Leaving aside for the moment that making a federal electoral promise about reducing patient wait times (an area squarely in provincial jurisdiction) is passing strange, I found it interesting that Steve is clearing the decks of all of his broken promises.
Last week Finance Minister Flaherty confirmed that he and Steve were going to forever screw over the seniors who bought income trusts by believing the Conservatives' electoral promise made by Canada's new government's exalted leader available widely on Youtube.
Today, Steve (like Bush on an Aircraft carrier before him) declares mission accomplished on his 5 priorities from the last campaign in announcing today his next 5 priorities. I hope we are not in another minority situation next year or all the Conservative MPs will need to take their shoes off to count the next set of priorities.
What was stunning to me today was the fact that without any apology or shame the Conservatives have walked away from their wait times promise and for the first time in a generation, we will have a federal political party going to the electorate and publicly saying that health care is NOT a priority for them. This is a very big risk and may well be the tipping point.
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