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Originally Posted by Jacks
Haha that comes off pretty tacky, take the money that is meant for children and donate it to the NDP. No wonder Mulcair said he wouldn't scrap the benefit.  |
Haha, its not meant for children. This is in place as opposed to a national child care strategy, and really parents can use it anyway they see fit. Its pure vote buying and frankly with the cancellation of the child tax benefit and fact that the UCCB is taxable in the first place what are people actually getting here? Very little. Luckily for the CPC people won't really see that until next April when they file their taxes.
I think that asking people to donate politically with that money is actually a decent idea considering that would offset some of the increased tax you otherwise incur. For the record I think that tax breaks for political donations should be eliminated entirely, but if the rules are there why wouldn't a party recommend this?