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Dion Fails to Sell the Green Shift
by ms. negativity | October 3, 2008 at 02:00 pm | 109 views | 9 comments | 49 recommendations
As the latest polls indicate, the Liberal Party is in trouble. Rookie party leader, Stephane Dion, is unable to connect with Canadian voters. He comes across as sincere but clueless, intelligent but out-of-touch with the average person. Instead of running on the Liberal’s record of sound fiscal management and commitment to social programs, Dion has staked his political future on a bold and risky environmental platform, the Green Shift. Undoubtedly, tackling the problem of global warming is critical – our planet and the future of our species hang in the balance. By taxing pollution, Dion is offering an ambitious and proven approach to reducing carbon emissions. “The time has come to do what is right – not what is easy”, reads the online introduction to the Liberal platform. But Canadians, as much as they profess anxiety about the future of the planet, do not appear keen to embrace a substantial environmental platform. Certainly not in a time of economic uncertainty. The Green Shift might very well have succeeded had it been offered by a tried and trusted leader, someone like Paul Martin, with well established credentials as a sound fiscal manager. But Dion, as nice as he is, is untested and he is unable to effectively communicate his message. In his halting, heavily accented English, the Green Shift comes out sounding like a radical proposal that could seriously undermine the health of the Canadian economy. Canadians are not going to buy it.
October 3, 2008 at 02:00 pm by ms. negativity, 109 views, 9 comments
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at 14:06 on October 3rd, 2008
ms. negativity, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:32 on October 3rd, 2008
ms. negativity, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:49 on October 3rd, 2008
ms. negativity, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I am in total agreement with you.
at 14:53 on October 3rd, 2008
If Canadians care to look they will see that Dion's plan is tried and true, and is globally accepted as the only way to go. No matter how Dion appears, the Conservative Party is not a viable choice if one does feel strongly about the necessity for immediate environmental action! Harper has made Canada the laughing stock of the world when it comes to environmental leadership and action.
So vote based on how tough and commanding the candidate seems on TV, or vote based on policies. I'll take the policies and a"nice guy" over the total absence of an election platform from the Conservatives and a pompous overbearing control-freak like Harper and his "stay the course" environmental nonsense any day!
at 09:54 on October 4th, 2008
I agree that Dion is far preferable to Harper. I actually like him well enough, and I think that his policy is sound but he really isn't resonating with voters. In a poll, after the English language debate last night, only 11% of respondents said that they thought he had won. There are other viable options, which people seem ready to entertain. I think it's healthy and good that Canada is not a two party state.
at 19:05 on October 3rd, 2008
I like the Canadian electoral system. The US needs 3 or 4 strong parties
at 20:30 on October 3rd, 2008
ms. negativity, I like this story. It's good stuff. How Dare you Slander "Monsieur. Waffles Dion"! The Man without a Clue. Just for that, I am favouriting you ! So there, that'll learn ya!
at 21:05 on October 3rd, 2008
ms. negativity, I like this story. It's good stuff.
The liberal green shift will only hurt those who are already barely getting by. When things like a trip to the beach cost an extra 20 or 40 dollars because fuel and everything has become intensely taxed it won't matter that our income tax has gone down we're still making shitty wages; so the only people you'll be seeing out on what used to be cheap family outings are those who can still afford the brand names, looking "cool" in the Oakley's.
A government taxing its people with the intent of altering their behaviour is obscene. but i guess they do it already so why not take it a step further and tax a person for the the potential carbon footprint they personally leave behind? income tax may go down but they'll add an air and water tax in there somehow to get some more money to "save" the environment.
at 05:49 on October 4th, 2008
The problem with "carbon tax" is that voters just hear "--- tax", and the benefits are too vague to stand as a viable election platform.