tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post9078419641948362684..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: There's Nothing "Technical" About Five Consecutive Months of Economic ContractionThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-11042502513115151632015-08-01T10:41:46.056-07:002015-08-01T10:41:46.056-07:00Anyong said....The fact remains most countries aro...Anyong said....The fact remains most countries around the world have a drop in their economy and are calling it what it is, a recession. Why does Harper think Canadians don't know this? Thank the powers that be, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation which Harper hates. A question that needs to be asked of your party of choice, what are they going to do to reinstate the CBC as a highly viable entity as it was up until 1998? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87464019639709882372015-08-01T10:40:21.292-07:002015-08-01T10:40:21.292-07:00Mulcair is the only leader who stood up against Ha...Mulcair is the only leader who stood up against Harper's and Trudeau's gambit to bet the entire economy on exporting resources to China. This is the premise behind his Dutch Disease argument: that investments in resource extraction and resource exports cause an overvalued dollar that kills manufacturing and tourism (value-added exports.)<br /><br />Trudeau believes China is the "future of the Canadian economy." He's also a big supporter of FIPA and the TPP. As he put it: "For me, it’s either we set the terms [with China] now and take the lead role, or 20 years down the line, we’re the poor cousins who accept any deal thrown our way."<br /><br />If Canadians want real change, the only choice is the NDP. (The Green party platform is based on the same neoliberal economic ideology as Preston Manning's EcoFiscal Commission. This anti-social green is founded on gouging the little people while giving the rich big tax breaks: "raise consumption taxes; cut harmful income taxes.") <br />Ron Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120060083437508997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16339125464114860432015-08-01T07:14:38.026-07:002015-08-01T07:14:38.026-07:00Progress? Steve wants to re-establish a resource e...Progress? Steve wants to re-establish a resource economy. It's back to the 19th Century.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com