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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
If Harper's big message in this election is "taxes are bad and we don't like them but the other guys love them", I'm going to be tuning him out pretty damned quickly.
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No doubt. But the pragmatist in me says it will resonate strongly with a majority of voters. IMO, one of the reasons Jim Prentice failed so badly is the fact that his own tax increases angered the public and left many people wondering what the difference actually was between the PCs and the NDP at that point. Notley took advantage by promising to repeal one tax against the middle class in favour of more taxes against those that "deserved it more". So in the end, Notely was smarter than Prentice on whom she targeted and how.
Social policy reputation and overall superior preparation was the difference between the NDP and Wildrose provincially. Mulcair is likely going to be angling for the same arguments when he steps up to the podiums and tries to turn the campaign to his messages, but he is going to be dealing with a great many questions about taxation and spending.