Dishonest Dion: Uncosted Campaign Promises

Stephane Dion promised to create a national child care and early education system. The promise stated:

At full implementation, the federal investment will climb to $1.25 billion annually.

But, their budget only budgets 1.5 billion over their 4 year mandate. That is a measly 375 million per year.

This is a mere fraction of what would be required for a national daycare system. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation estimates such a program would cost 40 billion a year federally.

"It's not affordable; otherwise it would have been done by Liberal governments who promised it years ago."

The federation estimates a national program similar to Quebec's much-heralded plan, under which parents pay a set fee of $7 a day and the province chips in $1.6 billion a year, would cost Ottawa and the provinces as much as $40 billion

Another promise that Stephane Dion talked about is increased support for education, they only have 1.15 billion allocated over 4 years. When I looked at this announcement earlier, that seems woefully insufficient.

Ok I need to go back to work now, elections make my productivity decrease too much! :)

Liberals: Pro Deficit.

We're better off with Harper.