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Like that old Richard Pryor movie Brewster’s Millions vote for none of the above! ya! maybe green or NDP

Vote 'anything but Conservative' NL premier tells Bay St.

Thu May 3, 3:59 PM
Newfoundland and Labrador's premier took his crusade against Stephen Harper to the heart of Toronto's business community on Thursday, with voting advice that a preschooler could remember.
"I am encouraging Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, and Canadians, in the next federal election to simply vote ABC - easy to remember," Danny Williams said in a speech to the Economic Club of Toronto.
"Vote ABC - anything but Conservative."
Williams has all but declared rhetorical warfare on the prime minister since March, when the federal Conservatives' budget introduced a new equalization formula that Williams says will cost his province billions of dollars.
Williams has frequently criticized Harper for breaking a written 2006 campaign promise, in which Harper said a Conservative government would exclude non-renewable resources in any new formula.
The change in heart, Williams said, comes down to crass politics, with Harper appealing for votes in provinces that can elect more MPs, notably Quebec.
"Unfortunately for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, our numbers are not deemed significant enough to matter," Williams said. Newfoundland and Labrador elects just seven MPs to the House of Commons.
Williams broadened his assault on Harper, and reminded the businesspeople in his audience of recent issues that have dogged the Conservatives.
"Over the last month, I have cautioned the Canadian people about the trustworthiness of this government, and their propensity to provide misleading and inaccurate information to further their own interests," Williams said.
"Government's handling of the Afghanistan detainees situation confirms this, as well as the recent words of [climate change activist] Al Gore."
Gore last week described the federal Conservatives' environment plan as a "complete and total fraud ... designed to mislead the Canadian people."
Williams accused Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty of pursuing a "deceptive agenda," including releasing misleading information about the equalization formula.
"When the federal minister of finance and the prime minister of this country resort to these tactics, to win at all costs, Canadians beware," Williams said.
Harper and Williams have been trading barbs for weeks.
Last week, for instance, after Harper jokingly took credit for a record budget surplus, Williams responded by referring to the PM as just "Steve," to show what Williams called the "same disdain" Harper showed toward his province.

   

I think Canadians are really getting the message.

CONS now trail Libs in latest polls

   

Separatists in Alberta are urging their members to do the same.

   

Polls are not very valid or relevant.

In most polls, the results are decided before going through the charade of taking them.

Sorta like the IPCC, deciding what their reports will read prior to consulting their scientific advisors.......

Only the incredibly stupid seek the return of LIBRANOs to power.

   

Danny....ya got to love him

   

And only the BLIND and STUPID can't see that Harper isn't the man of integrity that he claimed in the last election.

After criticizing the Liberals for not dropping the GST on gas, patronage, sucking up to Quebec, working with the Bloc, etc, he's guilty of all of the above as well. He's broken promise after promise (taxing investment trusts and equalization payments to name a couple). There's talk of not buying icebreakers now as well. I admit he's done a few good things, but then again so did the Liberals when they were in office.

I had planned on voting for him in the next election, but he's showing himself to be just as power hungry as the Libs before him.

   

Can't that be said for most politicians?

   

True, but in his case, he basically said, vote for me, I'm different than all those other guys. If he had just said he was just another slimy politician, I wouldn't have a complaint...

   

Why if GST is 7% on gas and it drops to 6% was it not applied to gas are you talking about the excise tax, 'boots'.

At least Harper doesn't feel like a bandit.

   

Actually Harper wanted the Libs to remove all of the GST from the gasoline tax equation (a tax on a tax), not just 1%. We are still being double taxed, this time to the tune of 6% instead of 7%.

   

They all say that though. They all say vote for me I'm different than the other guy. If he said he was just a politician who just wants your vote to keep his job and to keep his party in power most wouldn't vote for that guy. So instead they say vote for me because I will be good for the country or I offer more for you. They try and cater to as many people as they can to support their behind the scenes people and projects. I'm sure there may be some politicians in there who actually wanted to help their community, province, or country but I doubt the majority are there to do that. I wouldn't trust any of these people or follow them around like some sheep. Your best bet is to try and get as much as you want out of these people and don't take whatever else they say too seriously.

   

the cons are trailing the libs??? i watch the news all the time and ive seen nothing to that effect..dion doesnt have a chance against harper

   

The Conservatives are trailing the Liberals in the Decima polls. However, the Decima polls are being contradicted by all the other polling companies, and there have been suggestions that Decima's polling practices are being manipulated.

Typical for an idiot like Baylee to get excited about it, though.

   

Oh, Danny.....

   

Canadians are paying far more gst on a liter of gas now, with the gst at 6%, than they were when the LIBS were in power, and the gst was 7%

   

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