More Taxing Ideas from Stéphane Dion

May 08, 2008

This week Stéphane Dion graciously told Canadians that, should he ever serve as Prime Minister, he would allow taxpayers to spend $10 million renovating the Prime Minister’s Residence at 24 Sussex Drive.

Of course, the house’s current occupants, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his family, find the official residence perfectly acceptable and therefore see no reason to spend this kind of money on expensive renovations.

For Mr. Dion’s part, before he begins taking the measurements for the renovations at 24 Sussex Drive, he might want to stop and ponder the fact that among the many reasons Canadians kicked his Liberal Party out of government was because they were out of touch with the priorities of real Canadian families.

Then Mr. Dion might want to stop and ponder his own record.

For Mr. Dion's readiness to splurge on the renovations to the house he wants to live in stands in stark contrast to his keen interest in the punitive so called "carbon" tax he wishes to slap on the household heating and electricity costs that everyday Canadian families must pay.

Canadians need no reminding that the price of oil and gas are already at all time highs. Yet Mr. Dion’s solution to this idea would be hike taxes and raise these prices even higher.

Stéphane Dion has already confessed to having plans to increase the GST. Now he wants to impose another risky tax on the cost of living of everyday Canadian families. His latest scheme would hit low and middle income families the hardest in a time when energy prices are already high enough. Once again it is clear that the ivory-tower academic, turned priority-less politician just does not understand the concerns of real Canadian families.

Stéphane Dion. Out of touch with real Canadian families. Not a leader. Not worth the risk.