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To: CIMA who wrote (297)	11/15/2000 10:37:31 PM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (2) of 37261

Defending the truth... >(Mr. Day was part of the Alberta Cabinet that decided to cut the Health Care Budget by over 30% while at the same time hiking up "premiums" so that "fees" paid by individuals to government were made to cover all the actual costs without resorting to any tax funds what so ever.) The 30% cut was a direct result of the fact that the feds cut their contribution to health care from 50% to 15%. He couldn't get the money from anywhere else, so he passed the cuts on. If you want to place the blame for that, you know where it belongs! It is really insulting to our intelligence to suggest that Day could be anti-semitic, given that he worked for, and has been a good friend of, a Jewish premier for so long. (That right! Ralph Klein is Jewish. Why didn't you know that? Because it is irrelevant.) Bringing up the fact that there are a few anti-semitic bigots near where Day lives is a really sleazy thing to do. Day's Christian fundamentalism is well known. It is also irrelevant. Do you think there are more than 5 or 6 other fundamentalist Alliance MPs? I suggest you go out and meet a few. Day's fundamentalism will have even less of an impact on the federal stage than it had in Alberta. I also feel forced to remind everyone that the official Alliance platform has very little resemblance to what is reported on CBC. Everyone should read it for themselves, with a mind to what policies they would actually be able to implement. Some simply wouldn't happen for various reasons. An example is converting native self-government to municipal-style self-government. Referenda would be conducted alongside federal elections and would therefor cost very little extra. It also means there would be no referendum on abortion, the death penalty or anything else during the next term. The 3% threshold simply does not appear in official Alliance policy. I really wish people would get their facts straight before arguing. It would save a lot of time and grief. If you still care about the abortion non-issue, ask Chretien what his position is. He won't say it in public, but you can be sure it is the same as Day's. That is why Chretien doesn't comment on Day's views on abortion. >I see the hand of Rod Love all over him And the hand of experience. -g

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