So, the Paul Martin Liberals have gotta brand spanking new ad.
Go watch, I'll wait.
While everything the ad says is true, it still manages to be shamelessly dishonest.
This is the same Paul Martin that said Canadian taxes "must continue to come down" to ensure our tax rates are competitive with those in the United States.
The same Paul Martin that said Canada's corporate taxes and capital gains taxes should be "lower than the United States".
The same Paul Martin that said, just nine months ago, that we must -- even now -- press on with "continuing to lower taxes".
And don't forget $100 billion in tax cuts just four years -- nearly 20% of which went to the top 2% of Canadians (pdf).
Even Martin's now defunct leadership website includes thirteen of his own calls for lower taxes.
Thirteen!
This stuff is already starting to backfire. Some new Conservative talking head embarrassed the hell out of Heidi Bonnell on Politics with Don Newman this morning. The new con wasn't great overall, but the her oppo research department sure pulled out one of Paul Martin's better tax cut quotes.
Heidi was flummoxed. Brad Lavigne didn't help her out either.
Note: The Martin leadership website has been dismantled (I wonder why?), but interested parties can still access it's pages through the Google cache by clicking the 'Cached' link, below each hit.
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