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The long-form census means nothing to me
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Government agencies at all three levels, non-profit organizations, and businesses alike depend on data from the long-form census to make informed decisions.
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I have no sense that the GST reduction had any negative consequences in particular (happy to be educated on this point)
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The past several years that The Harper Government has run budgetary deficits would not have happened if the GST had remained at 7%. It was an ill-advised tax cut that resulted in billions of dollars in increased national debt than was necessary.
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the "erosion of civil liberties" is a paper tiger IMO and I'm pretty confident in the Supreme Court's willingness to deal with those issues
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Depending on the Supreme Court to un-do the damage of the sitting government is not a good solution, IMO. Better to have an elected government that doesn't pass the kind of laws that are over-turned by the SC to begin with.
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income splitting is fine with me even though it doesn't benefit me (not what I would spend the money on but I can't quibble with it policy wise).
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To each their own. I think it's a terrible economic policy. It benefits only about 10% of Canadian households (typically the ones who are already wealthy and least in need of a tax break), so the rest of us receive a relatively higher tax burden to make up the difference.
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I agree on the baffling crime agenda, but that alone isn't enough to make me want to turf the guy.
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Its long-term effects haven't started to materialize yet. Unless the policy is changed, soon we'll be spending a fortune on prisons to lock up people long-term for relatively minor offenses. As a social policy, it's a bad move because it will make it harder for petty criminals to re-integrate into society. As a fiscal policy, it's an absolute disaster.
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As for the "war on science", that's a nice tag line but I'm only vaguely aware of the existence of such a campaign. If it's spelled out for me during the lead up to the election it might influence my vote.
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http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/...al-indictment/
http://www.academicmatters.ca/2013/0...-no-democracy/
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/comme...vengeance.html