How the Hell would he know what the Liberals think about Corporate Tax Cuts – they’ve changed their minds so many times it would make your head spin.

Same position Iffy took on the 2009, 2010 budget.
”It’s Harper’s budget, not mine”

He didn’t come back you, Canada.

Same position Iffy took on the 2009, 2010 budget.
”It’s Harper’s budget, not mine”

He didn’t come back you, Canada.

Never assume Iffy won’t change his position again.
If he did take a stand, and stuck with it,
it would be a first for him.

O.M.G.

That silver spoon is threatening to overwhelm Count Ignatieff. It’s looming over his left shoulder, just about to knock him over.

That’s funny.
And also nice to see someone from the CTV hold his feet to the fire.
I don’t know the protocol.
The opposition leader playing the “Why didn’t he call?” routine is amusing.
Maybe they can schedule a meeting in a restaurant and he can fake an orgasm.
And then the leader of the NDP can say, “I’ll have what he’s having.”

Iggy was clear in 2009 “It is not my budget” His job was to ask the right questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBxM8dw72Ls

“I no longer need to give proof that I’m prepared to make Parliament work. I’ve made Parliament work for a very long time.”

Oh really Michael? Is that why you are absent from QP more than you are present?

On the comment , “He knows where I am. He knows how to reach me. ”

This statement, reeks of pinky in the air,brandy snifter in hand, nose up and sniffing, arrogance. He may as well have said, “do you know who I am”?

That is so like an uncle who used to complain that his younger brother didn’t phone at Christmas, Easter, etc. We did wonder (but didn’t ask) why he couldn’t pick up the phone and take the initiative.

The Count is just following protocol.
In Iffys world, the commoners phone him.
That’s why he hardly ever shows up in the House of Commons.
It gives him the heebee geebee cooties to be associating with the lower classes.
Or as the Count describes them “those little Russians”.

I hope the government makes clear to Canadians that
• Corporate tax cuts DO have an effect on job creation, despite the opposition’s and Evan Solomon’s claims to the contrary:
http://www.fin.gc.ca/pub/report-rapport/2010-09-27/ceap-paec-a-eng.asp (I tried this link again on Jan 31 evening to make sure it still works, but I kept getting “Internal server error” messages. Hopefully it will work again eventually)
According to critics of the government, corporate income tax measures were #7 in the list of measures affecting jobs (Table A.1), but those critics forgot to read the fine print below Table A.1, which states:
“Corporate income tax measures have a limited impact on aggregate demand over the periods displayed in the table but have among the highest multiplier effects in the long run. This is because they increase the incentive to invest and accumulate capital, which leads to a higher capacity to produce goods and services.”

• Also, the government needs to make clear that the current federal corporate tax rate of 16.5% does NOT include provincial rates. Today, Liberal finance critic Scott Brison said on a political panel that Canada’s corporate tax rate is 20 points lower than the US’s, which is inaccurate.
http://www.canadabusinesstax.com/corporate-income-tax-rates/

• In the same scrum Stephen cites, Ignatieff said the government has increased the taxes of small & medium-sized businesses. However, according to this http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=181 (under Supporting Small Businesses) one can read the following:
“… Since 2006, the Government has introduced a large number of tax measures to support investment, innovation and growth by small businesses, including:
• To help small businesses retain more of their earnings for investment, expansion and job creation, the lower small business tax rate was reduced to 11 per cent from 12 per cent in 2008. The amount of income eligible for this lower rate was increased from $300,000 to $400,000 in 2007, and then to $500,000 in 2009.
• To spur investment in small businesses, Budget 2007 increased the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption on qualified small business shares to $750,000 from $500,000, the first increase in the exemption since 1988. …”

So what was Ignatieff talking about?

I hope the government makes clear to Canadians that
• Corporate tax cuts DO have an effect on job creation, despite the opposition’s and Evan Solomon’s claims to the contrary:
http://www.fin.gc.ca/pub/report-rapport/2010-09-27/ceap-paec-a-eng.asp (I tried this link again on Jan 31 evening to make sure it still works, but I kept getting “Internal server error” messages. Hopefully it will work again eventually)
According to critics of the government, corporate income tax measures were #7 in the list of measures affecting jobs (Table A.1), but those critics forgot to read the fine print below Table A.1, which states:
“Corporate income tax measures have a limited impact on aggregate demand over the periods displayed in the table but have among the highest multiplier effects in the long run. This is because they increase the incentive to invest and accumulate capital, which leads to a higher capacity to produce goods and services.”

