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They cut taxes and got tough on crime which were election promises. They are also the only National party of Canada unlike the Liberals who garner their support from pockets in the east. The Liberal party ...the true Separation Party of Canada.
Ya they cut taxes....i wonder for who...big corporations who buy in bulk and would appreciate a discount. But to the regular citizen, what difference does one percent make on groceries or clothing. Goods and services tax cost citizens maybe an average of $5 a purchase but it produces millions of dollars that could be used for some much needed services and aid the transportation system that has citizens paying $3 a ticket.
I will agree with you with their standpoint on crime however.
you better do some more homework ..
http://www.thestar.com/article/266503Dion promises to cut taxes.
fter election-style address, Liberal leader dodges questions about throne speech tactics
Oct 13, 2007 04:30 AM
Linda Diebel
Staff Reporter
Federal Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion yesterday gave an election-style speech in Toronto, promising to cut corporate taxes and accusing the Conservative government of ignoring poverty in Canada.
He said next week's Speech from the Throne "must include" a plan to fight poverty, adding: "I tell you, it will be at the heart of a Liberal agenda."
But later, Dion dodged questions about whether his caucus would vote against the throne speech if Prime Minister Stephen Harper ignores the Liberal list of priorities.
In his speech to the Economic Club of Toronto, Dion accused Harper of forgetting about Canada's "weakest and most vulnerable," asserting that poverty today is "a reality that mocks the prosperity known by most of our people."
More than a million children live in poverty, he said, and "we cannot waste a generation."
Further, more than half a million seniors are poor and the "men and women who build this country deserve better."
While a business crowd of about 400 applauded his remarks, they saved their cheers for his pledge to lower the corporate tax rate from the current 18.5 per cent, if elected prime minister.
"The world does not owe Canada a living. For a richer, fairer, greener Canada, we need to create a Canadian corporate advantage," Dion said, speaking amidst buzz of a potential fall election.
"We need a more competitive Canada," he concluded to a standing ovation.
The Liberal leader, relaxed and joking, told his audience he doesn't think they want a fall election.
"Three federal elections in three and a half years, on top of all the provincial elections ... would be unreasonable."
Dion said he hopes Harper will present "a reasonable" throne speech "befitting a minority government."
In a scrum following his speech, Dion defined reasonable as meeting four Liberal priorities: fighting poverty; clarifying the Canadian role in Afghanistan; and setting strong economic and environmental policy. He said Harper's announcement yesterday of a special panel to study Canada's role "should not stop the Conservatives from informing NATO that our combat mission on Kandahar will end in February 2009."
Pressed on how his caucus will vote on measures in the throne speech, Dion would say only he will have to study it.
He declined to say what the new corporate tax rate might be, noting he's saving that announcement for an election campaign. Canada's rate is already some 20-points lower than in the U.S., where the corporate tax rate stands at 39 per cent.
The presence of Dion's wife, Janine Krieber, and several Liberal MPs from the GTA added to the event's election feel.
"Some would say that a cut in corporate taxes is a right-wing policy," he said. "I'm sure my friend (NDP Leader) Jack Layton will say this." But, he continued, "to believe this is to believe that Sweden, with its low corporate tax rate, is a hot bed of neo-conservatism, while the United States, with its very high corporate taxes, is a socialist paradise."
I really like the last paragraph
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