I agree that our troops should remain in Afghanistan until the job is done. Besides, there is no better way to train combat troops than to engage in combat! (remember how many lessons were learned during the Falklands skirmish.)

Keep reminding Stephen Harper of his mantra during his tenure with the NCC. I.e., “More Freedom Through Less Government”.

My greatest problem with Governments right from local.provincial and
federal is that their total TAX take consumes almost all a small business
takes in.
They can’t seem to understand that every time there is another body hired or another new new law devised or every wage settlement the dollar is
reduced in size or buying power.
They talk about the strong dollar. If it is so strong why will it not buy as
much. I am going on 85 years old and still need to work 6 days a week to
pay taxes and stay in business.
When I was 15 years old I got paid $1.00 per day for 8 hours work and
was able to keep the whole dollar and it would buy something.
Now we have a minimun wage of 8.00 per hour plus all the fringe benifits
like stat holidays etc etc and a person could not ever have a home,or
barely survive on the 8 x $8.00= $64.00 per day, and they try to tell us
our $$ is strong.
In 1954 a good house in Vernon B.C. averaged about $10,000.00 and taxes
were under 100.00. Today the very same building is $400,000.00 and
the taxes are in the thousands. Governments of all brands tell us that
inflation is 1 to 2%. Why lie about it, it is closer to 10%

In the meantime government employees have multiplied like rabbits or
more like the starlings who live off the very people they are hired to
protect. These same unionised public servants are underworked overpaid
parasites just like the starling. Read up on the starling and see the similarity.
Now take our so called justice seystem where the defence lawyers cost
the taxpayer billions every year and the criminals have better conditions
than the working poor. These criminals even have a vote. What kind of
justice is it when a mass murderer like Clifford Olsen can vote cancelling
an honest taxpayers vote. There may be a seystem but very little justice.
These are just a few things a good honest government shoud be doing.

There are so many who want to bring our troops back home. Having two in the military, this makes them think that Canadians want to paint a yellow streak down their backs. We need to support them now more than ever. On Nov. 11th wear a poppy proudly and say thanks to our troops especially the 71 heroes who gave their lives to keep the terrorists out of this country. Remember 9-11 could happen here but because our troops are over there for Canada, it will never happen. Thank God we have them.

The NCC slogan of “more freedom through less Government” should be adopted by the ex president of the Ncc, Mr. Harper. We need to shrink the size of government and its incredible high cost and transfer those savings back to the taxpayers.
The time has come to grant Mr. Harper a solid majority so progress can be made, hopefully, in the right direction.
The media should be scorning the senate for being obstructionists and encourage limited terms.

As a veteran of World War 11, I feel the establishment of an Ombudsman by our Minister of Veterans Affairs is a positive step.

I can only hope that the $25,000,000 set aside for his office will be offset by at least double that amount in budgetry cuts to the outlandixh administrative cost of Veterans Affairs Canada, which has beome self-seeking in its own right. I wish!!!!!!

“Benefit of the doubt” for veterans has long gone in a typical bureaucracy which has completely lost touch with its mandate of compassion to, and recognition of, those who served their country in time of war

Thank you for the concise review of the main budget features. I agree with your comments and hope they have some positive effect. However, is it true that the NCC is a larger organization than the Fraser Institute (FI)? It is my understanding the FI espouses just about the same principles as the NCC, but makes its case with much more fundamental supporting research, both by its own staff as well as that conducted by others. In any case, keep up the good work, both of you.

Well…Very Refreshing Comments, The comments above hit the nail on the head. Too much Government, Very little production for the money spent, Too much union control and cost escalation due to the unions, Too many Government rules and regulations for businesses to try to operate under.

We are working harder and longer and have less to show for it. We, the people should not pay more than 10 % they can’t put us all in the “Club Fed” penitentarys. Even God only asks for 10% and He has a lot more to do.

The Troops, brave and honerable as they are , unlike most politicians, know what they signed up for and I am sure they are proud to be part of keeping the terrorists at bay on their own turf and away from their families at home, we have lost very few (unfortuantley and sadley) compared to my Father’s and my Grand Fathers generations during the 1st and 2nd World Wars.

The comment about we don’t have a 9-ll because it’s over ther is very true because any sports fan or observant of history knows that the best defence is a good offence.

Mr. Harper, you have a lot of responsibility and a lot of work to do, but you must set a trend of doing it with less. We Canadians seem to be gentle docile people, but there is a volcanoe brewing under the surface, and if we all decide to go under ground and make a stand it will not be Pretty.

I am ready, now.

Gentlemen,

So, the NCC is happy to hear about tax cuts.
Tha Canadian economy is good at the moment. This means that the Government will have a big surplus. Should we have a tax break? NO, the government should pay down the National Depth, which has been developed by our elected representatives. Elected by you and I because they promished more than we could afford. Now we are all doing well, we should pay more tax which should all go to depth payments.
Unfortunately, not even the NCC understands this.
Stop screaming about tax cuts.

Jorgen V. Jensen

Pity the Liberals will not vote against it.

This throne speech, economically speaking, is a continued indictment of the socialist nature of Canadian politics and further entrenches the fact that all political parties in this country are cut from the same cloth. Stephen Harper (despite his early rhetoric) and his government are simply Liberals in sheeps clothing. Once again the gullible Canadian voter has been hoodwinked. The tax burden in this country continues to be crushing, our productivity is still in the tank, and we continue to add to an already blotted and useless bureaucracy in Ottawa. What has Harper been thinking to allow the government to grow at a faster pace than the economy. Is there a rude awakening coming for this economic drag? I can only hope so, but I will not be voting for them at all this time around and have become a liberterian. Absolute minimum government provides the greatest amount of freedom and economic prosperity for those who really count: you and me, the poor suckers who have to pay the frieght which is all too often damaged…

Canada’s military does not have experience in surrendering. Since all 3 oppositions parties want to cut and run from Afghanistan, perhaps the 3 leaders could draw straws to see who gets the dishonor of surrendering to the Taliban and telling the women and girls in the country any rights you have gained are gone.

Considering what this country looked like when the Liberals had power to what the Conservative party has done to restore it, I feel that the budget was very good and PM Harper is going in the right direction, only too slowly. After reading the comments prior, I see you can’t please everyone & the comments above prove that. All I am concerned about now is ‘freedom of speech’ and ‘freedom of health care choice.’ Those two key freedoms are being eroded and that should be our job, as Canadians, to demand it is restored and protected.

Why did my message disappear, when I started mentioning hat our boys are dying for the big oil interests? We are not threatened by any terrorists., we are being used to serve the financial interests of others and subject to scare tactics. We support our troops ! YES ! Bring them home to defend our country but not others.
V. Hrussoczy Wirth