they happen over time. The fact remains that Canada weathered the recession better than most other countries and the conservative govt. that was in power during this time does deserve some credit for this.
A minority is probably best to keep everyone honest, however the problem with that is elections every other year. I'd much rather give the Tories a clean mandate. They have not fared too badly so far and IMHO deserve that chance. To each his own though.
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I do not understand why people credit Harper for opening up sectors and competition. In North America, more than one supplier does not mean “competition”. Just Google and one would find many cases of price fixing (Acting in concert) by Oil companies, Air lines, Pharma companies, Software companies and on and on.
The North American Capitalism has become crony capitalism during last few decades and private sector has outsourced millions of jobs so that they can earn profit and executives can take bonus. I do not know rationale for awarding millions in executive bonus when they increase the profits of the company by getting things manufactured in China and importing and selling in North America. Any person with little intelligence can achieve that goal.
Canada has HUGE natural resources and I do not see anything inappropriate in taxing such companies. They extract /use non renewable resources and have little alternative, especially with unstable middle east.
Liberals have middle of the road approach. I would go for it in this election as Conservatives are anti immigrants. One should ask a friend/ family member working for Govt and they would enlighten you how conservatives have sidelined immigrants from this important sector which accounts for more than 35% jobs (Govt and public sector together)
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As a common man I can say it was Liberals who increased the taxes and they want to go with it. When Liberals were in power we never saw any competitor in any field and therefore no jobs and their mindless immigration policies which would affect the health-care today or tomorrow. I gave telecom companies as an example. Stephen Harper has promised to reduce the taxes and yes some liberals say that he wants to make Canada like America. Don't we all want to run to that country if we get a chance. So if he tries to make this country like America I am with him.
you do not have to say same thing thrice....you can not give me example where liberal raised taxes.....do not talk about HST...that is provincial matter. You were already paying GST + PST on majority of items...it was only harmonization. BTW, I am also pissed with HST but when time will come I will teach Dalton his lesson on Oct 9 (Provincial Elections). What pisses me off the most is health premium that was introduced by Dalton in 2003. Now ask any politcian...no one will roll it back.
Do you know who introduced GST...Brian Marooney (Conservative PM)
It seems there will be no blue or red door this time...it will be orange door...god bless us all.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/terra-incognita-poll-projects-100-seats-for-surging-ndp/article1998361/
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Originally posted by Nightmare
I do not understand why people credit Harper for opening up sectors and competition. In North America, more than one supplier does not mean “competition”. Just Google and one would find many cases of price fixing (Acting in concert) by Oil companies, Air lines, Pharma companies, Software companies and on and on.
The North American Capitalism has become crony capitalism during last few decades and private sector has outsourced millions of jobs so that they can earn profit and executives can take bonus. I do not know rationale for awarding millions in executive bonus when they increase the profits of the company by getting things manufactured in China and importing and selling in North America. Any person with little intelligence can achieve that goal.
Canada has HUGE natural resources and I do not see anything inappropriate in taxing such companies. They extract /use non renewable resources and have little alternative, especially with unstable middle east.
Liberals have middle of the road approach. I would go for it in this election as Conservatives are anti immigrants. One should ask a friend/ family member working for Govt and they would enlighten you how conservatives have sidelined immigrants from this important sector which accounts for more than 35% jobs (Govt and public sector together)
North America does not mean Canada. When you tax the companies they are going to leave the country not only because it is expensive but also our low population which will discourage them to stay here. Stephen Harper is trying to keep those companies in Canada so that they can create jobs. I know lot of them outsource but still there will be few left for us. If they leave there will be 0 jobs for us. Who said conservatives have sidelined the immigrants. I work with the government and I am an immigrant and brown. There are lot of immigrants who work with the government and it is easier now that the immigration has slowed. Once immigration picks up private sector jobs become less and less. This is not because the number suddenly dwindles but too many qualified candidates for too few jobs. Lot of immigrants and natives apply for government jobs during that time but it is virtually impossible to absorb all of them and thus the percentage is low. The ratio between applicants and the number of people taken in is greater. That is what we saw when liberals were in power.
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Quote:and how is that Harper's fault?
Originally posted by Desi # 1
We sell oil to US but we pay more on gas stations, $1.35 per litre which amounts to $5.22 per gallon vs. $4 gallon in US. We fly down south to buy cheap and better stuff but reluctant to buy stuff here because it is 24% costlier in Canada even if one 1 CAD = 1.05$US.
do you want Harper to weaken the Canadian dollar so that it is back to 60c. like it used to be in the early 2000s?
you are simply blaming Harper for anything and everything that you perceive to be wrong with the country and not giving him any credit for anything that you consider good in the country.
good economy = not Harper's credit.
High gas prices = Harper's fault
Strong CDN $ = Harper's fault
Immigration backlog = Harper's fault
you are totally partisan.
you are just buying into all the left rhetoric.
do you not honestly realize what will happen in NDP comes to power?
i think Iggy's goose is cooked.
he won't even be 2nd party any more.
if you really wanna talk about why gas prices are high and why things are more expensive here, sure we can talk about that.
part of the reason is our high taxes.
ever noticed the amount of taxes included in gas prices.
in Ontario we pay 13% on everything.
how about we start by reducing that to 7%?
let's start with dumping another joker - McGuinty - from the provincial parliament, and then we can start taking about why we pay so much for goods.
also, briefly, strong CDN $ is a very good thing for us.
do you honestly not realize what will happen if our CDN $ becomes less than US$ when US$ has already depreciated so much in last 5 years?
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Originally posted by Desi # 1
Do you know who introduced GST...Brian Marooney (Conservative PM)
right, however, he had to do that to clean up the huge budget deficits left over from the Trudeau years.
complete mismanagement of the country based on misguided socialist ideology, not to mention huge amounts of money spent trying to win over Quebec people.
same mistake made by Cretin during the sponsorship scandals.
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you can not give me example where liberal raised taxes.....
taxes were raised all through the Trudeau years, but let's just focus on the present situation.
can you explain how the Liberals plan to pay for all the promises they are making during this election without substantial increases in taxation?
the socialist NDP is worse....Layton is pulling out promises from his arse without the foggiest idea about how and where the money is going to come from.
both of them are conveniently hoping to increase corporate taxes to pay for all their socialist union driven spending plans.
it is easy to predict what will happen.
I guarantee you : one, they will not be able to raise corporate taxes back to pre 2003 levels.
if they actually come into power it will take them less than 24 hrs. to realize that if they jack up the corporate taxes back above 20% what will happen.
best case they will take it back to 18%.
two, here's what will happen : companies will simply find creative ways to avoid taxes.
those that can't, or don't want to be bothered, will simply pack up and leave (most of the intl. companies).
they are talking about punitive taxation for energy companies....take one guess how that will pan out.
they will simply pack up and register somewhere else, most likely in the US.
Layton has promised the separatist terrorist Duceppe full implementation of Bill 101.
guess how that will pan out : intl. companies will pack up from QC and leave.
the ramifications go on and on and i've addressed these previously.
at the end of the day, they will not get the amount of revenue they hope for from raising corporate taxes.
there will be a huge gaping hole on the right side of their income statement.
and guess how that hole will be filled....
bottom line : there is only one guaranteed outcome of a liberal and/or NDP led govt : higher taxes for everyone, corporations and individuals.
you yourself admitted how pissed you are with McGuinty for raising Ontario taxes.
the same will happen at the federal level and in 2015 you will be talking about "teaching liberals a lesson".
it will be too late by then.
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