Tuesday, September 16, 2008

When 900 dollars million isn't enough for one day

Ok, well, I thought 900 million would be enough for one day, the Liberal party has gone and promised another 420 million dollar fund.

Yes this is on top of the 900 million dollars already announced today.

In case you are keeping track:
  1. $900 million for catastrophic drug plan
  2. $420 million for "doctors and nurses"
  3. $250 million to "modernize" Fisheries
  4. $800 million for immigration "reforms"
  5. $575 million for retro-fits and "green mortgages"
  6. $250 million to fight B.C pine beetles
  7. $3 million for the court challenges program
Thanks to commenter John M Reynolds for digging some of these up.

Again, this is not accounting for any spending that is currently described in the "Green Shift". This is new additional spending on top of the Green Shift.

Ok Mr Dion, where will this money come from? It is not in your carbon tax document? So this new spending will not come from the revenues supposedly raised with the carbon tax.

So Mr Dion, where will the money come from?

We're better off with Harper.

8 comments:

wilson said...

Don't forget 'honor the Atlantic Accord' promise made today.
cost: Dippers say $400million
danny says $10 Billion

On one of the first days, Dion said he will bring back the court challenge program: cost?,

all any funding cuts to Status of Women (which will cost nothing because the funds were reallocated within the program)

AnonymousCoward said...

I can't find a cost for the court challenges or the new status of women challenges.

AnonymousCoward said...

wilson, the dippers are not the liberals though. They are the Grits.

John M Reynolds said...

Dion promised $250 million to fight the B.C. pine beetle as mentioned in the http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/CanadaVotes/Columnists/2008/09/17/6790841-sun.html article

John M Reynolds said...

Oh, and http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/09/09/dion-court-challenges.html puts the court challenges program at only 3 million

AnonymousCoward said...

Thanks John, that's a real steal :)

Jeff said...

doesn't come close to harper's 19 billion in pre-election spending promises does it though?

Anonymous said...

But, But, But....those don't count they are pre-election promises, just like all those 10%ers were pre-election partisan advertising on the taxpayer's dime.