Contrary to what Justin Trudeau and his followers would have us believe, budgets do not balance themselves. This week’s balanced federal budget required the hard work of accountable cabinet ministers and staff to determine realistic revenues and expenditures. While it would have been easy to bolster revenues by increasing taxes in the short term, the loss of jobs and future investment over the long term would have been the cost.
Joe Oliver followed through on the promise made to Canadians to produce a balanced budget that will help keep Canada’s economy the strongest of the G7 countries. While the opposition parties make plans to increase taxes and grow government, they have no plans to keep Canada moving forward.
Few people are aware of JT’s bizarre plan to use the Canada Pension Plan reserves of seniors to fund infrastructure projects. Nor have people been told the truth about the $20 billion cost of angry Tom’s carbon tax that would kill Canadian jobs and cripple Canada’s economy.
This week’s budget will allow job creating businesses to thrive with investments in skills training and support for entrepreneurs. Families will be able to keep more of their money in their pocket with the lowest federal tax burden in over half a century.
Stephen Harper and the Conservative government have shown they can be trusted to manage Canada’s finances through the toughest of economic times while still encouraging investment and growth for the future. This is far cry from the higher taxes, bigger government plans of the opposition.
Mel Arnold,Conservative Candidate,North Okanagan Shuswap
