From the Inkless emailbox, this missive from Ryan Sparrow at the Conservative war room:
From the Inkless emailbox, this missive from Ryan Sparrow at the Conservative war room:
“It’s a bit rich for Michael Ignatieff to be talking about the creditbility of election platforms. It has been 6 days since Michael Ignatieff released his election platform. Here are the major uncosted items:
” • HST funding for Quebec (Cost — $2.2 billion)
“• New Champlain Bridge (Cost — $1 billion according to Ignatieff)
“• Arenas for professional sports (Cost — unknown. The Quebec City arena is estimated at $400 million. How many more arenas is he planning to build/fund?)
“• Pharmacare (Cost — Estimated at between $6.6 and $10.3 billion by 2006 Federal-Provincial study)
“• High speed rail (Cost — $18 billion for a Quebec City-Windsor route according to 1995 study. Obviously the cost would be much more in 2011 dollars)
“Michael Ignatieff has made at least $28 billion in uncosted spending promises in this campaign, even before the costs of his arena program are factored in. He has no credibility on the numbers; or the economy.”