Day-Oh?
The announcement today that Stockwell Day is moving to Treasury Board is an interesting move for the feds. While the finance minister has repeatedly fended off legitimate questions about how savings will be found to balance the budget, Stockwell Day brings a great deal of credibility to this important portfolio as seen by his time as Alberta’s treasurer (finance minister).
As yet, there has been no real plan put forward to get spending under control and balance the budget within the decade. That being said, the symbolism of Day moving to TB might be cause of cautious optimism.
January 19, 2010
Tags: Deficit, Stockwell Day Posted in: Blog Content
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There’s no way to get spending under control until at least they fix the senate, and preferably get a majority. The things we need to do to get this country back in shape will be blocked by the libs, more out of spite than ideology.
I’m a CPC supporter, but isn’t it a fact that Stockwell Day presided over huge spending increases in Alberta? He was successful in Alberta because they were bringing in more in royalties than he could spend, but I don’t think anyone would accuse the PCs of that era of being fiscally conservative. I’m hopeful (and fully expect) that he’ll succeed, but it won’t be by following his past practices in Alberta.
That’s a very valid point Emisar. That being said, that era coincided with balanced budgets and a flat tax.
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