Liberal Red Book

[lenwick]

Liberal Red Book

Top 10 Liberal Broken Promises.

1. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (Red book, Chapter 1) - Canada currently has 1.4 million unemployed, half a million not looking for work, youth unemployment at 18%, and one in every four Canadians worried about their jobs.

2. Preserving and Protecting Universal Medicare (Red book, p.74) - By 1998/99 the Liberals will have cut $7 billion in social transfers to the provinces.

3. Scrap, Kill, and Abolish the GST - Prime Minister Chretien and Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps on the campaign trail made this promise. The Liberals will have spent $931 million to bury the hated tax in Atlantic Canada.

4. Restore faith in Government (Red Book, p.92) - Sheila Copps, David Collenette, Jean Boyle, Michael Dupuy - 'nuff said.

5. Stable Multiyear Funding for the CBC (Red Book, p.89) - The Liberals cut $377 million from the CBC - a third of the public broadcaster's budget.

6. Renegotiate NAFTA (Red Book p.24) - Two months after taking power, Chretien signed NAFTA without any changes.

7. A Code of Conduct for Politicians (Red Book, p.95) - no new code and the Prime Minister uses the secret Ministerial guidelines only when convenient.

8. Appointments Based on Competence (Red Book p.92) - The Governor General, the Ambassadors to Isreal and Britain, the Chairman of Canada Post, and the last 19 Senators are all partisan Liberal patronage appointments.

9. More Free Votes (Red Book p.92) - out of more than 200 government bills in three years, the Prime minister has allowed one free vote on government legislation. The Liberal government has restricted debate on more than 20 occasions.

10. Eliminate Trade Barriers (Red Book p.22) - Internal trade barriers continue to cost the economy $6 - $10 billion a year.

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[I miss Reagan]

And that along with the sponsorship scandle just goes to prove that there is absolutely nothing the Liberals can do to lose power. Baffling.

5. Stable Multiyear Funding for the CBC (Red Book, p.89) - The Liberals cut $377 million from the CBC - a third of the public broadcaster's budget.

That's one broken promise that I can live with.

[kimmy]

"Screw the Red Book... Don't tell me what's in the Red Book. I wrote the goddamned thing. And I know that it's a lot of crap."

-Paul Martin.

[takeanumber]

Should we review all the broken promises of the Alberta Tories since we're dusting off classics from 1992/1993?

[I miss Reagan]

Should we review all the broken promises of the Alberta Tories since we're dusting off classics from 1992/1993?

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Tu Quoque Fallacy

[Bro]

The biggest con job ever that was accepted by a majority of Canadians,and sadly enough,the liberal voters are still buying a book that was supposed to be a manual for the success of Canada,but has turned out to be a fiction novel or the book of lies.