Ignatieff says PM 'spending like a drunken sailor'

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Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff appears on CTV's Question Period on Sunday, March 20, 2011.

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Date: Sun. Mar. 20 2011 6:18 PM ET

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is taking aim at the Conservatives' ethics and spending habits, as opposition parties prepare for two potential election triggers.

The government will unveil its federal budget Tuesday, setting up a later vote on the document.

But an election could also be sparked as early as Friday, if the parties vote on whether the government should be held in contempt of Parliament -- the Conservatives are accused of withholding the costs of its crime bills.

Speaking to CTV's Question Period on Sunday, Ignatieff accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of spending taxpayers' money "like a drunken sailor" for partisan gain.

He pointed to a recent round of government announcements to promote spending on social housing, crime prevention, and other projects totalling more than $1 billion.

"Count up all the things he went across the country promoting last week -- it's a billion dollars," Ignatieff told Question Period.

"That pattern of waste and highly partisan spending, just to win an election, I think destroys his credibility as an economic manager," said Ignatieff.

But he side-stepped repeated questions on whether his party would use either Tuesday's budget or a vote on contempt charges to trigger an election.

"I honestly don't know what's going to happen this week but I'm ready for anything. We could go (to the polls) this week or next year," he said.

Ignatieff was himself recently accused of promising taxpayers' money to garner political gain, after musing last week that his party might fund a hockey arena in Quebec City if they formed the next government.

He said the arena would serve a cultural purpose, although the city would use the space in its attempt to lure back an NHL team. Harper has said the government should not fund an NHL arena.

Pollster Nik Nanos said recently that whether the Government falls on the budget or issues of its transparency could make a big difference at the ballot box.

The prime minister would undoubtedly prefer to frame the vote around his government's handling of the economy, while the opposition would rather focus on his perceived abuse of power, said Nanos.

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CYL
said

instead of complaining about Harper why doesn't Iggy come up with something substantial and not just complain complain complain, because no matter who's voted in they do the same. So sick of the bashing.

John L
said

Given Iggy's claims to be in favour of some wildly expensive programs (keep in mind they're also planning to buy a fleet of fighters for the military) I don't think accusing Harper, or anyone else, of spending too much is a good idea.The real issue for the Liberals is that they're also promising all sorts of expensive projects and simply unwilling or unable to provide any details.Either the Liberals really don't know how much they'd be spending or they know totally and are afraid to tell Canadians the details.Check out Ken Dryden's website; he trashes the Cons on childcare and fails entirely to explain whatever the Liberals would offer instead.

rosie
said

Obviously the people commenting on here critcizing Harpers spending don't vote conservative,which means they are either Liberal,NDP,Bloc or Green supporters or don't vote at all.Until I see a practical plan to eliminate government waste and cut spending(meaning smaller gov't)why vote for anyone but the status quo.The change i would like to see is eliminating 20% of the government workforce to start, and freeze all tax rates,

Rob Weldon
said

Let me say that I am no supporter of Harper and the Conservatives any longer(although always a Conservative or Reform supporter).I find so many of the comments,largely directed at Ignatieff and Liberals over the top.You are simply spewing what you hear in attack ads and it is filled with the hate and deceipt Harper claims as fact.Ignatieff has a very impressive resume and is well respected throughout Europe,Britain and the USA.That cannot be negative.Harper is very far from perfect(transparency,accountality,fiscal resposiblity,honesty can be questioned).If you looked into his past with National Coaliton and what he has said many of you Cons would have Harper up on charges of treason.Google Harpers past statements and find out.Let us be objective and let the politicians have their say and let them be judged on that.Not attack ads.

Iggy Needs a Time Out
said

Now I've heard everything. A Liberal accusing a Conservative of OVER spending? I think what he meant to say was that they are not spending in the areas HE wants.

It's what it is
said

Harper IS spending money like a drunken sailor! And if you're offended by the term, go nitpick something else to death. That's MY money and YOUR money that he's throwing around on issues that are only a concern for him now that his government is in jeopardy! What about Health Care, Seniors, and my pension? Heathen Stephen has got to go! He epitomizes absolutely everything he once claimed (in order to get votes) that he was against. He's just turned out to be another vote mongering, lying politician. Shame on those who put this thief in power... SHAME!

Salt and Vinegar
said

A drunken sailor is better than a coalition any day of the week.

