Here’s Michael Ignatieff’s big speech to the Toronto Board of Trade, in which he was expected to lay out the Liberal position on the economy.
If you can find a platform in here you have greater forensic abilities than I do. Other than an apparent plan to revive the Foreign Investment Review Agency, a Trudeau-era federal agency that was set up in 1974 and allowed to die an unlamented death a decade later, there is a notable lack of specifics.
Here’s the few I could spot:
• “Upon taking office, we’ll conduct a full audit of our public finances. We’ll open the books and find out where we really are.”
• “We’ll also make the Parliamentary Budget Officer independent, so that we never have to go through this again. No more wishful projections. No more false promises. ”
• “Next, we’ll develop a prudent and transparent plan to get our finances in order.” (Okay, I know that’s not specific, but I wanted to give you an idea of just how vapid this speech really is).
• “We will balance the books without making the most vulnerable pay the price.”
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This article brought belly deep guffaws this morning as I sipped my coffee.
Last week this man asked if “we” thought that he was stupid. Well, yes after a moment’s pause, he is 62% stupid and 38% CO2 after reading this pontificating blather. He also can’t do math.
I just had a strange thought: What if Count Iggy really believes he’s the next Trudeau? It would explain the nonsense coming out of his mouth…
If he want to be the next PET, will he allow his wife to be the next Maggie.
I used to frequent the El Mocambo when I lived in Toronto (one of Maggie’s favorite haunts) but I don’t think I ever ran into her. I did meet the members of “the Nylons” if you recall that band…