Category: Canadian politics

Today a government issued study about the impact of the HST revealed that it would cost the average middle-class family over $480 a year in extra tax. It’s clear now the Liberals have led middle-class families down a breadcrumb path of half-truths and distortions. When it comes to the true impact of the HST .  Now   middle-class families will have to tighten their belts even more . When at the same time the limousine Liberals at Queens Park create $1 billion boondoggles one after the other. Interestingly the same day that true impact of the HST was announced  the government also let people know that the cheques were in the mail. Are the  Liberals giving a little sugar to Ontarians so the medicine of the HST tax can go down ?

As the witching hour draws near to where the Ontario taxpayer has to shoulder another gouging tax increase brought to you by McGuinty’s  Liberals. Increase taxes also increase the likelihood of many Ontarians turning to an emerging black market to satisfy the need for many common service industries like contractors . This quandary creates an environment where you have people actively trying to avoid paying taxes therefore, making the HST less effective not more. If the government treats people no better than medieval serfs this will eventually create a society that is more equal but less free. An increase in taxes has never been a popular policy. In fact significant societal and political shifts have been ushered in by a population that felt unjustly taxed and it can happen again.

Politicians have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar yet again. This time controversy surrounds liberal MP Judy Sgro she has been found to be in clear violation of the Commons rules on transferring of real estate. This isn’t the first time the former Minister of Immigration has been in hot water. Sgro has a history of violations and missteps in her parliamentary career. Proving yet again that with the Liberals especially it is do as I say not as I do. However these misdeeds by a few MPs are a drop in the bucket compared to the abuse that occurred during the British expense scandal. Where MPs from all parties plundered the public purse.In a time of economic distress politicians from all parties should be wary of how they spend the people’s money.