Sunday, January 22, 2006

Canada Can Do Better - Stand Up for Canada!

In the Toronto Sun, they have published an article called 218 reasons not to vote for the Liberals. I could add quite a few but these are a good start. For you liberals, 'splain yourself!
218 reasons NOT to vote for the Liberals
There are many many reasons but other than corruption, entitlement, etc - please note the following excerpt from the above article. For a country in such good shape (supposedly), we have a lot of work to do. Can you imagine if we hit a recession?

WHERE CANADA STANDS NOW: 211-218

211 Economy: 12th among industrialized nations, according to Conference Board of Canada (down from 3rd in 2003).

212 Competitiveness: 14th, according to World Economic Forum (down from 4th in 1997).

213 Health care: 30th in efficiency, according to World Health Organization.

214 Ethics: 14th, says Transparency International, due to "marked increase" in corruption (down from 5th).

215 Military spending: 153rd out of 192 countries, based on percentage of GDP; 14th in per-capita spending.

216 Peacekeeping: 36th, according to UN.

217 Personal income tax burden: Highest in G-8, says OECD.

218 Marginal tax rates: Second only to China, says C.D. Howe Institute.

2 comments:

Al said...

How did Canada become so pathetic. We seem to have dropped back to the five year old with the great brave talk but still needs to be tucked in since he/she is afraid of the dark.

michie said...

The scariest part is that we are this pathetic, even though our personal income tax burden is the highest in G-8? Unbelievable. Where does the money go? Oh yeah, sorry, brain fart...