Scott Brison is meeting today with Jim Flaherty, the Finance Minister, to share Liberal views on a stimulative package.
David Akin has posted a letter Brison will hand to Flaherty outlining the Liberal party's position. It's an interesting document: more than just a tad arrogant in tone, it seems to me. The Liberals are going into the discussion accusing the Tories of lying to the country about the nation's finances and demanding "honest budgetary numbers."
They also want to dissect the government's plan for $10 billion in savings, partially through asset sales. If they conclude they don't approve of the plan -- and they indicate pretty clearly that they've made up their minds already -- they want it dropped from the government plan.
They also want briefings from top finance officials, presumably because the Minister of Finance can't be trusted in their view. They want all this by Friday. If they get it, they'll think about things for a while, and in due time will deign to notify the government of their views.
Read the entire letter. The tone, the insults and the fact it became public so quickly, suggests the Liberals are far more interested in continuing the silly partisan games that have preoccupied Ottawa for the past several weeks than in an honest consultation over plans for dealing with the recession.
Not a good sign.
Kelly McParland
National Post
1 comment:
oooh. The liberals continuing partisan insults? Demanding to see honest budget numbers.
Bastards they are.
Is that all ye got?
Seems the angry right needs some more giftys this year don't it.
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