$2K cap
Which does nothing to solve who stands to benefit the most - all it means is that they get less than before, but those making over 60k per year are still 84% of those who qualify. I am pretty sure Flaherty is turning in his grave over that apparent "fix".
Must make sense, since even Premier Wynne mentioned basing the Hydro One levy/supplement on household income.
Uhhh, those are two entirely different scenarios, with extremely different metrics behind them. You cannot get any more apples and oranges that this.
After all, which families are paying that extra $2.2B?
That would be the other 85% of the country who isn't eligible for the savings. Again, your missing the point entirely - the individuals that this is being claimed to help, are not the ones being helped the most, but rather those who realistically do not need the break all that much.
Shouldn't we first ensure that families with similar incomes pay similar taxes, and not tax one family $10K (or more) additional tax than a neighbour who simply happens to have a more optimal income split between the spouses?
See, again your missing the point - income splitting is a bad way of doing this, so if Harper and his goons are somehow more knowledgeable than the countries leading economists, policy think-tanks, the goddamned IMF themselves, among so many others. So you think it's entirely fair that if I had a spouse who earned 120k per year, I could just choose to stay home and give my partner a tax break? The PBO also found that reducing the effective tax rate by 30 basis points for all tax brackets would have roughly the same fiscal impact as the income-splitting plan, and guess who reaps those benefits? Everyone! Let's also not forget to take into account that any single parent families out there get absolutely nothing - seems fair, right? Income splitting is not the answer, and if you don't want to take the actual experts advice on the matter seriously, you can simply look to countries like France and the US for concrete proof of that it solves nothing.
CPC is going to win in October. There's a better bet for your money.
Oh really? I didn't know I was having a debate with a seer. You can in no way predict the winner of the election, and to pretend you do is somewhat delusional.
You get a Harris after a Rae. Just watch what happens in Alberta next provincial election.
So wait... in defence of your argument, you simply brush off Harris by blaming him on Rae? This is a classic example of a desperate grasp at straws. And the next Alberta election? What does that have to do with anything at all? Honestly I have no idea what the relevance to that is other than the NDP won this last one, and you've made it clear that in no universe can you accept such a condition. I'm starting to get the feeling I'm debating with someone who has absolutely no will to change their view on something. Honest question: what would it take for the CPC to finally make you say "well they really crossed the line here, and I won't vote for them this time"?
Support for Keystone, which will still get built, regardless of what you hear in the media.
Again, you seem to be absolutely content on substituting what facts we all have available to us, with whatever you feel. You are again confusing your personal predictions with facts. I'm now completely convinced this entire conversation has been in vain. I could come up with anything to dispute a fact and you will just straight up create your own reality of things as some backup to your claims. It's almost reached a comical level now.
The US needs our oil, and they will eventually have it via Keystone.