JP in Vanier
said

I don't want a government where Justin Trudeau could be P.M.

Adam Gerard
said

We all know the Liberals would spend even more and have less to show for it. Harper is far from perfect, but the Liberal record is scandal, waste, abuse and neglect. Canadians aren't stupid or forgetful.

mom
said

wow it seems there are a lot of not-too-bright Canadians who are completely fooled by arrogant, scheming, low-class Harper and his flunkies...guys!! Harper's attack ads are not the truth!!... don't be duped! he's counting on you to be stupid!!

Scottish Terror
said

Well if you Cons want to keep bringing up the Sponsorship issue after 6 years then it's fair ball to bring back the Mulroney issues. Harper campaigned on cleaning up and it turns out he's the first PM in history to go down for Contempt of Parliament. Saying they did it or everyone does it does not make it right. BTW, Harper condemns coalitions in Canada and trumpets the coalition he just joined in Paris...more double speak.

River
said

One only finds fault with what they find in themselves.

JB in Ontario
said

Let the brakes go! Mr. Ignatieff needs to re-examine the policies of the Conservative government. I don't see any problems with it!

Cara
said

I find it really disheartening that people can't give their points of view without being nasty name-calling, finger-pointing nitpickers whose sole purpose is to point out the tiniest flaw in everything then demanding that someone be accountable. Guess that's what we've become for the most part as Canadians. Totally negative about everything no matter how good it is. It would be painful to say something nice for a change I suppose.

DanO in Ontario
said

Micheal Ignatieff is finally starting ot understand that he up against a polictical party that will do anything to win the next election.Ignatieff might as well say he ready to take down this goverment after a perfect storm of conservative mistakes, deception and outright lies this week. The Carson scandal is the icing on the cake, and even has a Escort as a sparkler.

Willie Everlearn
said

Hmm... Can you say "Adscam"? I knew you could.

Peter
said

Force an election Iggy, Tory majority and your back to the U.S of A. bye bye.

Damian
said

First of all ,who is that Ignatieff ,where is he from and what does he do in Canada , I dont trust this man at all. sorry

Marcelliss
said

Iggy, time to go. bye

GC in Ont
said

Can someone please turn Iggy off? He has no policy to offer other than bashing the Conservatives.We need a Tory majority in this country now!!!

Christopher Vingoe
said

I may not necessarily agree with Stephen Harper, and he wouldn't be my first choice if there's an election. However, I definitely will not be voting liberal if Michael Ignatieff is still leader of the Liberal party. Every time I see Ignatieff in the news, he is blaming the harper government for something, always pointing fingers. This is very childish, If there's a problem with something, Identify it, propose a resolution to fix it, and leave out the unnecessary name calling. As far as I'm concerned, if a leader wants to be creditable, Then be professional and genuine; be what the people want a leader to be. Because if all they do is blame others now for what's wrong, they will still blame others for what's wrong when they are in power and will never take ownership for their actions.

Graham
said

Yeah, the Libs are ready for an election alright. They only have 222 candidates for 308 ridings across Canada.

Matt
said

And what about your plans Iggy? National daycare: Minimum $6 Billion. National Homecare: Minimum $1.5 Billion. Broadband internet to rural communities: Minimum $600 Million. Education expansion: Minimum $5 Billion. Funding for sports arean's across Canada: Minimum $3 Billion. EI changes to 360 hours worked to qualify: Liberals claim $1 Billion while PBO Kevin Page says minimum $4 billion.

Wendy
said

If you support organized crime & tax breaks for big US companies & higher taxes for Canadians then your voting conservative. If you support law & order, higher taxes for US companies & lower taxes for Canadians then your voting Liberals.

lc
said

Harperites are about to become the first party in history of Canada to be in contempt of parliament (that is us folks) for multiple offenses one being they refuse to tell us taxpayers how much we are paying for their ideological agenda that requires billions for prisons and planes.Not to mention the millions of tax payer dollars spent on campaign advertising Spending like drunken sailors?Ignatieff being way to kind to Steve and insulting drunken sailors everywhere!

Proud Albertan
said

Having spent a little time as a drunken sailor, I'm deeply offended by that remark. I'm voting for Harper!!

