Daily Archives: September 20, 2010

Yet another $6-billion Harper boondoggle

The Conservatives and Liberals both seem determined to widen the gap between Canada's rich and poor.

The Conservatives and Liberals both seem determined to widen the gap between Canada's rich and poor.

By Henry McRandall
WRISEUP.COM

Canada’s federal government is struggling with a record deficit and what do the Stephen Harper Conservatives – backed by the Michael Ignatieff Liberals – do? They lavish another sordid $6-billion tax cut on corporations and the billionaires and mega-millionaires who control them.
And it’s not only the federal government that is cash-strapped. So are all the provinces.
But still they insist on giving still more tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy.
Canada’s federal and provincial governments have cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy over and over and over again over the past 30 years and what has it all wrought? read more »