Liberals Make Big Mistake in Keeping GST at 6%

Liberals Make Big Mistake in Keeping GST at 6%

John McCallum got me pretty angry this morning when he said that if elected, the Liberals would keep the GST at 6%. The entire election campaign, we Liberals said income tax cuts were a better way at re-distributing wealth and we said the Tories got the economics wrong.

Now we admit they were right all along and we know jack shit about the economy, Thanks John!

For the record, I still believe cutting the GST is really a cash grab for rich people. I propose raising it back up to 7, putting that one point to foreign aid, bringing our GDP total to 0.62% of GDP, inching closer to 0.7%


Ignatieff Falls for the Same Trap as Stephane Dion

My dear leadership hopeful has stumbled into a political trap, saying he would work towards making his Cabinet 50% female. With caucus 25% female, it would presently mean that statically, better qualified men would get appointments based on their genitilia. We do not fight discrimination with reverse discrimination. Cabinet appointments should be representative of the caucus you have. Presently, the Liberals have 20% women in their caucus, if Cabinet were to be formed by this bunch, with about 30 jobs to give out, 20% of men would be in cabinet and 75% of women. Tell me how this is good public policy.

As for appointments, sure 50% is fine because the pool is larger. With caucus, you really have to put gender aside and choose the best. In the end, it will be close to representative of the caucus you have.

Get more women elected first. Make a parliamentary program helping women MPs handle raising a child while dealing with the strains of being an MP. I think this should be an quadri-partisan effort, maybe a parliamentary committee. Me and Martha talked a little about this. That interview will be available soon.