Monday, April 18, 2011

What's at stake - The Hard Hitting Liberal Ad

The ad that has the Conservatives freaking out, whining all over the place, showing they can dish it but can't take it.

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2 comments:

  1. The RatApril 18, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    I guess the Conservatives have been smart enough to use ACTUAL Iggy quotes :-)

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  2. Ted BettsApril 18, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    Well they could use any one of these:

    In 1997, when Harper was vice-president of the National Citizens’ Coalition, a group obsessed with privatizing health care, he said: “Well I think it would be a good idea . . . Moving toward alternatives, including those provided by the private sector, is a natural development of our health care system.” In another interview that year, Harper said, ” It’s past time the feds scrapped the Canada Health Act.” (Calgary Herald, May 5, 2005)
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    Here are some other quotes to the same effect:
    Harper wanted to “replace” the Canada Health and Social Transfer in his famous 2001 Firewall letter:
    “Resume provincial responsibility for health care policy. If Ottawa objects to provincial policy, fight in the courts. If we lose, we can afford the financial penalties Ottawa might try to impose under the Canada Health Act. Albertans deserve better than the long waiting periods and technological backwardness that are rapidly coming to characterize Canadian medicine. Alberta should also argue that each province should raise its own revenue for health care — i.e., replace Canada Health and Social Transfer cash with tax points, as Quebec has argued for many years.”
    (Stephen Harper, ‘Firewall’ letter, January 24, 2001)
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    In his 2002 Canadian Alliance Leadership campaign website, Harper wanted to “overhaul” the Act:
    “Harper also believes that our health care will continue to deteriorate unless Ottawa overhauls the Canada Health Act to allow the provinces to experiment with market reforms and private health care delivery options. He is prepared to take tough positions including experimenting with private delivery in the public system.”
    Others // autres:
    “governments across this country have experimented with alternative service delivery….We’re not going to wave the finger at provinces because they experiment with different delivery.”
    (English Language Leader’s Debate, April 12, 2011)
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    “We also support the exploration of alternative ways to deliver health care. Moving toward alternatives, including those provided by the private sector, is a natural development of our health care system.”
    (Stephen Harper, Toronto Star, October 2002)
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    “Monopolies in the public sector are just as objectionable as monopolies in the private sector. It should not matter who delivers health care, whether it is private, for profit, not for profit or public institutions, as long as Canadians have access to it regardless of their financial means.”
    (Stephen Harper, Hansard, Oct 1, 2002)
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    “each province should raise its own revenue for health care – i.e., replace Canada Health and Social Transfer cash with tax points.”
    (Stephen Harper, ‘Firewall’ letter, January 24, 2001)
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    “What we clearly need is experimentation with market reforms and private delivery options [in health care].”
    (Stephen Harper, then President of the NCC, 2001)

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