The Canadian Council of Chief Executives has released a typical call for the federal government to eliminate itself The report features such deep reasoning as "the amount of GST collected by the federal government looks sort of like the amount of money transferred to the provinces". Interestingly enough, the report doesn't seem to consider the Cons' campaign promise to cut the GST, particularly as the report alternatively recommends an official link between the GST and the transfers.
The report does get one point right in saying that it would take a brave government to implement the recommendations. But it misses the point that the government would also have to be blind to the reality that Canadians value their public social institutions far more than do the CEOs who want to privatize them. The CCCE has offered a choice between the corporate agenda and that of Canadian voters - and if Harper chooses in favour of the former, his misguided bravery will be cold comfort when the latter group sends him packing.
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