Alta4ever

Society has no obligation to do anything. We give people a hand up because we are compasionate, but their comes a point when no matter what you do that person will abuse your generosity, and will need the boot in the but to get out the door and find a way to survive. The equalization payments are similar and have been grossly abused, time to cut off the gravy train.

so wealth redistrabution, a socialist ideal, isn't socialist? As for the bit about equal taxation for equal government service, welfare and other social programs are administered by the province transfer payments subsidize this for those provincial governments, are what is offered in NS, NFLD or QB is way higher then it is Alberta. My taxes are paying for this, but I have no say in those provinces about how that money is spent. Remeber Charest lowering taxes because Harper increased the equalization to that province. It amounts to taxation without representation, and redistributes the wealth of province A for bad management in province B. It Nothing more but the story of the grasshopper and the ant.

No equalization means eveybody suffers, just some more then others. Its not a Canadian thing its a very silly liberal program that no politician has had the bass to cancel. "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." Winston S. Churchill

Thats it just completely dismiss a very great number of Canadians because you think that you know better. More liberal/leftist arrogance. Why is it that you people can't even listen?

JUst out of curiosity why are most of the big business owners and bank owners liberal? Demarais, Irvings ect.

So more polticians to fix a mess that just sounds like more government, what a waste.

What does a public offical know about science. What needs ot be done is to remove the politics from science, the documentary expelled byt ben stein highlights this. All theories should be reviewed by other scientist beforre findings are published. Our children also need to learn critical thinking again instead of this debate is over crap that teachers like to fill their heads with.

I think that it is very regional as the Altantic provinces have themselves been alienated and felt largely ignored by Ottawa. Our federal government has shown itself to have two priorities no matter who is in power. 1. Quebec 2. Ontario Every other province is either ignored, or used to fulfill those two prorities.

Is that really so liberal ontario and Bloc Quebec, Baaaaa.

I'm no fan of Mulrooney, but come on if you are going to talk ran up deficits, don't forget Trudeau, he ran up quite a tally as well.

What an utter, useless, wasteful horrible waste of time, and money. Just another place for self important politicans to hear themselves talk.

What a racist un politically correct thing for a leftist to say. Tsk tsk

So instead of bringing facts you try to attack the souce how typical, now that kimmy beat me to pointing out the link to the senate website, what now?

Thank you Kimmy you got to it before I did.

And those jerks wonder why the country is ripping itself apart

I will not be voting for the national party nor will I be supporting it, I will vote for the small c conservative that runs in my riding. If no such option exists I may just stay at home.

nope just time to rattle some chains, replace some candidates in the party and remind them where their support and fundraising comes from.

1. Why would they do that when they are making a profit here? 2. What is our unemployment rate again? The rate hasn't shot up, just certain regions are feeling the effects of 2 things the because of union bargining and high dollar value which made the canadian labour cost to high to bear in a global enviornment.

James Hansen’s Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic - Says Hansen ‘Embarrassed NASA http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/01/27/jame...-never-muzzled/ So what is the AGW cult going to smear this man with. Has he been bought off by Big oil what are you cultists going use to try to discredit this man?

I will not vote liberal or NDP, Harper better watch out in the next leadership review.

That budget is socialist agenda, written for the liberals by the conservative finance minister approved by the Prime minsiter tring to stay in power. I rather face a defeat with the conservative prinicples in tact then see the "conservative" party turn into another liberal party. Much like pc's did in the 80's.

wasn't removed just no increases in funding to provinces.

Its because Ottawa doesn't listen, even when supposedly the PM is one of ours.

There is no way to improve it, just remove it. If you can't fund your own socalist agenda, do expect my hard work to do it for you.

If he was for Alberta first he would not have approved that budget. Alberta first would have ment listening to his base, which a great portion of it is Alberta.