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Originally Posted by fastcarsfreedom
[Elizabeth May] is, by nature of her backroom deal with Dion, a second Liberal candidate.
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What nonsence! Uncontesting a party leader's riding is not new or unusual practice. In fact, the Liberals did not run a candidate against Steven Harper in the byelection following his selection as leader of the Alliance Party. Does that make Harper a Liberal too?
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Originally Posted by fastcarsfreedom
On the Green Shift, I am delighted/amused at the left now advocating taxation based on something other than income. It's blind adherence to a utopian vision of the future by an elite academic who could not be further from the lives of ordinary Canadians--despite well placed video of him in the snow somewhere wearing a North Face jacket. Green Shift will make life a struggle for a vast part of the Canadian population, will drive businesses to close or relocate elsewhere and result in a massive transfer of wealth from Canadian wallets to the treasury.
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These comments are indicative of someone who has not even bothered to read the Green Shift plan, but rather is passing judgement based on Conservative Party talking points.