It’s amazing how much damage one man can do in a decade.
You said it; took Corporate income tax from 22% down to 15% tax; the worst expansion of GDP since the great depression; slowest export growth in post WW2 history; prevented more government employees of speaking out than any other government; massive voter suppression; pled guilty to exceeding national election advertising limits; foreign affairs minister resigned after it was revealed that he had left classified NATO documents at his girlfriends house; constantly closing regional veterans affairs offices; when he refused to release documents on the issue of torture of enemy combatants, and prorogued Parliament in December, 2009, then shutting down the parliamentary committee that was probing the abuse allegations; threatened the supreme court when they wouldn’t ratify his choice for a new justice; allowed a senior cabinet minister to personally direct a $50-million “legacy” fund, funnel millions in infrastructure to his Muskoka riding - Municipalities far from the actual summit site were given hundreds of thousands of dollars for sidewalk improvements, parks, and most infamously, a gazebo. A subsequent investigation by the auditor general showed funds were doled out with no bureaucratic oversight or paper trails. The cabinet minister was later promoted to president of the Treasury Board, the department that oversees government spending; ruled in contempt of parliament twice - first when the international aid minister lied about the defunding of charitable organization KAIROS, and second with the cabinet’s refusal to reveal the costs of corporate tax cuts, criminal justice measures, and the beleaguered F-35 fighter jet program.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah that’s centrist-conservative degradation. We’ve been experiencing that in the United States since the mid-70s. Just wait until they begin deleting your social programs like they have been doing here.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It was a direct result of far left government policies.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The social safety nets were a result of far left government policies. Read a history book sometime.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Were having two different conversations.