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[theweaselking]

Ian Welsh, a *real* conservative, guts the CPC platform for your viewing enjoyment.

My summary of his summary: Worst plan ever. It's a politely code-worded piece intended to take the thriving Canadian economy, gut all the protections for the consumer, small business and the environment, excise the ability of the federal government to restrain corporations, and ensure that the richest get richer while never, ever paying taxes.

mightygodking sums up many things well: "I really can't emphasize enough that throughout this campaign, Harper has downplayed his conservatism as much as humanly possible, putting on a 'safe' moderate appearance to appeal to Canadian voters who, for the most part, are suspicious (and rightly so) of modern conservatism. But he is not a moderate, not by any means, and for everybody complaining about the Liberals' cynicism and sense of entitlement (and they're right to complain about it), don't forget that Harper is unashamedly misrepresenting himself throughout this campaign."

While I'm at it, a prominent economist commissioned by the Conservatives to assess the financial soundness of their election platform says major items were omitted from the version he was given.

Paul Darby, deputy chief economist of the Conference Board of Canada, originally concluded that Stephen Harper's Conservative platform "is affordable in each fiscal year from 2005-2006 through 2010-2011."

The Conservative party promoted that conclusion last week as evidence its election platform had been "independently verified" by the Conference Board, an Ottawa-based think-tank.

But Darby says the version of the platform he was given to vet didn't include a Conservative party health-care guarantee which states patients will be transported to another jurisdiction if they can't get timely care at home.

It also omitted a Tory platform promise to redress the so-called "fiscal imbalance" between Ottawa and the provinces.

Darby wouldn't comment on whether the timely health-care guarantee would bear a significant cost.

"Talk to Harper," he said. "It is not in the platform I received from them."

So, remember, when the CPC says their plan has been independently verified and the numbers aren't just pulled out of their asses, they are lying, and they deliberately gave bad information to the auditors.

The Liberal party have noticed. Come on, people, you've got a week to get all this out into the minds of your potential voters.

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[mrbankies.livejournal.com]

Huh. I hadn't realized that we had exported the Republican party north of the border. My sympathies. I hope the majority of Canadian voters are smarter than the ignorant, corn fed hicks that were sucked hoof first into the god, guns and gays platform and elected the shrub for another four years.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Right now they're winning in the polls by 10%.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Which, depending on the spread, could mean no government, minority with power in the Liberal hands, minority with the NDP controlling, minority with the Bloc controlling, minority with that one guy from Kelowna holding the deciding vote, or majority.

It's hard to tell.