NDP Gets Its Talking Points From the Taxpayers Federation
Canada's main socialist party is now getting its talking points from an organization that attacks the Conservatives for being too big a spenders? Stranger things have happened, but David Christopherson, MP for Hamilton Centre and the NDP democratic reform critic, attacked the Harper government for its five Senate appointments today as a farce" to see "who got the Cash-for-Life lottery tickets this year."
Now where have I heard that before? Try flipping to page 13 and 14 of The Taxpayer, the flagship publication of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). In the article on those pages, I researched and wrote about "Cash-For-Life" pensions that Senators receive for their democratic service to Canada, which at times can total more than $200,000 annually. In the very first sentence, a real "Cash-For-Life" example of the lottery is used for an unnamed man in Windsor.
I, for one, am pleased that an NDP MP from south-west Ontario would be using what the CTF has to say in his talking points as they regard the Senate. One can only hope that the NDP will also start reading what the CTF has to say about taxation and spending.
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