Ignatieff ‘s bad idea
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff pledged that he would spend the days before Parliament resumes announcing Liberal policies and making clear where the party stands on the issues of the day. That much is welcome: It’s never too late to start laying down your policy platform, even if Mr. Ignatieff has waited a curiously long time since taking over the leadership a year ago.
On Monday, Mr. Ignatieff dropped a heavy plank, declaring that a national child-care system would be the No. 1 social item on the agenda of a Liberal government — though he doesn’t quite know how he’ll pay for it. “We will find the money, because it seems to me an excellent investment,” Ignatieff pledged. “I am not going to allow the deficit discussion to shut down discussion in this country about social justice.
“It’s also the best anti-poverty program. I want every single child in Canada to have the opportunity to get a square meal when they come to daycare; to get loving care and tender care,” Mr. Ignatieff added. “A lot of children in our country, we don’t like to admit it, start in a very turbulent difficult environment at home. The great thing about these programs is they give kids an equal start.”
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D.C. Says:
Liberals still living in the past. No new ideas, no new programs, no direction except backwards. Hopefully Canadian voters, at least those who vote, will see through the Liberal fantasy.
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 10:45 am
Jean Says:
A commercial clip showing Chrétien, Martin, Dion, Ignatieff promising exactly the same thing in rapid fire for every elections since 1993 about child poverty and day care finishing with the clip of Ignatieff saying ” We didn’t get it done ” to Dion in the Liberal leadership campaign, might be effective.
To be objective and fair I don’t think any politician is safe from having his or her words quoted over a 20 year period and not have contradictions or repeated un-kept promises be quoted out of context …… But fairness has little to do with political campaigns and an attack add works as long as it’s not perceived as below the belt like the ones mocking Chrétien’s facial paralysis or the ” Gun on our streets ….. In Canada ” that backfired badly !
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 11:57 am
nomdeblog Says:
Iggy does not have much money in his till so he needs to buy free volunteer support from the unions. This is strategic stuff. National Day Care. Government looking after your kids. It is a sop to CUPE which will be attacked in the March budget because the Feds have 425,000 overpaid workers.
We have too many unionized monopoly government employees at all 3 levels. They are taxpayer supported by the middle class who work in the real economy making real products.
The tension coming down can be found at today’s WSJ article.
http://tinyurl.com/PublicUnionAscendency
Check out the graph and here’s the money quote:
“And as union membership has grown in government, so has union clout in pushing politicians (especially but not solely Democrats) for higher wages and benefits. This is why labor chiefs Andy Stern (SEIU) and Rich Trumka (AFL-CIO) could order Democrats to exempt unions from ObamaCare’s tax increase on high-cost health insurance plans. To the extent Democrats have become the party of government, they have become ever more beholden to public unions.
The problem for democracy is that this creates a self-reinforcing cycle of higher spending and taxes. The unions help elect politicians, who repay the unions with more pay and benefits and dues-paying members, who in turn help to re-elect those politicians.”
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Undecided Voter Says:
And when is HM PM going to reduce both his government’s & crown Agency’s size?
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Philanthropist Says:
It takes a village to raise a child – if the parents refuse to do it.
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 9:46 pm