Right
      Wing
      Tasties
     
    

    
     
      The
      right
      wing
      refers
      to
     
     
      supporters
      of
      the
      PC’s
     
     
      and
      Reform.
      They
     
    
   
   
    
     
      military.
      What
      Martin
     
    
   
   
    
     
      did
      to
      placate
      these
     
     
      people
      was
      end
      what
     
     
      is
      known
      as
      “bracket
     
     
      creep.”
      What
      this
      is
      is
     
     
      when
      people
      make
     
     
      more
      money
      (thanks
     
     
      to
      inflation
      increasing
     
     
      income),
      they
      move
      up
     
     
      a
      tax
      bracket
      (which
     
     
      increases
      the
      percent-
     
     
      age
      amount
      they
      pay
     
     
      in
      tax
      in
      our
      progres-
     
     
      sive
      taxation
      system).
     
     
      It
      has
      served
      as
      a
      rev-
     
     
      enue
      boon
      for
      the
      gov-
     
     
      ernment
      (it
      will
      cost
     
     
      the
      government
      $1
      bil-
     
     
      lion
      to
      return
      to
      index-
     
     
      ation).
      By
      ending
      it
     
     
      and
      indexing
      tax
      rates
     
     
      to
      inflation,
      Martin
      is
     
     
      doing
      two
      things.
      One
     
     
      is
      serious
      tax
      relief
      (es-
     
     
      pecially
      for
      lower
      in-
     
     
      come
      people
      who
      are
     
     
      most
      hurt
      by
      the
      creep
     
     
      which
      has
      pulled
      in
      1.9
     
     
      million
      people
      into
     
     
      higher
      tax
      brackets
     
     
      over
      the
      last
      10
      years
     
     
      without
      them
      seeing
     
     
      any
      real
      increase
      in
     
     
      their
      income).
      The
      sec-
     
     
      ond
      is
      that
      Martin
      si-
     
     
      lenced
      his
      critics
      and
     
     
      pulled
      the
      rug
      out
      from
     
     
      under
      the
      right.
      In
     
     
      terms
      of
      debt
      repay-
     
     
      ‘ment,
      Martin
      contin-
     
     
      ues
      to
      pay
      down
      the
     
     
      $570
      billion
      monster
     
     
      in
      increments
      of
      $3
      bil-
     
     
      lion
      (which
      he
      calls
     
     
      contingency
      funds
      for
     
     
      emergencies
      but
     
     
      doesn’t
      use
      when
      they
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘
     
    
   
   
    
     
      arise...
      see
      health
      care,
     
     
      farmers,
      coal
      miners
     
     
      and
      fisheries).
      Interest
     
     
      on
      the
      debt
      alone
      is
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PIGS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      $2
      billion
      over
      3
     
     
      years
      for
      improved
     
     
      pay
      (translation:
      get
     
     
      military
      spouses
      off
      the
     
     
      food
      bank
      line)
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      new
      equipment.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Spending
      for
      the
      left
     
     
      depending
      on
      ones
     
     
      perspective.
      Several
     
     
      initiatives
      were
      an-
     
     
      nounced
      amounting
      to
     
     
      about
      $5.8
      billion
      (with
     
     
      overall
      government
     
     
      spending
      going
      from
     
     
      $116
      billion
      to
      $121.8
     
     
      billion).
      Included
      in
      this
     
     
      was
      another
      $2.5
      bil-
     
     
      lion
      for
      the
      block
      trans-
     
     
      fér
      Ottawa
      gives
      the
     
     
      provinces
      to
      manage
     
     
      health
      and
      education
     
     
      (far
      short
      of
      the
      Pre-
     
     
      miers’
      demands).
     
     
      This
      drop
      in
      the
     
     
      bucket
      does
      not
     
     
      amount
      to
      much
      espe-
     
     
      cially
      when
      it
      is
      spread
     
     
      over
      several
      years.
     
     
      While
      health
      is
      clearly
     
     
      the
      nations
      priority,
     
     
      Ottawa
      seems
      content
     
     
      to
      let
      the
      provinces
     
     
      take
      this
      criticism
      on
     
     
      the
      chin.
      This
      could
     
     
      begin
      to
      create
      an
     
     
      unCanadian
      disparity
     
     
      between
      rich
      prov-
     
     
      inces
      with
      good
      care
     
     
      and
      poorer
      ones
      with
     
     
      weaker
      systems.
      The
     
     
      government
      also
      be-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      gan
      spending
      money
     
    
   
   
    
     
      spending
      on
      defence
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ($700
      million)
      on
      the
     
     
      environment
      again
      as
     
     
      they
      must
      gear
      up
      to
     
     
      meet
      pollution
      levels
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Re
     
    
   
   
    
     
      species.
      The
      ia
      ticket
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      items
      were
      children
     
     
      getting
      $850
      million
     
     
      more
      per
      year
      which
     
     
      comes
      in
      the
      form
      of
     
     
      the
      Canada
      Child
      Tax
     
     
      Benefit.
      The
      second
     
     
      item
      was
      to
      increase
     
     
      maternity/parental
     
     
      leave
      to
      one
      year
      from
     
     
      6
      months
      at
      a
      cost
      of
     
     
      $900
      million,
      which
     
     
      will
      come
      from
      Em-
     
     
      ployment
      Insurance.
     
     
      Another
      big
      initiative
     
     
      was
      increasing
      the
      ba-
     
     
      sic
      tax
      free
      exemption
     
     
      to
      $8000
      over
      5
      years
     
     
      (this
      year
      it
      will
      go
      from
     
     
      $7131
      to
      $7231
      and
     
     
      is
      beneficial
      to
      students
     
     
      as
      well
      as
      low
      income
     
     
      earners).
      The
      middle
     
    
   
   
    
     
      continued
      on
      page
      14
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      university
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      be
     
     
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      for
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