Wednesday, May 26, 2010

On spending decisions

There's plenty of justified outrage about the price tag for the Cons' choice of G8 and G20 venues. But let's put the number in context by comparing it to the Cons' plan to defund democracy in Canada.

For the cost of a few days worth of international photo-ops where Harper and company actually plan to hold up most meaningful discussions, we could afford 30 years of the per-vote party funding that the Cons want to slash. So what do Canadians think is a better use of their tax money: providing a temporary elite international forum where their own government will try to ensure that nothing much gets done, or decades worth of stable funding to ensure democratic diversity in Canada?

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