Guy
said

The choice could not be clearer. Harper openly lies in his attack ads saying Iggy wants $6 billion in tax hikes. Wrong.Attacking Iggy's family and his personal history. Absolutely disgraceful!Iggy holds this government to account and forces them to come out of the shadows. The Harper regime must be stopped.

Barnicle Bill
said

Cotton Pickin, Drunken Sailor, Oh Iggy I love it when you dumb it down for us simple folk. We just don't understand the high falutin words.

Norm in London
said

Iggy needs to publicly apologize to all who are the Canadian Navy or have ever been in the Navy. What a disgraceful use of words for someone who DREAMS of being Prime Minister. Lest we forget what the Liberals did in Shawinigate and the Sponsorship Scandal, we will never known where that $ went. SHAME ON YOU IGGY

Bakedpot8o
said

Iggy is right. This government has produced the biggest deficit in Canadian history. Between the Economic Action Plan and rebranding all of the Canadian Government websites in Tory Blue, he has spend roughly one billion tax payer dollars on Conservative Propaganda. His party circumvented election financing laws by more than 5% in an elaborate scheme to defraud the taxpayers through false invoices and receipts. His softwood lumber deal is one of the wost trade blunders in Canadian history and has resulted in the closing of mills across the country. His so called trade America deals have no economic value. His failure to secure a seat at the Security Council is an incredible embarrassment and a true indication of how the world views our country under his leadership. His gov't deregulated the housing sector (40 yr, zero down mortagages) before seeing the bubble they were creating and the results of that effect in the US. Finally, let's not forget that he is behind the HST, through large transfer payments to ON and BC and spent over a billion dollars on a 3 day conference this summer (G8). History will show that The Harper Government (TM) is one of the most financially inept governments in Canadian history.

alan
said

For an academic Mr Ignatieffs choices of words and phrases these days is deplorable and should not be tolerated. It is beginning to smack of the cowboy American politics he is used to. As far as the issues go he really looks silly on this one. Promise Quebec an arena and then complain about social housing spending. He just doesn't get it again.

viral venus
said

Claims of fiscal responsibility and restraint from Ignatieff ring just as hollow as the claims of integrity and accountablilty from Harper. Politicians are all too happy to promise us anything (bought with our own money of couse) and claim wide eyed innocence in the face of overwhelming evidence of their near criminal arrogance and abuse of the system for their own gain. Canada has no real leaders. Both of thesse men have such a deficit of character and surplus of hubris that it is no wonder that neither has inspried more than a minority of the electorate.

Cambob in Toronto
said

2 days ago he says he would use tax dollars to fund an arena in Quebec, even though he has not seen the business plan for it. Now he says the conservatives are spending too much? I pity the Liberal party now. They will be lucky to be in 4th place in parliament after the election.

Broke in Ottawa
said

FINALLY someone interested in protected our finances...I am sick and tired of the "Harper Government" spending my hard earned money as if it was their own! PLEASE MR IGNATIEF, take down this irresponsible and most dishonest government since Brian Mulroney!

Chris in Kingston
said

The Liberals are commenting about government spending? Isn't that the definition of the pot calling the kettle black?

Propaganda G
said

Is Jane Taber still a journalist? Or has she signed on officially with the PMO??

Bill Moyer
said

I'm a sailor in the Canadian Navy. I resent being called a drunk. I serve my nation with pride and do it sober.

Elias Nasrallah
said

So Iggy wants to waste money on an arena for Quebec City? Mr. Harper said no to that. Mr. Iggy wants to stop the F-35 purchase? Mr. Harper says we need them. (don't forget the Liberals started this deal). Mr. Iggy wants to raise the GST? Mr. Harper lowered it. Mr. Iggy wants to keep the gun registry money pit going? Mr. Harper wants to put a stop to it. Mr. Iggy still has no plan for Canada and he makes up fake scandals to "scare" Canadians not to vote for the Conservatives? Mr. Harper has helped Canadians with income splitting, $100 a month child allowance, lower GST, injecting billions of dollars into the economy, raising the age of consent, and spending on our military to keep our troops safe and allow our troops to do their jobs properly.

RSSA in Edm
said

"But they did it" justifications are IGNORANT of current facts. Regurgitating the ANCIENT 'sponsorship' event to support current partisan waste, also a kind of THEFT, shows the wrong lessons were learned. FACT: Stephen Harper is spending our money NOW for his benefit, and will continue to do so TOMORROW given any chance. Buy a new calendar, it is 2011, wake up and stop these BLUE SWEATER crimes!

