Jim Flaherty, who was recently named business newsmaker of the year by the Canadian Press and Broadcast News. He announced earlier this year that the government would tax income trusts the same way they would corporations (which of course isn't enough to begin with, but it's a start, at least until the government nationalizes all industry). Now, I'm pretty happy anytime that the Bay Street boys get their tighty whities in a knot, and this time was no exception. After all, this move will bring up to an additional $1 billion to the government pool, which is good, until the Conservatives do something stupid with it. But a good politician? Hell no. Let's not forget the real Jim Flaherty, the politician who, among other things...
- supports tax breaks for parents who send their children to priavte school (yay, let's help the rich get rich and create an even bigger gap between rich and poor)
- wants to remove teachers legal right to strike
- supports the criminalization of homelessness (I'm serious, he's this wacky. When they refuse medical treatment of a shelter placement, he supports tossing them in jail out of 'compassion')
- stated that he's 'pro-life' and that if he became Ontario P.C. leader (and thankfully he didn't), he wouldn't authorize any new abortion clinics
- has advocated selling off both TV Ontario and the LCBO
Yikes! What a resume. And that folks, is the real Jim Flaherty.
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