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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (8930)	3/20/2006 3:47:27 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37570

Thanks... for the memories ;o) Well one can always assume that the Liberals will tell us the truth at least........Or at least the truth they think we want to hear.... You just can't trust the Liberals to keep their word... Even Fresc says you can't believe the Liberals. Only he calls them "old promises".... they are just trying to get us to forget the old ones so they can get us to think about the new ones they aren't going to keep.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (8930)	3/20/2006 10:44:24 PM
From: Lino...	Respond to of 37570

...a few more memories: January 22, 1993 "CTV News" Jean Chretien "But the commitment we've made to the public is we want to get rid of the GST. I've always said that the GST will go." February 11, 1993 CBC "Prime Time News" Jean Chretien "Our objective is very clear-that the GST be replaced by a system which generates equivalent revenues. There's no misinterpretation there.... I say we replace the tax. This is a commitment. You will judge me by that. If the GST is not gone, I will have a tough time, the election after that. It's the only specific promise that I'm making very clear, and it is going, it's gone." February 11, 1993 CBC "Prime Time News" Sheila Copps "Any pretender to the throne right now has literally been part and parcel of all of his [Mulroney] policies-the GST, the trade agreement. You can change the leader, but you can't change the party's policies." September 15, 1993 "CTV News" Jean Chretien "It's all written here, so you can come with this book in front of me every week after I'm the prime minister, and say, 'Where are you and your promises, Mr. Chretien?' And we'll do the checking. And I'm telling you that everything that is written there I intend to implement." September 15, 1993 "National" Jean Chretien "And we will collect the $15 billion one way or the other." October 18, 1993 "CBC Town Hall" Sheila Copps "I've already said personally and very directly that if the GST is not abolished, I'll resign. I don't know how much clearer you can get. I think you've got to be accountable on the things that you say you're going to do and you have to deliver. November 7, 1993 "Sunday Report" Sheila Copps "No I think Canadians knew, and we said from the very beginning that you don't just abolish a tax and replace it with nothing. Obviously, we cannot forego $16 billion in revenue without doing somethi ng else . So either we create some better tax base by having a stronger economy, or we create another kind of tax that is going to be cheaper to collect and less costly to small business to operate, and I think those are the options that Mr. Anderson's going to be looking at with the cabinet. "Oh, he [Jean Chretien] has quite clearly said that he intends to get rid of the GST. He's also said from the very beginning that in replacing the GST, he's going to find some way to find that revenue. Sixteen billion dollars in revenue can't simply be kissed off, and in that context, he's asked the... "It's not a cosmetic change. I think it's going to be a very fundamental change. It's going to be a change which will hopefully take a lot of the bureaucracy out of the cost to business and the cost to government. When you have a tax that's costing you 50 cents for every dollar you collect, it isn't a tax that makes a lot of sense."