Still confident

As I wrote in an earlier post, I was confident of a Tory Majority, and well, I still am. The liberals are starting to make the issue of Healthcare. Remember when it wasn't an issue? lol. We have to remember that the Opposition brought down the government over an issue of ethics. But we don't seem to be hearing about that now. In the latest attack ads, it says says, Stephen Harper cannot be trusted with healthcare, but the evidence shows over the past five years that healthcare has been maintained, by the Conservative government. It also shows that Paul Martin and the liberals cut $25 billion, so who are they to talk.

Can the Liberals be trusted with our health

In one word, NO, they can't. And the evidence proves it. But maybe there should be changes to healthcare, like a privatized system to go along with our public system. So nobody is left out.

Anyways, there have been a some surprises in this election. One being a coalition, Stephen Harper who separated himself from the others and said that this is the budget. Or in other words, A Conservative Majority, vs. a coalition with the three amigos (Iggy, Layton and Duceppe). You know, Harper may be this shy introvert guy, but he's not afraid to step on someone, to get what he wants. Like maybe when there's a Majority to be had. I think he may be very confident in himself. He's a smart politician.
Actually, I always one of the smartest politicians there ever was, was Jean Chretien.

There's one more surprise, and it is Jack Layton. He's doing well.
I am still confident of a Majority. We will see pretty soon.

The latest:
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/afterlife/4663377/story.html

Harper's scary again

The blog post seems to be working again. Thankfully. Here is a post I wanted to put out recently, but was unable to.

Where have we seen or heard this before. Harper's scary. Except, this time, it's Harper being scary. So much so, they say he needs a majority to stave off separation. Huh?

So let me get this straight. Harper needs a Majority so Quebec doesn't separate. Wasn't it enough that we heard this same media accuse Harper of being too pro-american, doesn't want healthcare, anti-Ontario, anti-this, anti-that, would tear up the healthcare agreement, would bring legislation to get Quebec out of the Country. I remember a liberal commercial in 2004 that said, if Stephen Harper was the Prime Minister, Canadian troops would be fighting in Iraq. As well as our streets. Did we see it? We know the answer too that. Forget that Stanfield could walk on water, but can't swim. That's media.

But unfortunetely, image, is almost everything. And when you have Left-wing media, like the Toronto Star, They certainly don't deserve stars for this story, you can only respond and say, that Stephen Harper is not scary, that a lot of this spam you hear is garbage.

There needs to be us Tory bloggers, to give opinion, perspective, and truth, of what is really going on.

The only way to counter these left wing media outlets, is to have more right wing media opinion. We won't win by getting rid of them, or changing their opinion, we need to build more.

One thing that didn't seem to get much attention in this last budget, was the fact that there was additional funding for the CBC. But as you've seen and will continue to see for the rest of this campaign is, the CBC is giving Harper a hard time. If the Tories gain a Majority, you won't see tensions rise over separation, you won't see a fearful PM. I think the PM should "clean house" at the CBC building in Toronto. And a re-writing of the CRTC laws governing media that allows for alternative opinion. There is some right wing opinion, but not enough. There needs to be more.
And this is why people need to see and read us bloggers. From the liberal star's opinion, here is the latest:

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/976728--pm-s-cynical-scare-tactics

12 point Conservative lead

That's pretty good. But I remember a recent poll that showed the Tories at 39.9% so that's down. It's still not enough for a Majority. The only good news I've heard about that recently is that the Conservatives are actually "targeting" specific ridings. Like for example, Ruby Dhalla and Brampton-Springdale, who won by just over 800 votes. I'm not sure if these polls reflect the true sense of voter mood, but I just hope they know what they are doing.
If this is true, some things have to stay the same.

First: They must win every seat that they currently own.

Second: They must reach out to those ridings where they were second and where the margin of victory was the closest.

Third: They must put a Candidate who's got an excellent chance of winning.

There was one Alberta seat that they lost. To I'm sure a lot of people surprise, it was won by the NDP. They should try to win that back. Let's hope they can do it. '

Here we go:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/04/19/tories-hit-home-stretch-with-12-point-lead-over-liberals-poll/

liberal red book

Statism: A program or viewpoint that looks to the State for resolution of social and moral problems rather then individual effort.

The liberal policy seen on it's website; http://www.liberal.ca/ is just full of ideas of how it wants to run things. There is a page that says: Liberals believe governments can be and must be, a positive force in the lives of citizens. Later it says:

"The federal public service is in need of renewal across its full range of functions, not just in front-line delivery. But its challenges have been greatly aggravated in recent years by the Harper government’s distrust of professional public servants. Conservatives have publically attacked, fired or forced into resignation officials who acted responsibly, or offered expert advice, well-informed opinion and sound technical analysis they found inconvenient."

But actually if you read the Commentary of the National Post in the past, you will find that the Public Service has actually increased under the Harper Government. What Michael Igantieff and the liberals are saying in the policy is, we'll increase it even more. "Under liberal leadership, the federal government will return to it's long established roll as a strong partner in health and healthcare" liberal policy statement.

"While Provinces and Territories are struggling with escalating costs, it's far from clear that more money is the only solution." quoted from liberal website

What they suggest is more accountablility, more value for the tax buck. What I suggest is: Can they? Can anyone? They say that healthcare is becoming more expensive with more escalating costs, yet if you read just above that, it says a liberal government will cover, home care and drug coverage which I believe is pharmaceutical, as well as mental health and palliative care (whatever that is).