John
said

The opposition wanted the government to spend $40B with no plan. When the government advocated for restraint, the opposition threatened a coalition government, including the BQ. Now the opposition claims the government is overspending?

Peter in MB
said

If Harper and the conservative are drunken Sailors. Than I guess that makes IGGY and the liberals a bunch of no good dirty pirates for steeling tax dollars during the sponsorship scandal and trying to hijack parliament with his coalition of buccaneers.

Bob H fr Petawawa
said

I am totatally sick of the opposition, they are nothing but nagging imbeciles.(especially the Liberal leader, he's as bad as the ONT Liberal Leader, I use the term leader very, very loosely) I guess matbe it's time that Ignatieff gets voted in by the people, because he has been appointed by the party only. Let's get it on with the election, as much as I don't want to. Then have them shut up forever. I know the Cdn Government (and not Harper Government)has screwed up and I prefer them over the other 2/3 or whatever. BUT let's Govern accordingly. They're like bunch of nagging consistently badgering morons.

Rubecca Attilon
said

as a First Nations person I believe the federal Conservatives should finally be held accountable for the manner in which they spend the taxpayer dollar. The water issue has been front and center on many reserves across the country and for them to give contracts to a known mobster who is married to an escort that is old enough to be his granddaughter is ludicrous, as well as spending tens of millions of tax dollars on a personal mud-slinging campaign against Mr. Ignatieff, who is not the enemy of this country but the way Mr. Harper conducts government affairs it is becoming quite apparent that he is only friendly to big business and is no friend or steward of the average Canadian and needs his invitation to exit parliment

John H
said

I find the reference to a "Drunken Sailor" belittles all who sail in ships and let it be known that most sailors do not have much money. I find this comment most offensive and I am demanding that the Leader of the Liberal Party make a public appology.

JLemay
said

I agree Harper is overspending, but the drunken sailor, no comparison, first he's spending his own money and second, he stops when he runs out of money. Harper is spending like a drunk, desperate for power.

Ryan
said

Spend away Harper-at least it's not on stupid LIberal social-engineering progrmas like daycare and other left wing guided ideas....Election please, Canada is sick of listening to this American tell us how to run our country.

neilio
said

Is this the best man the Liberals can put forward? As I'm reading this story I get this image of a dog snarling and chewing on my pant cuff, and I just want to turn around and launch it into orbit. Give us a man of vision for his country, one of true passion for the people of Canada, or failing that, give us a man who is quiet and sensible(already in office), and don't let us hear another peep.

Matt F Niagara
said

That's really cute there Iggy did you get that off of Ronald Reagan? You're a joke.

peter in MB
said

So to promote spending on social housing, crime prevention is partisan spending. but promising to spend money for Quebec to build a new hockey arena is not partisan spending? Iggy you are such a lying hypocrite. By the way hockey arenas don�t come cheap we are talking a least 300 million in the end.

James
said

Harper has to go I'm voting Liberal Get these crooks out now!!!!

Mr Not a Pye Chart
said

For all you righties Harping (pardon the pun) about how well Harpy got us thru this recession, this is just BUNK. We would have gotten thru it NO MATTER who was at the helm. Has Harper created the largest structural deficit in our countries history,,,,YES he has. Did the opposition ask him to spend stimulus dollars,,,Yes they did. Did they ask only for around $15 billion in stimulus spending????,,,,,,again the answer is yes. Did Harper himself go way overboard with his drunken spending,,,,HELL YEAH.So to sum it all up the economy would have rolled along no matter who was in power. But let's bring up ethics and accountability. THAT is where Harper is in a ton of trouble. Not because of any large issue but as we've finally seen over the past months a very large collection of small but important issues. If you Con supporters believe it is OK to just throw out our democratic rights and principals,,,,then I got a newsflash for the 35% of you that support them.....IT IS important to the other 65% of us and that is what Harper is going to have to fight an election over. But just watch all the Cons come back with Adscam,,,,etc. This is your Adscam unfolding and it's not looking good for you.

