I think that there are a lot of conservative supporters who aren't willing to live by the rules that they advocate for the liberals. The fact is that Harper is purely looking to buy votes. He has spent $9 billion dollars in the weeks leading up to the election. Now he is cutting the taxes on diesel, which adds more to that figure. To top it all off he was running a razor thin line between deficit and surplus at the beginning of the year!
I have no doubt if the roles were reversed that the Liberals would be roundly chastised for the exact same policies.
In Dion, for all his other faults, you have a candidate who actually talks about the issues. He puts out plans for discussion. Case in point: The Green Shift. Sure not everyone agrees that this policy is the way to go, but what exactly do the conservatives plan to do to reduce our impact on the environment?
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