Quote:
In a campaign-style address to supporters in Sudbury, Ont., Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Tuesday that Harper has failed to meet the four conditions the Liberals set out for him in June to remain in power.
"You’ve failed to protect the most vulnerable, you’ve failed to create jobs, you’ve failed to defend our health care, you’ve failed to restore our public finances," Ignatieff said.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/...als090109.html
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Personal thoughts:
Create jobs and restore public finances are hard to judge Harper on imo. I think no matter who was in charge, the Libs or the Cons, Ontario's manufacturing and car industry was going to get hit no matter what. Same goes with the current state of finances
Failed to defend Health Care - Probably my most informed issue of the four. I understood the PMO's statement that they don't want to get involved with the Politics of another country, but the Americans trashing of our Health Care system had a lot of Canadians upset about it. I wish there was a little more direction from the Prime Minister to counter what was being said over the border. Health care in general is hard for the public to judge since services are provided provincially. On our OCED rankings, we remain pretty much the same. The Feds did order 52 million flu vaccines and have been pretty consistent with warning Canadians about Swine Flu. As for the other stuff like wait times, shortages, and other contentious issues, it's more of a Provincial matter
Failed to protect the vulnerable. The last one I think will more refer to the woman that was trapped in Sudan (since as mentioned above, Khadre is a political landmine)
Other topics that Canadians will be evaluating:
- Buy American policy in the States
- Recent emphasis on Artic Soveriegnty
- Committment to Afghanistan
- Harmonized sales Tax (for everyone but Alberta I think)