Gord. Robson, Nova Scotia
said

Getting tough on crime is what honest Canadianswant....As to Ignatieff saying that the Conservatives have been going across Canada trying to win votes on a crime bill? ..The Conservatives have tryed for months to pass "get tough on crime bills" but the Liberal and NDP have been fighting the bills "tooth and nail"!......... Where have you been Mr. Ignatieff? do you not listen to what the people of Canada want?.........I think you and your party should spend less time digging up dirt and more time on working for Canadians...or do you not care for anything but power?...Canada is a great country and I love it !....Why is it that you appear to not care for our economy and our military ?? I do not trust you !!!A disgusted senior !

Pat
said

I agree, will someone please remind King Harper that our canadian governnment, not the Harper Government is in a deficit, and that it is our hard payed federal tax dollars he is freely giving away . This irresponsible governance has to stop. Ignatieff X

Keith in AB
said

Let's have an election and end this foolishness. Give Mr Harper the majority he deserves...just then maybe we can move forward.

Steve in Vancouver
said

Iggy's comments are very inappropriate. End the kangaroo courts. Star courts do not belong in a democratic Canada.

dk in nb
said

Iggy really has no idea does he. His arrogance presents itself every time he opens his mouth. The best thing that could happen to the Liberals is an election loss this spring and a real leadership change from their rank and file.

Much ado about nothing?
said

Taking a non-partisan look at things right now I don't know if we need an election. The deficet although not pleasant is less than it was estimated to be, the economy is slowly recovering and the opposition forced quit date is about to arrive for the war in Afghanistan. My question is how would the government be run differently? I am not looking for slogans or emotional appeals (I don't care who amended what memo), other other than the cancellation of the F-35 program what would the Liberals do? Similarly, what would the conservatives do with a majority government? I am not feeling good about this either way. Or of course we could find ourselves in the same boat we are in now, then what?

Carl
said

Hypocrisy, thy name is Iggy. The Liberals have promised a 45-day work year for EI eligibility, a national daycare system, high-speed internet in every part of Canada, and a new federal program to fund professional sports arenas, to name just a few of the most costly items. To fund these things, they want to raise federal business taxes back to 18% (killing over 100,000 jobs by most estimates), raise the GST back to 7% (hitting the lowest-income Canadians the hardest) and cancel procurements for the millitary (ushering in another "decade of darkness" for our troops and our international standing). Meanwhile, Harper has the deficit falling even faster than planned, is reducing program and operational costs, and is maintaining health care transfers, military funding and other essentials.

Larry
said

I think Mr Ignatieff should look at his parties track record first before his calls someone a drunken sailor at least he spending it on something worth while.And if he was spending it like a drunken sailor then why are there hundreds of Army Reservist out of full time work from bases across Canada if he is spending like a drunken man.So i would check thing out a little more before name calling .

Paul
said

The nerve of this guy, comparing political behaviour to that of a "drunken sailor". We have sailors putting themselves in harm's way off the coast of Libia as we speak. Is he implying that our sailors are drunkards in the way they do the business that this country has asked them to do? We have a professional navy, full of professional individuals who deserve more respect than he has given them. Shame on you Mr. Ignatieff!

J.C.
said

so let me get this straight Mr. Ignatieff: If the conservatives spend money on housing programs to help the poor in Canada or crime prevention to reduce victims yet do not raise taxes to do so then they are wasting money. Yet the Liberals would spend money on many different programs and raise taxes to pay for it I might add then that is okay with you? Your display of scandal seeking and contempt committee this last week has been pushing for points to go into an election but now you are not sure when we will have one!! Do you and your party even know what you want other than to be the "rulers" of parliament? Oh and by the way you think that wasting taxpayers money on an arena is okay but it is not okay for the conservatives to invest in some social housing for the poor!! What a character you are! you are doing or saying nothing to obtain my vote that is for sure!!

john messom creston bc
said

mr ignatieff said on question period that harper is spending money like a drunken sailor but yet last week mr ignatieff said if he become prime minister that he would give money to quebec for a new nockey arena for the millionier hockey player so what i say mr ignatieff which one is a drunken person you or mr harper i dont say drunker sailor for i take affence to that because what you are acuseing sailor of being nothing but drunk when sailor do great work for canada and are not drunk mr ignatieff you say you are listing to canadian that wrong because if that was true canadian has been sayinf for a couple years that they dont want you for prime minister they dont trust you when what is going on around the world you want to put us in a election if that happen i hope canadian teach you and your party a good lesson and take your party down big time all yuo want is to be prime minister and that is the only reason you came back to canada

IRONHIDE
said

Hmmmm... social housing and crime prevention is a waste...but funding an arena in Quebec isn't ? Iggy give your head a shake, I wouldn't let you pick up the dog crap in my backyard for fear you would screw that up as well.....