• Also, the government needs to make clear that the current federal corporate tax rate of 16.5% does NOT include provincial rates. Today, Liberal finance critic Scott Brison said on a political panel that Canada’s corporate tax rate is 20 points lower than the US’s, which is inaccurate.
http://www.canadabusinesstax.com/corporate-income-tax-rates/

• In the same scrum Stephen cites, Ignatieff said the government has increased the taxes of small & medium-sized businesses. However, according to this http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=181 (under Supporting Small Businesses) one can read the following:
“… Since 2006, the Government has introduced a large number of tax measures to support investment, innovation and growth by small businesses, including:
• To help small businesses retain more of their earnings for investment, expansion and job creation, the lower small business tax rate was reduced to 11 per cent from 12 per cent in 2008. The amount of income eligible for this lower rate was increased from $300,000 to $400,000 in 2007, and then to $500,000 in 2009.
• To spur investment in small businesses, Budget 2007 increased the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption on qualified small business shares to $750,000 from $500,000, the first increase in the exemption since 1988. …”

So what was Ignatieff talking about?

A note to Stephen, who’s interested in China’s development of stealth fighters http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2010/12/chinas-new-stealth-fighter/

Stephen, you may have heard of this already, but just in case …
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/chinese-tv-tries-pass-top-gun-footage-off-20110129-122945-920.html
“Chinese TV tries to pass ‘Top Gun’ footage off as real drill?
The newly unveiled J-20 stealth fighter has sparked fears that China is closing the technological gap with the United States. New footage, however, suggests they are firmly stuck in the 1980s.
China Central Television (CCTV) recently aired footage of a J-10 fighter (a predecessor to the J-20) allegedly destroying another aircraft during a training flight. But many viewers noticed something fishy — the images seemed eerily familiar.
Closer inspection revealed an uncanny similarity to a scene from the film “Top Gun,” the 1986 Tom Cruise blockbuster.
See for yourself in The Wall Street Journal video below or check out a frame by frame comparison here. …”

One more …

Maybe these two guys should call Ignatieff — or vice versa.
Amanda Lang & Kevin O’Leary talk to former Minister of National Revenue (PC) Perrin Beatty & former Minister of Finance (Lib) John Manley about the advisability of going ahead with the corporate tax cuts provided for in the 2007 budget.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Lang_&_O'Leary_Exchange/1308689786/ID=1774694725

One more …

Maybe these two guys should call Ignatieff — or vice versa.
Amanda Lang & Kevin O’Leary talk to former Minister of National Revenue (PC) Perrin Beatty & former Minister of Finance (Lib) John Manley about the advisability of going ahead with the corporate tax cuts provided for in the 2007 budget.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Lang_&_O'Leary_Exchange/1308689786/ID=1774694725

“I’ve made Parliament work for a very long time. “

Yes thank you for ensuring that the corporate tax cuts were passed and set into motion, Iggy.

And now you want to change your mind? Is that what you’d be doing if you were PM too? Flip-flopping all over the place?

Don’t call us; we’ll call you.

“I’ve made Parliament work for a very long time. “

Yes thank you for ensuring that the corporate tax cuts were passed and set into motion, Iggy.

And now you want to change your mind? Is that what you’d be doing if you were PM too? Flip-flopping all over the place?

Don’t call us; we’ll call you.

“I’ve made Parliament work for a very long time. “

Yes thank you for ensuring that the corporate tax cuts were passed and set into motion, Iggy.

And now you want to change your mind? Is that what you’d be doing if you were PM too? Flip-flopping all over the place?

Don’t call us; we’ll call you.

What arrogance he continues to show: “He knows where I am. He knows where to reach me”.

Ignatieff doesn’t understand the very basics. Taxing the hell out of the corporations, small and large businesses, would kill the economy, a prime example of the Leftist brain, lacking the capacity for reasoned thought. God help us if ever he gets hold of power by any means. He’s not leadership material in the politics of the land, we’d be led by unnamed bunker elves.

Mr Iggy, you’re out of your depths, beyond your capabilities, you don’t know your place go home, YES, YES YES!

What arrogance he continues to show: “He knows where I am. He knows where to reach me”.

