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* The total cost of the four-year platform is projected at close to $8.7 billion.
* The final year would be the most costly, at $2.8 billion.
* It projects a cumulative surplus of $8 billion over the four years.
* The platform pledges $20 million a year to help the forestry industry market its products abroad.
* It also promises $1.6 billion to help manufacturing and resource industries.

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Look's good from what he said on tv.

Especially the tax cuts.

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Jack should have went over it before getting on tv like he is right now.

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With Harper looks are decieving. The Atlantic Accord comes to mind.

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I may be cynical in saying this but that's one of the reasons why it was released this late. This low key platform could easily have been released earlier but it would not of had nearly as much pop to it. This way instead of talking about it we get talking about the candidates take on it instead. People invest more research in buying a car then they do on on finding out what this platform is about. The car is important but isn't the nation as well?

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I like the tax free savings idea that the government can never tax.

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So how much you figure you'll get for your vote?

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I like the tax free savings idea that the government can never tax.

I liked the RESP plan from Dan McTeague much better, but the Tories killed it in ways and means.

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Wada Wada:

So how much you figure you'll get for your vote?

About what layton and dion would cost me in tax's.

Jack's still going about oil and banks yet the last I looked oil is feuling Canada's economy and the banks are fairing good compared to a lot of places.

Lot's of tax breaks in the tory plan,rebuilding infrastructure and giving back municipalitys a few cents of the gas tax for their roads.

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I also have faint hope that Harper won't be a dick about senate reform this time, and will try a proper constitutional amendment rather than just gut the senate with unilateral term limits. But what would make me laugh my ass off is if Dion wins and fills all the vacancies with Liberals Harper wouldn't with Conservatives.

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Cut tarriffs on equipment for manufacturers,good for jobs as the machinery and equipment costs less but oooohhhhhhhhh......Bushco.

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Hells freezing over!!!! it just started snowing here.

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hurley_108 hurley_108:

if Dion wins and fills all the vacancies with Liberals Harper wouldn't with Conservatives.

yeah.. that will make Canada better.

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ridenrain ridenrain:

hurley_108 hurley_108:

if Dion wins and fills all the vacancies with Liberals Harper wouldn't with Conservatives.

yeah.. that will make Canada better.

I didn't say it would make Canada better, I said it would be funny. What would make Canada better is if Harper had done his job and filled those vacancies (and not just with people from places that didn't elect any Conservatives so he could shove them into cabinet) pending a proper constitutional amendement to reform the senate. I posted a while back that the senate was a pretty good integration of who has been in power since the longest serving senator was appointed. Harper has skewed that by refusing to fill the vacancies. If Dion wins and fills them himself, we'll have way too many Liberals, and they'll be in there for longer than they should have been.

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hurley_108 hurley_108:

What would make Canada better is if Harper had done his job and filled those vacancies (and not just with people from places that didn't elect any Conservatives so he could shove them into cabinet) pending a proper constitutional amendement to reform the senate.

You know what would have happened then right? Certain people would attack Harper saying he talks about an elected, effective, and equal Senate yet is appointing Senators! What a two faced liar!

You know it too.