Conservatives Push Forward

With Canada's Conservative Party smelling blood dripping from the collective body of their greatest rival, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty added to Grit turmoil.

The former Ontario tory opened the floodgates for support by announcing plans to lower the GST to 5%, slash personal income tax, while also sending relief to corporations with a lowering of tax rates. You can almost hear the sighs of relief across the land. To top it all off, an increase to the basic personal exemption is also planned.

Well, as far as I can tell, the Conservatives are using this fall update to give Canadians what they want to hear in order to grab a poll surge and put a tighter hold on the government.

My question is this, and you should be asking yourself as well, why does the biggest relief go to the rich and corporations while impoverished Canadians are going to continue to be drilled by the BIG BUSINESS LOVE STORY that is Conservative politics in Canada? There was a crucial chance here to make a lasting attempt to better the lives of all Canadians by not only spreading the wealth across the board when it came to a socio-economic scale but also possibly dropping some much needed funds into this struggle we call saving the environment.

Enough of that though, let's look at the GST! Why lower it? Simple reason, people that don't know any better will love it! People that care about Canada's global position and our competitiveness know better than to think that the country will see any lasting benefit from a move that is merely a political trick to gain success.

In other words, sure Stephen Harper and his mob put forth a lot of things that are going to make Canadians very happy...until the environment gives away and the less fortunate drop deeper into the abyss. Welcome to Canada.