Frank Ch. Eigler
said

"... We could go to the polls this week or next year ..."No, not this week. An election is no sooner than 36 days after the fall of government.

dano
said

I take offence of "DRUKEN SAILOR" comment that goes back 100s of years and as a sailor if I ever drank while being captain of a ship I would lose my papers instatntly. Iggy go home you are soooo out of touch with what Canadians want and need.

Brunalda Simmer
said

Iggie laments the debt Harper has made. It was at Iggy's demand Harper put more money to car manufactures and the like to keep them afloat when the depression hit. It was at Iggie who set out a report card to make HARPER spend more. Now he takes no blame. Who plaayed politics?

peter in MB
said

How much are you spending Iggy in your pre-election tour around the country? If I recall correctly last week you promise millions of dollars to Quebec to build a new hockey arena. What do you call that Iggy? I call it partisan spending to try a buy votes in Quebec. He who points fingers has three pointing back at himself and you and your lying liberal cronies are far from innocent.

Joe Canada
said

Ignatieff is a joke. He accuses the Tories of spending money to generate votes but he also promised over $200 million to build a hockey arena in Quebec. Ignatieff has no credibility and could not run Canada nearly as well as Stephen Harper.

JPC
said

WASTE, SPENDING LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR!?!?!?! Coming from a Liberal that wants to build a stadium in Quebec City, that's rich.How can anyone take what this dufus says seriously?

Al C.
said

Lay off the druken sailors...it's their money and at least they know where their money is going. For Harper, it isn't his money and in the end, who knows what Harperites willpocket it.

Justin - Winnipeg
said

Your ridiculous ploy to reach "blue collar" Canadians by using phrases such as "cotton-picking minute" and "drunken sailor" is as childish and ill-witted as Fog-Horn Leg-Horn himself. Here is how you please Canadians; Do not make us go to the polls this spring.

Jon in London ON
said

Liberals - No mattter how you slice it, add it together, or deal it out.......Michael Ignatieff = Barack Obama.

Jon in Burl.
said

Iggy just can't seem to find and issue to stick to Harper. Mr. Harper has been doing a great job through the toughest economic time in Canadian history.So, please, tell me Mr. Ingnateff and Mr. Layton, what could or would you have done differently?? You both talk the talk but all you do is complain about a deficite that stimulated jobs and got people working again.Jack wants to help everybody, he believeswe should be taken care of from the cradle to the grave.Iggy, cries and cries about the deficite, but he wanted to drop several BILLION on universal day care, go figure.Stay the course Mr. Harper we will al be better off in the long run.

Norm, Ottawa
said

The myth of Conservatives as sound economic managers is fading. You can't spend like this government did - even before the recession - then cut taxes and claim you're good for the country. Meanwhile our streets and bridges are crumbling. Have you looked at the state of our roads? We're going to cut taxes for wealthy corporations under the guise of "being competitive" yet what's the point if it means a severely diminished standard of living? How does this party convince regular people who will suffer as a result that this is a *good* thing?

mario chan
said

Can this guy talk in anything but cliches ? He comes across lke a spaghetti western made in China . Nobody believes whatever he says because next week he'll say the opposite , depending on who asks him and where he is .

Drunken Sailor
said

As a Drunken Sailor, I take offense to that... I spend my own money where as Harper is spending taxpayer money... The 'Harper' Government are not good fiscal managers of our money and i can't trust them...

jjaycee98
said

I do not understand why people blow in the wind. there is something everyday that is good for one side or the other and bad for the oposite. ALL thoroughly blown out of proportion. Come on people, vote your conscience, and your principles. Don't be swayed by the daily trash. If there is an election I will be shutting off my TV and going back to just the Google Search bar for my home page-taking a break from the daily clatter and catching up on my reading-nothing political!

Deborah
said

Quebec getting "60%" in federal transfer payments for FREE IVF (costing over $30,000.00 per case) must be the "CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP".

Mila McNeil
said

Ignatieff is sinking fast. Where's Bob Rae?

Jaid in Toronto
said

I'll take a Canadian over an American tyvm Ignatieff

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