Question. If costs are going up, why are we promising to spend more?

Our healthcare system is not set up for saving money. It is full of employees who are unionized, governments with billions to spend, laws which they say are there to protect us, but are really there so we don't go anywhere else for treatment. Our healthcare system is really a monopoly.

If you look above, I included the meaning of Statism. One look at the liberal red book, and you can see how it wants to be that State. I leave you with this. Take care.

Have a great day.

Private Healthcare vs. Public

On the election trail, the three panel of experts talk about the issue that no one is talking about. Healthcare. It may not be an issue because we as Canadians have become use to a free medicare system and are not expecting it to disappear. However, Tasha Kheiriddin argues in her post and in her book (Rescuing Canada's Right), that this needs to be addressed. Liberals would naturally make make this an election issue, which they would have an issue. Jack and the NDP would almost be flaborgasted, if or when this happened.

The evidence is plain:Continued spending growth in not sustainable



I believe this will eventually become true. It will be too expensive to sustain healthcare. Which is why we will need a private healthcare system. If the Tories are still in power, they will no doubt feel the flack from the Oppostion, and maybe even the electorate. In 1993, the liberals made the big argument of the GST. Eventually, when Jean Chretien became PM, he promised to get rid of it. Did he? absolutely not. And if it comes down to let's say, PMSH moving to a more private healthcare system, they will naturally feel the flack of the Oppostion liberals, who in turn will promise to restore healthcare, only to get elected again and guess what, they don't. Which is just like on a lot of other election promises "I'll get rid of the GST" Jean Chretien "I won't raise your taxes, but I won't lower them either." Dalton McGuinty It is my opinion that the Tories should fight them on this issue. Liberals always break promises. History proves it, when you go back to Trudeau. Taking Sides Tasha Kheiriddin is right about one thing. This will be in stark contrast to the liberals and the NDP policy. She calls it, a winning hand. I don't think so, though she is very smart. Very intelligent. But it shouldn't be an issue in this current election campaign. If nobody's talking about it, don't mention it. Brian Mulroney spoke publicly about wanting to "replace" the Manufactorers sales tax but he never mentioned he would do it by bringing in the GST. We should try to be realistic. Think about this. Let us say that Jack Layton or Michael Igantieff became PM. They put additional funding for healthcare. Does that mean that the problem is solved? That more doctors will be there on the front lines, wait times will be shorter, more equipment, more specialists, more everything? It'll all be there tomorrow, or this month or this year. Problem solved.

"Money isn't everything"

All that any government can do is send more "money." And that's it, and money isn't everything. It doesn't change things overnight.

We should remember one thing about Paul Martin and the '95 budget. He and the liberals did cut healthcare spending to the provinces, by $25 billion dollars. So, even the liberals are not perfect when it comes to healthcare spending, they may not want to get rid of it, but they can do without it too. Which is why we've seen so many liberal broken promises. Not just any promises but things that may have decided the outcome of an election. The Conservatives should argue this too. And wait for the outcome, of what happens after the liberals are elected. Nothing changed.

Here is the post: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/This+week+election+trail/4579582/story.html

What the Toronto Star says

The Toronto Star says Stephen Harper is stealing the spotlight on the economy. But let's get this straight, Stephen Harper has a degree in economics so he should be the best man to manage the economy right? Let's look at the Liberal Star and it' s Opinion. It says that Harper's been " a competent economic manager, but not an outstanding one." Is that what he's suppose to be? Outstanding? What about Michael Ignatieff, or Dalton McGuinty and the Ontario liberals, are they perfect. Not really, because he's running a deficit. To continue, Fiscal discipline: It says there was a $13 billion dollar surplus when the Tories took power, further, they compare the Government to a Chief Executive in charge of a Company, What I'd like to know is, how do you compare any Government spending to a Corporation or a CEO facing tough questions? If the business looses money, it would eventually, if not now, go bankrupt, A Government would raise taxes. It doesn't go out of business. Further, If his predecessor did have a 13 billion surplus, doesn't that prove that taxes were to high to begin with. Next: It says economic growth in Canada was at 3.2%. Lower then the U.S. Australia, and Mexico. What I would like to say is this: Is that important? The point is there was growth. That's still a lot better then a lot of other places around the World. Later: In it's topic of "Recession" it gives credit to Jean Chretien and liberals for it's banking regulations. Can we really be surprised by that. The Commentary concludes with Harper's performance being mixed. It says could've been worse, but with it's many advantages, it could have done better. I think it proves that this liberal newspaper is just trying to do it's best to bring back a liberal Government. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. Maybe the question to be asked is, how many more seats will the Conservatives win? Ever since when Stephen Harper stepped onto the political scene, the seat total has gone up, up, up. In 2004, it had 99 seats, 2006, 123 seats, 2008, 147 seats, 2011, ? Maybe a Majority. Pretty soon, we'll find out. It can be said also that the Toronto Star Opinion can be mixed. It says that Stephen Harper's management of the economy is not exactly outstanding, but it what about Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's record. I'm sure it will be endorsing McGuinty this coming October. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/967931--the-conservative-record-sharing-credit-on-the-economy