Instead of raising the retirement age and distressing seniors with low-income the government should have prevented wealthier Canadians from receiving Old Age Security; not only would this have been fairer but would have saved hundereds of millions of dollars more. It makes sense that Canadians who are 65 and older
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Sixth Communications’ Puppet, Angie Perischilli Quits Harper in Less Than a Year! But is he Being Hypocritical?
It is time to start calling the job of Communications director to ol’ Stevie “The wives of Henry the 8th”. Number 6 has just decided to get outta dodge, boys ‘n’ girls. Ol’ Angie is citing that long hours are starting to take a toll on his health. Let’s let him
Continue readingImpolitical: Flaherty to seniors on #OAS
At the 1:30 mark and onwards, Flaherty gives an answer on his OAS age eligibility increase that is receiving some attention tonight. Two callers to the CPAC call-in show that ended at 10:00 p.m. EST remarked on Flaherty’s comment being rude. In tone, the way he emphasized the word “poor”
Continue readingImpolitical: The greatest show on earth
The big budget circus happens today. The big item, not to be lost sight of among all the other baubles that will be in the window, is in the headline here: “Conservative’s budget to reset retirement at age 67.” It’s a legacy choice by Stephen Harper, he will be the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Carol Goar asked this weekend for a reasonable explanation as to how to allocate the pain in times of austerity. Not surprisingly, the McGuinty Libs came to the wrong answer – and the Harper Cons figure to do even worse. Meanwhile, Trish Hennessy
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Assorted content to end your week. – Brian-Michel calculates the expected outcome of the 2011 election minus the Robocon election fraud based on Anke Kessler’s data. Alison, thwap and Saskboy all rightly lament that a government claiming that a majority entitles it to treat Canada as a helpless plaything may
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mark Kennedy reports that once again, Canadians are largely opposed to the Cons’ plans to attack social supports: The poll found that 49 per cent of Canadians are preparing for a “bad news” budget from federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and that 57
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – In the last couple of days’ worth of developments on Robocon, the Cons defaulted to their standard setting of admitting nothing and misleading about everything – though it’s hard to see that strategy working out well given the amount of information that’s
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The solution for Canada’s pensions problem: More Canadians
Harper’s Tory government has announced that Canada has a problem: not enough workers in future years to support pensions and old age security payments to seniors: As if that weren’t enough, the budget will also unveil the Conservatives’ plans for raising the retirement age for Old Age Security. The Tories
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom points out that the McGuinty Libs’ choice to emphasize austerity rather than stabilizing Ontario’s economy may lead down exactly the same destructive path travelled by Greece and other countries: (T)he crises in Spain, Portugal and Greece occurred because government spending cuts
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The outrage against the Cons’ total online surveillance scheme continues, with Dan Leger, Mia Rabson and Michael Geist adding noteworthy comments to the mix. – Meanwhile, the Star rightly criticizes the latest legislation to hand Con cabinet ministers the power to make
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Susan Riley brilliantly slams the message that austerity is necessary for everybody but those who already have the most: Is anyone else getting tired of being lectured about austerity by wealthy consultants in expensive suits who charge $1,500 a day for their advice
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – David Olive highlights the complete lack of need for the Cons’ planned attacks on Old Age Security: Say what you will of Stephen Harper’s success in scaring Canadian seniors with his recent musings about cutting seniors’ benefits. It does not warrant the public
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Assorted content to end your week. – David Climenhaga marvels at the fact that the Fraser Institute manages to claim charitable status while serving as an entirely political organization: The Fraser Institute is serious all right, although its research is not serious in the normal sense of transparency and lack
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: How MPs voted on Opposition Motion to Protect OAS
The motion to maintain the age requirements for OAS at 65 was defeated. The motion read: That the House reject calls by the Prime Minister to balance the Conservative deficit on the backs of Canada’s seniors by means such as raising the age of eligibility for Old Age Security and
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Harper Conservatives on Liberal’s Plan for OAS – 2004
Back in 2004, the Harper Conservatives accused the Paul Martin Liberals of having a “hidden agenda” to raise the age to qualify for the Old Age Security to 67. The Conservative Party of Canada had acquired the information on the Liberals through access to information. As far as I… ..
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: There seems to be a difference of opinion here
This is Tony Clement, after citing some numbers plucked out of context: So clearly [Old Age Security] is unsustainable… One wonders where Clement gets his information. It’s certainly not from the Parliamentary Budget Officer. The oncoming demographic time bomb of baby boomers retiring won’t cause a fiscal crisis Canada’s budget
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Tim Harper comments on the Harper Cons’ collusion in a war against Canada’s middle class: Under the Investment Canada Act, (foreign) takeovers are supposed to demonstrate a “net benefit” to Canada, but, in fact, are acting as an anvil on wages, living standards
Continue readingUSA, Canada and jobs: two divergent paths
For the fifth straight month, the US has shown solid gains in jobs. In January, the country gained a healthy 243,000 of them. During the same month, Canada gained only 2,300 jobs, less than a tenth of what was anticipated. The jobless rate has hit a 9-month high. What’s really scary
Continue readingMargaret Wente’s war on the elderly. All of a sudden, she’s concerned about the young!
Retired Globe & Mail editors give the fingers up to poor old folks. Margaret Wente, who has never been kind to the young, all of the sudden takes an interest in them. More than an interest really, more like a shield to protect her mentor Stephen Harper from the thrusts
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