[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Yeah, remember when Harper promised in the last election how a Conservative government would never tax income trusts. That was great.

Look, there it is! Printed on page 32 of the Conservative Party's 2006 election platform document:

http://www.conservative.ca/media/20060113-Platform.pdf



Whoops!

But surely Conservatives here in Calgary, right in the heartland of CPC territory would forgive that little fib, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF3tGU0yRdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_lb5eOrZDI

This aside, I see a whole lot of huffing and puffing in the article and not a whole lot of evidence/examples.

I also think that the majority of people (yourself included) actually agree with Harper's decision to stop the tax sheltering in income trusts.