Throne Speech Verdict- The Jury's Back and Harper Rocks!
ridenrain @ Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:10 pm
Like Cuba except without the music and nice weather....
ridenrain @ Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:36 am
..and to make it official that Liberals = loosers:
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PM pummels Grits defending Throne Speech
SCOTT DEVEAU
Globe and Mail Update
Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the Liberal government of 13 years of waste and mismanagement while defending his government's agenda Wednesday in the first day of debate on Tuesday's Throne Speech.
The Tories came under fire from the opposition for intending to push ahead “unilaterally” with its plans for child care, scrapping the controversial gun registry, and reducing the GST by 1 per cent.
SCOTT DEVEAU
Globe and Mail Update
Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the Liberal government of 13 years of waste and mismanagement while defending his government's agenda Wednesday in the first day of debate on Tuesday's Throne Speech.
The Tories came under fire from the opposition for intending to push ahead “unilaterally” with its plans for child care, scrapping the controversial gun registry, and reducing the GST by 1 per cent.
(Opposition Leader Bill Graham said something dumb here about how the Fiberals are entitled to overtax Canadians.. or something like that)
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Defending his government's agenda, Mr. Harper suggested the Liberals had not heeded the warning sent to them during the election.
“On January 23rd, Canadians voted for change. They overwhelmingly rejected 13 years of scandal and inaction they made it clear that business as usual is not good enough,” Mr. Harper said. “To hear (Bill Graham) speak, you would think that January the 23rd had never occurred.
“We have a plan, we have priorities, and Canadians are with us. During the recent election we laid out our priorities and a plan for change. Canadians made it clear they support change, and they want us to act.”
He reiterated his party's plans for providing more open and accountable government, cutting the GST by one percentage point, cracking down on crime, giving parents a child care allowance of $1,200 for each child, and ensuring medically acceptable wait times.
“That's what we promised. That's what we intend to do,” he said.
“On January 23rd, Canadians voted for change. They overwhelmingly rejected 13 years of scandal and inaction they made it clear that business as usual is not good enough,” Mr. Harper said. “To hear (Bill Graham) speak, you would think that January the 23rd had never occurred.
“We have a plan, we have priorities, and Canadians are with us. During the recent election we laid out our priorities and a plan for change. Canadians made it clear they support change, and they want us to act.”
He reiterated his party's plans for providing more open and accountable government, cutting the GST by one percentage point, cracking down on crime, giving parents a child care allowance of $1,200 for each child, and ensuring medically acceptable wait times.
“That's what we promised. That's what we intend to do,” he said.
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bootlegga @ Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:57 am
ridenrain ridenrain:
“On January 23rd, Canadians voted for change. They overwhelmingly rejected 13 years of scandal and inaction they made it clear that business as usual is not good enough,” Mr. Harper said. “To hear (Bill Graham) speak, you would think that January the 23rd had never occurred.
Yes, so overwhelmingly that the Cons got 125 seats, less than the previous Lib minority government BTW...hardly overwhelming. Yes, you are are running the show, but it's hardly a mandate to change things dramatically.
Based on Harper's flawed argument, the Liberals (who actually had a majority for over a decade) were impowered by Canadians to run the country they way they did...