Time for the Cons to 'fess up

Guess what? The Cons do not have any idea about what to do about the state of the current economy than does my cat, Peckerhead.

In Renfrew County, the elusive Con MP, Cheryl Gallant, stated in a press release on August 15, 2008, that she was "looking forward to working with all Municipalities who have identified infrastructure improvements as a priority in their communities." Those infrastructure issues will take lots of money to address, won't they Cheryl?

In the same region, on October 21, Ish Theilhiemer wrote in StraightGoods.ca: "Last week, all the local pulp mills and fibre board processors — the end users of sawdust and chips from local sawmills — shut down indefinitely due to market uncertainty." He went on the point out the obvious, "Hundreds of people will be thrown out of work. They won't pay taxes or buy very much locally, which will put a pinch on government revenues, the local market economy and the bigger economy, which depends so badly on consumers who feel free to flex their plastic."

The disconnect between Cheryl and her plan is the fact that the feds only kick in 33% of infrastructure funding. Does anyone think that thew province of Ontario, which also needs to pony up 33%, can contribute at the same time as they are going into deficit? Can Renfrew county kick in their one-third when their tax base in shrinking badly?

Time for a wake-up call for Cheryl and the rest of the Cons - and, for that matter, this whole bloody country.

The cupboards are bare. Time to tighten your belt and suffer a little pain.

And Cons, it is time you came to grips with the obvious. You forced a $300+ million election so that you would not be tagged with a recession, but you failed.