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The Conservative Platform

The Conservative Party will release its platform today, which will likely detail what they have said during the campaign and undoubtedly there will be a couple of new items to be disclosed.

As I said in the blog posting yesterday, it will no doubt have the least amount of new spending in their proposed plan. By the end of the week we will release a detailed summary of all the major party spending plans and hope that will assist you in deciding who you want to vote for.

As a follow up to yesterday’s blog, I made a detailed second posting in the comment section and I will repeat it here. During any election campaign we always get accused of being too hard on the Conservatives, too soft on the conservatives, too bias, not hard enough, etc., etc. The same commentary will always produce varying responses.

For the record, as I stated yesterday, the NCC does not and will never support a political party. We do not get any government handouts and would never take them. We have been critical of the Conservative government in the past and will continue to do so. We believe that the income trust decision was handled badly and we launched a campaign to say so. We will continue to campaign for barley farmers who want to sell their own crops to whoever they want, keeping government spending in check, and reigning in runaway human rights commissions. This follows a tradition in the NCC. In fact many card-carrying Progressive Conservatives are still angry at us for opposing Brian Mulroney on the GST and the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords.

We have always believed that in very difficult economic times, government needs to tighten its belt and we are looking at whoever is elected to do so. It is just a statement of economics right now that the only party that is showing any sign of fiscal sanity is the Conservatives. In other words, the alternatives - Green, Liberal, Bloc and NDP - would attack our current fiscal challenges with higher taxes and more government. If global warming, social justice or big union power is more important to you than economics, then vote for an alternative.

Peter Coleman
President and CEO
National Citizens Coalition


Comments

Ron Lutz says:

Back about 1995, at a R.M. convention, when farmers & govt. were being told to ‘tighten their belts’, I told Roy Romano& Ralph goodale, that government belts were made of RUBBER–same holds true today!

submitted on October 7th, 2008 at 10:33 am

ken says:

Lets see what S Dion has to say about his plagiarism ,maybe he'’ll find something important to talk about like a new tax on the air we breathe and then he’ll reward us witha rebate if we breathe fewer breaths and sav co2

submitted on October 7th, 2008 at 11:27 am

Gordon Wusyk says:

If you really want to get upset ,if you support the Conservatives this time around check out the blog by Ken Chapman at www.cambridgestrategies.com.
He outlines why he believes Dion is the first choice and how dangerous Harper is for Alberta.
Is he describing the Tories I thought I knew?

Comments.?

submitted on October 7th, 2008 at 11:43 am

Rene Vicente says:

I always believe that the sound fiscal management re economic would come from the Conservatives. Mr. Dion has been tested as a follower, not a leader and his economic plan is disastrous to Canada. Mr. Leyton is going to do anything possible, even to use foul languages, and promise heaven just to get a vote. He catered to one ethnic population that he will recognized their language as a national language. His economic plan is doubly disastrous that will right away bring Canada to brankruptcy. He’s a hypocrite. Ms. Elizabeth May is just lkie Leyton. No manners. Watched the interview with Mike Duffy and she showed her true color. Let’s go CONSERVATIVES.

submitted on October 7th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

mark dahmer says:

I can’t wait to see the costs off all the political handouts promised in this campaign. This especially concerning as we seem to be headed for an economic down turn and government revenue willl likely suffer. The position that we can get the money from canselling Tax breaks for corporations is dangerous . Having to subsidize toyota to locate a plant in ontario and then increase the taxes they will pay seems ludicrous to me.

submitted on October 7th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Gordon says:

Would you recommend to families with small children to give this up?

Do you know anyone with children under the age of six?

If so, read on….

In 2006, Conservatives promised - and delivered - the $1,200 Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB).

Today, 1.5 million families (2 million children) receive the benefit.

Now, Conservatives are pledging to enhance the UCCB.

Our commitment to the $1,200 Universal Child Care Benefit stands in stark contrast to the position of the Dion Liberals.

Stéphane Dion, when asked: “Would you cancel the Tory daycare plan?” (National Post, October 21, 2006).

Dion said: “Yes” (National Post, October 21, 2006).

Every parent with a child or children under the age of six needs to understand this clear choice: an enhanced $1,200

Universal Child Care Benefit with the Conservatives or no $1,200 Universal Child Care Benefit with the Liberals.

submitted on October 7th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

Dave S. says:

The irony is that since the Conservative Party is the only Party proposing lower taxes, smaller government & reduced overall spending, the NCC has little choice but to ipso facto support them. Clearly, if Harper loses or only gets a small minority. federal tax & spend pressures will be rampant. We are facing a very dangerous time - where if the wrong Party(s) seize power, it could plunge Canada into a much worse recession. However, as the Liberals have cynically learned in the past, it is only ‘a worse recession’ if the average voter perceives it as being worse. Most likely, average voters will not know when things are much worse than they might otherwise have been!

submitted on October 7th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

geoff fenton says:

Right on - and that is the problem one-sided voters. Unfortunately this country always votes socialist at the worst possible times - How does anyone get through to stupidity? My daughter and husband are voting Liberal because they are ‘losing’ out on the arty thing - Good Lord they can’t see that their taxes will jump to the 40% mark - Well, there’s always a will - or something crass like immediate money, eh?

submitted on October 8th, 2008 at 12:11 am

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