The Conservatives released their campaign platform yesterday, which you can read here. For the most part this document is just a summary of the daily announcements made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. However, it does contain a few new measures to provide help to the manufacturing and aerospace sectors.
This is by far the most moderate spending platform put forward this election. As many of you have said, in these difficult and uncertain economic times it is important for our government to keep spending under control.
With today’s announcement that the Bank of Canada has cut the prime lending rate by a half percentage point, there is no doubt that the economy will be a prominent issue for voters come October 14th.
The media and political pundits alike have been eager to point out that the government has not done enough to protect our economy. While this may be true, all a government can do at times like these is cut taxes, keep spending under control and make wise investments that will lead to job creation.
We hosted a luncheon with Diane Francis yesterday in Toronto. When her discussion turned to the economy, she made some very interesting comments.  According to Diane, the Canadian banking system is rock solid and while people should be very worried about the current economic climate Canadians should not be panicking.
It will be very interesting to see how the remainder of this election campaign plays out. No matter which party returns to Ottawa as our next government, they will have to do everything they can to control spending and keep our economy on the right track.