total, while the media and citizens fall asleep. Toronto’s interest rates will rise as the City’s financial status becomes downgraded. Spending on the homeless will rise to $225 million per annum, while other arts and worthy projects will consume about 20 % of the total budget. Meanwhile the City’s infrastructure continues to worsen, with bad roads, an immature subway system, and poor public transport all supported by debt and which are badly underdeveloped, impacting job and wealth creation in the GTA. Toronto exports $20 billion out of the city each year, money that is vitally needed to create a viable infrastructure so necessary for job and wealth creation. Instead of addressing needed spending cuts and starting the process of keeping the City’s money from the grasping claws of Ottawa and the Province, the Miller-Marx coalition of the left, chose the easy path – raise taxes, increase the debt, spend money – and ensure that businesses don’t invest in Toronto.

In Ottawa Martin and the Ditherers just increased spending by $80 billion over 5 years pushing total Fed spending to $190 billion or 19 % of GDP. During the last election they castigated the so-called ‘Conservatives’ for offering a $60 billion, 5 year, spending bonanza. Dithers and gang spat at Canadian taxpayers by offering a $16 tax cut, while growing government spend by 8 %. One has to wonder if Canadians enjoy being laughed at. Martin will spend $4 billion on Kyoto and Global warming baloney, will push through a $ 5 billion nationalized daycare plan [what next nationalized dental care?], and offer no reductions, no economies, no cuts and no rationalizations across the 37 Ministries. Basically the $80 billion of over taxation will be used to buy votes and get Martin ready for the next election. The military will not receive one red cent of its increased budget since it is all backended until year 3. Before then an election will be called and the military will be ignored. Dithers and company have no intention on increasing military spend. The announcement was pure theatrics designed to quiet critics and keep Harper and his ‘Conservatives’ happy, so they would not vote against the budget. Harper the uber-wimp fell for it.

Harper is a huge disappointment. I can’t tell the difference between Mr. Grey Harper and Dithers Martin. Harper should have condemned the massive spend in the budget; should have demanded an immediate year one increase in military spending; demanded resignations over Adscam and the Gun Registry scandals; and opened up a debate on the division of taxation powers between the levels of government [siding with the provinces and Toronto]. He also should have more loudly declaimed against the Gay Marriage and Pot legalization bills. Harper is a poor leader and either the Conservatives become Conservative or they should just officially join the Statist Dithers party. It is a lonely time for Conservatives in the socialist ninny state of Canada. No leader, no party, no policies, no hope.

Unless Canada has a true right wing and a vibrant Conservative grass roots element with capital, ideas, and intelligent candidates – the socialists will forever dominate. Canada is on the wrong path in it social-political organization. Following the EU is not a smart concept. The EU contrary to inane books, media adulation and socialist tripe is an economic and social morass. High taxes, unproductive labor, constrained capital, and big unions married with big government all ensure that coercion and not freedom is the European ideal. This is not the path to happiness but Orwellian darkness.

After working for a few large IT firms Read born in 1966, is currently an entrepreneur and Venture Capital Advisor and Managing Consultant for Wireless and Mobile technologies [including the internet] and in particular, in software applications for the Wireless or Mobile Industry.www.craigread.com/RESOURCE:www.craigread.com/displayArticle.aspx?contentID=76&subgroupID=21

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