Tom Mulcair Jinny Sims Peggy Nash Wayne Marston Glenn Thibeault Malcolm Allen François Lapointe Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet Nycole Turmel Nathan Cullen Sadia Groguhé Manon Perreault Hélène Leblanc Matthew Dubé Robert Chisholm Niki Ashton Don Davies Linda Duncan Mathieu Ravignat Hélène Laverdière Paul Dewar Jasbir Sandhu Anne-Marie Day Charlie Angus Randall Garrison Kennedy Stewart Peter Stoffer Jean Crowder Chris Charlton David Christopherson Pierre Nantel Ryan Cleary Phil Toone Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe Peter Julian Romeo Saganash Yvon Godin Libby Davies Irene Mathyssen Megan Leslie Dennis Bevington Jean Rousseau Jack Harris Olivia Chow Pierre Dionne Labelle Brian Masse John Rafferty Pat Martin Françoise Boivin Fin Donnelly Hoang Mai Alexandre Boulerice Charmaine Borg Joe Comartin Matthew Kellway Alexandre Boulerice Andrew Cash Anne-Marie Day Brian Masse Carol Hughes Charlie Angus Charmaine Borg Craig Scott David Christopherson Dennis Bevington Don Davies Françoise Boivin Glenn Thibeault Hoang Mai Irene Mathyssen Jasbir Sandhu Jean Crowder Jinny Sims Libby Davies Linda Duncan Malcolm Allen Mathieu Ravignat Matthew Kellway Megan Leslie Nathan Cullen Niki Ashton Nycole Turmel Peggy Nash Peter Julian Peter Stoffer Philip Toone Pierre Nantel Romeo Saganash Ryan Cleary Sadia Groguhé Thomas Mulcair Wayne Marston Yvon Godin
Reckless NDP Spending Plans
- With the Economic Action Plan the government has a plan to return Canada's budget back to balance by controlling spending and finding savings.
- This plan has consistently been opposed by the NDP who have demanded reckless spending that would take Canada off the course to a balanced budget.
- The contrast can be seen in the NDP's minority report from Finance Committee's budget consultations for the last budget. (http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=5322386&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=1&File=372 )
- The NDP presented a long list of new spending demands which would have cost as much as $56 billion over the next four years.
- Proposals such as adopting a 45 day work year for EI ($4 billion a year) or greatly increasing Canada's foreign aid spending ($2 billion) would require large tax hikes or losing all the progress that has been made in moving back to a budget balance.
- As nations around the world struggle with out of control deficits and high unemployment Canada has stood out as an exception thanks to the decisions made in the Economic Action Plan. If we had followed the alternative course demanded by the NDP today we would be facing much higher deficits, higher taxes with less jobs and less economic growth.