tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post1721656947318472750..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper the Not So Great Economist LeaderSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2186352655661441772015-03-07T09:15:32.199-05:002015-03-07T09:15:32.199-05:00hi Kathleen..oh there will be an election. And yes...hi Kathleen..oh there will be an election. And yes we all have to vote. I've challenged my friends to get just one person who wasn't planning to vote to turn up at the polls. Because if we do get a good turnout we will crush the Cons, but if we stay at home we could lose. It's too bad I'm relentlessly honest, or I might try to vote four times... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-57486237921072081892015-03-07T09:12:54.151-05:002015-03-07T09:12:54.151-05:00hi David...every time I hear Harper talking about ...hi David...every time I hear Harper talking about those1.2 million jobs it makes me want to throw something at the TV. It really is outrageous how that Con artist can lie so easily....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-65517010653629252702015-03-07T09:10:51.849-05:002015-03-07T09:10:51.849-05:00hi anon...although I'm no Great Economist myse...hi anon...although I'm no Great Economist myself, I do understand how incompetent and shortsighted they have been, and it stuns me to see polls that suggest that many Canadians still trust them to manage the economy. Even though in all their years in power they have never come up with an industrial strategy for the future. Still I'm pretty sure that the economy will be the main issue of the next election. It will be very hard for the Cons to keep the terrorist hysteria going all the way to October, And I'm hopeful that Canadians will finally understand what a lousy job the Cons have done.... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10199772587491160402015-03-07T09:04:58.142-05:002015-03-07T09:04:58.142-05:00hi hinofan...don't worry, I am praying for you...hi hinofan...don't worry, I am praying for you cowboys. It's almost beyond belief how badly managed your province has been, when although it doesn't collect enough royalties, it has had enough money to build for the future, but didn't. Still, I'm sure Alberta will be fine, although you guys may have to pay more taxes, like the rest of us. And that will be painful... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-72845084566925049202015-03-06T06:18:14.194-05:002015-03-06T06:18:14.194-05:00My "action plan" is to vote........provi...My "action plan" is to vote........provided there is ever going to be an election ! Marmaladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651890655542192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-7684286578243262962015-03-06T02:50:08.239-05:002015-03-06T02:50:08.239-05:00Fact check: putting the Conservatives' "m...Fact check: putting the Conservatives' "million net new jobs" into context<br />http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/blog/fact-check-putting-conservatives-million-net-new-jobs-context<br /><br />3 stinging graphs that cut Stephen Harper's million jobs problem wide open<br />http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/3-stinging-graphs-cut-stephen-harpers-million-jobs-problem-wide-openDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10760991559456711772015-03-06T02:29:14.767-05:002015-03-06T02:29:14.767-05:00Harper's economic record has been a dismal fai...Harper's economic record has been a dismal failure. The huge tax breaks given to corporations has not been reinvested in the country. To the contrary, they're constantly looking at ways to nickel and dime the front line workers or the backbone of a company as I see it, while rewarding themselves with obscene compensation packages. Jobs are going overseas so corporations can cheaply make, then sell the products to the people they've taken the jobs away from. I try to buy Canadian when I can but with Harper and his morons running this country, it is increasingly difficult to do. <br />I hope you're right Simon, that Harper's economic record will be his downfall, but when he's using our money to tout his "record" and the MSM is failing to expose their incompetence, well, it'll be an uphill battle, so keep informing us as best you can and we'll keep spreading the news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-52665915789385919142015-03-05T22:36:56.697-05:002015-03-05T22:36:56.697-05:00Hi Simon,
We gave the oil and gas away for a few y...Hi Simon,<br />We gave the oil and gas away for a few years of high paying jobs for some. <br />Treated temporary foreign workers like shit.<br /> And all we have left is that shiny pickup truck, bull balls a'dangling with that tatty ol' bumper sticker that reads: <br />"Please God send another oil boom and I'll promise not to piss it away !"<br />And, dear God, the payments!!! Oh the payments!!!<br />Pray for us Simon, 'cause Canada's economic Super Power engine is only firing on one cylinderhinofanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231739915851290638noreply@blogger.com