Stéphane Dion's Permanent Tax On Everything

So, just to make sure that we’re all clear on this: Don Drummond is an oracle of economic wisdom when it comes to issues surrounding the labour market, an aging workforce and global competiton, but should be ignored entirely when he challenges the claim that the Liberals’ Green Shift will unduly harm rural Canadians and send gas prices soaring into the stratosphere. Everyone got that? Good.

I have to say, I’m liking Stéphane Dion’s Permanent Tax on Everything™ more with every passing day. The advance reviews are so awful, it has to be good. Remember when Jean Chrétien and Stéphane Dion introduced the Clarity Act in 1999? No, no, you probably don’t. Well, it produced a poo storm of majestic proportions, is what it did, with the press gallery and the super-genius Liberal caucus (Official motto: “If Only We Had Paul Martin Leading Us”) leading the lamentations and grinding of teeth.