Those who need federal tax cuts least seem to get them
By Sheila Paterson
Vancouver Sun
March 5, 2010

The issue of taxes and tax increases is one of the most important facing Canada. Taxes are not an affliction, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper would paint them; they are the price we pay for a civilized society.

However, Harper seems to think the price is too high. He would rather spend public money on tax cuts for those who need them least.

Tax cuts by Liberal and Conservative governments of the last 10 years have gutted federal coffers of tens of billions of dollars -- money that would have provided a budget designed to maintain public infrastructure, social programs, universal child care and a solid backing for the CBC.

The source of Canada's huge deficit cannot be attributed to necessary spending on public programs -the source is tax cuts, and this kind of neo-conservative ideology has taken Canada backward.