Thursday, October 15, 2009
John Ivison: Conservatives embrace culture of entitlement - Full Comment
John Ivison: Conservatives embrace culture of entitlement - Full Comment
Maurizio Bevilacqua remembers when he knew the Liberals were going to win the 1993 election - Conservatives in Brian Mulroney's government were criss-crossing the country spending taxpayers' money as if it was their own.
"This time it's coming a little bit early," the Toronto-area Liberal MP said yesterday, referring to the apparent widely-held feeling in the Conservative Party that they're entitled to their entitlements - principal among them, replacing the maple leaf and the Government of Canada tag on oversized cheques with their own name and the Conservative Party logo. They should beware because nothing fires up voters more than being bribed with their own money.
Read more: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/14/john-ivison-conservatives-embrace-that-old-culture-of-entitlement.aspx#ixzz0U0G4KZPH
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Maurizio Bevilacqua remembers when he knew the Liberals were going to win the 1993 election - Conservatives in Brian Mulroney's government were criss-crossing the country spending taxpayers' money as if it was their own.
"This time it's coming a little bit early," the Toronto-area Liberal MP said yesterday, referring to the apparent widely-held feeling in the Conservative Party that they're entitled to their entitlements - principal among them, replacing the maple leaf and the Government of Canada tag on oversized cheques with their own name and the Conservative Party logo. They should beware because nothing fires up voters more than being bribed with their own money.
Read more: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/14/john-ivison-conservatives-embrace-that-old-culture-of-entitlement.aspx#ixzz0U0G4KZPH
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