Ignatieff doesn’t understand the very basics. Taxing the hell out of the corporations, small and large businesses, would kill the economy, a prime example of the Leftist brain, lacking the capacity for reasoned thought. God help us if ever he gets hold of power by any means. He’s not leadership material in the politics of the land, we’d be led by unnamed bunker elves.

Mr Iggy, you’re out of your depths, beyond your capabilities, you don’t know your place go home, YES, YES YES!

Hey, missing votes is his way of making parliament keep on working.

Just wondering, how often did JC phone Preston Manning, how often did Paul Martin phone Stephen Harper. How often has any PM phoned Duceppe.

Watching Iggy is painful.

His mouth looks like it’s been spliced in, but it hasn’t been! His grimaces and his eyebrow-raising are grotesque and comical all at once.

As I’ve said before, Iggy’s a bad joke. He’s totally out of his depth as a politician, with a tin ear and a leaden mouth, and is simply mouthing the platitudes and out-of-sync “policies” of the backroom thugs in the LPC. They’ll have him say anything, as long as it’s oppositional to Prime Minister Harper and the CPC. They’re not at all interested in helping govern this country unless they can be the governing party.

What a bunch of skunks.

Watching Iggy is painful.

His mouth looks like it’s been spliced in, but it hasn’t been! His grimaces and his eyebrow-raising are grotesque and comical all at once.

As I’ve said before, Iggy’s a bad joke. He’s totally out of his depth as a politician, with a tin ear and a leaden mouth, and is simply mouthing the platitudes and out-of-sync “policies” of the backroom thugs in the LPC. They’ll have him say anything, as long as it’s oppositional to Prime Minister Harper and the CPC. They’re not at all interested in helping govern this country unless they can be the governing party.

What a bunch of skunks.

I have been clear that the Liberals have failed to deal with the repudiation at the polls since 2006. Too many of them believe it has been unflattering media coverage.

They don’t blame their losses on the credibility gap from Martin-Ignatieff. They keep changing leaders hoping for a new outcome.

The brand is badly damaged. They can’t comprehend the shift from their last majority in 2000.

I have been clear that the Liberals have failed to deal with the repudiation at the polls since 2006. Too many of them believe it has been unflattering media coverage.

They don’t blame their losses on the credibility gap from Martin-Ignatieff. They keep changing leaders hoping for a new outcome.

The brand is badly damaged. They can’t comprehend the shift from their last majority in 2000.

“The brand is badly damaged.” You can say that again, Canadiansense.

I wish the LPC had some Canadian sense, and understood that it’s time for them to stop, rethink, and regroup their caravan. The Liberal Party of Canada should also be confessing some past sins, asking for forgiveness, and then atoning: Like, how about paying back the over $40,000,000 they owe to the Canadian taxpayer from AdScam?

The LPC leadershjp since Trudeau has also been under the thumb, it would appear, of Power Coropration. If anyone wants to talk about a Canadian political party under the sway of Big Business, that would be the Liberal$. Their state of denial is damaging to not only them but to the whole democratic process in Canada.

The LPC are actually a national disgrace, and the sooner they look in the mirror and detect the need for a radical facelift, the better for everyone.

• Corporate tax cuts DO have an effect on job creation, despite the opposition’s and Evan Solomon’s claims to the contrary…
• To help small businesses retain more of their earnings for investment, expansion and job creation, the lower small business tax rate was reduced to 11 per cent from 12 per cent in 2008.

A Conservative con. Same as in the US, this is just a pander to the wealthy who are in the best positions to pull levers and scratch backs to keep the CPC in power. Acid test – instead of tax cuts with no strings, improve the business tax credit for expansion activities and creating jobs. ENSURE that growth activities are rewarded.

Has the CPC done that? Noooooo.

Apparently in Iggy’s mind, the guy who won the election is bound to grovel to the guy/party who lost it in order to “make Parliament work”. Iggy sees no need to call the PM who was tasked by the will of the electorate with forming a Parliament to comply with their wishes. Is it the Count Iggy that is so full of himself or is he just feeling that good old Liberal entitlement? And why did only one Reporter catch the obvious???

Apparently in Iggy’s mind, the guy who won the election is bound to grovel to the guy/party who lost it in order to “make Parliament work”. Iggy sees no need to call the PM who was tasked by the will of the electorate with forming a Parliament to comply with their wishes. Is it the Count Iggy that is so full of himself or is he just feeling that good old Liberal entitlement? And why did only one Reporter catch the obvious???