pensioners can’t afford harper, flaherty and carney!
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PensionersCantAffordHarper,FlahertyandCarney!
DefeattheSchemesoftheBayStreetTroika!EndSupplementaryBenefitstotheBanksandtheWealthy!EndtheCorporateTyrannyOverParliament.
DonCurrie,EditorFocusOnSocialism,ChairCPSFebruary2,2012
www.FocusOnSocialism.ca
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PrimeMinisterStephenHarper,FinanceMinisterJimFlahertyandBankofCanadaGovernor
Mark Carney, a Bay Street Troika, acting for a small class of wealth and privilege, have
declaredclass
war
on
poor
pensioners.
The
most
vulnerable
Canadians,
pensioners
relying
onOASand IncomeSupplementhavebeen chosenbyPrimeMinisterHarperas the first
victimsofanillegalandimmoralappropriationandreallocationofstatefunds.
Fordecades,theCanadianworkingpeople,outoftheirlabourandtaxdollars,entrustedthe
statewithfundsmorethanadequatetopayforperpetualuniversalentitlementtopublicly
fundedhealthcare,retirementpensionsandinsurancepaymentstotheunemployed.
Successive Liberal and Conservative governments have directed such funds to general
revenues to pay for NATO wars and outlandish military expenditures, corporate tax
reductionsand
bailout
funds
for
corporate
boondoggles,
and
now
seek
to
make
the
Canadianpeoplethevictimsoftheirgrossnegligenceandincompetence.
Betrayingthetrustofthepeople,Harper,FlahertyandCarney,relyingonautocracticpower
havebeenmeeting formonthsbehindcloseddoorsat the IMF inNewYorkwith foreign
financiersandwithelitegroupsofprivilegedandunelectedCanadians, todeviseways to
undermine the profoundly Canadian principle of universal and free public health care,
pensionsandunemploymentinsurance.
ThefirstdutyofanyCanadiangovernmentistoprotectandallocatestatefunds,toprovide
workor
unemployment
insurance
for
the
working
class,
free
public
healthcare
for
all,
well
fundedpubliceducation,affordablepublichousingforthehomelessanduniversalpensions
forall.Thatshouldnotbeanoccasionaltemporaryrequirementofgovernment.Itmustbea
fundamentalandpermanentrequirement.Thatiswhattheeconomyisforisitnot?
LetthePrimeMinisterandhisConservativesupporterssayotherwise. Iftheeconomyand
governmentservessomeotherpurpose,letthePrimeMinisteratleasthavethecourageto
saywhatitis.
ThegovernmentofPrimeMinisterStephenHarperisatoddswithCanada.Thegraspingand
parasiticalclass
of
wealth
and
privilege
he
represents
has
separated
their
individual
interests
fromthecommongoodofthecountryandmadeaconsciousanddeliberatepoliticalchoice
toabandonthevisionthatmostCanadianshaveourcountry.Thatvisionisofaprogressive
and industriousandpeacefulsociety.Underhis tutelage,PrimeMinisterHarperbystealth
hasimposedanalienimperialvisionofaCanadaperpetuallyengagedinNATOwars,reliant
onasinglesectoreconomy,energyexports,withtheoversightofbanktyranny.
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The liberalandtheNDPopposition isfloundering inpresentinganalternativevisionofour
countrythatchallengestheimperialvisionofPrimeMinisterHarperandcapturesthespirit
ofwhat
the
Canadian
people
believe
they
have
been
working
for
since
confederation,
peace
andprogress.
Thenext federalbudgetwillbepivotal. Itwill representanother incremental stepby the
HarperConservativeGovernment inthedirectionof imposingamoreopenanddictatorial
ruleoffinancecapitaloverCanadianeconomicandpoliticaldevelopment.Any illusionthat
theHarperGovernment is simply a pendulum swing to the right that can self correct is
illusory.
Thenextfederalbudget ismorethananeconomicstatement. It isapoliticalstatementof
intent.The
Flaherty
budget
is
not
just
a
big
business
budget
it
is
the
economic
framework
supporting thedoctrineofopencorporate ruleandassuch isprofoundlyantilabouranti
democraticandantipeace.
Thenextfederalbudgetwillbeabouttearingupwhatisleftofthesocalledsocialcontract
withworkingCanadiansanddevisinganewoneonbehalfofabsolutecorporatepowerover
thestateandtheallocationof itsresourcesexclusivelytothepursuitofmaximumprivate
profit.WhathappenstothelivingstandardsoftheCanadianpeopleisincidentaltothecold
bloodedplannersofsuchapredatoryviewofgovernance.
TheBay
Street
Troika
has
concocted
a
budgetary
scam.
If
such
an
enterprise
was
devised
by
anyentityotherthangovernmentandtheBankofCanada,itwouldbeconsideredabetrayal
offiduciarytrustandgroundsforprosecutionandconviction.
TheConservativegovernmentofPrimeMinisterStephenHarper,withtheactiveassistance
oftheGovernorof theBankofCanada,hasset itselfagainst theaspirationsandneedsof
themajorityofthepeopleofCanada,whorelyonwages,salariesandpensionstolive.Prime
Minister StephenHarper is the leader of the party and the government of the separate
interest;corporatepower,extremewealthandprivilege.Assuch itsmandatetogovern is
strictly
formal
and
completely
without
moral
authority.
TheprivatelyownedandcontrolledcorporatemassmediaactivelycollaborateswithHarper,
FlahertyandCarneytocallouslydemonizepensionersasthepreliminarysteptodemonizing
theworkingpubliccivil service, theirwages,benefits,pensionsandunion representation.
Theattackon thecivilservice ifnotopposedwill lead toanassaulton theprivatesector
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unionsandultimatelyonallofthelawsthatprotectcollectivebargaining.Itistheaimofthe
Harpergovernmenttodisarmtheorganizedlabourmovement.
Moraloutrageandappealstoreasonarefutileagainstsuchunconscionableandpredictable
class hatred. The only appropriate answer is to organize and adopt working class mass
independent action. Either the labour movement by its action leads the Parliamentary
oppositionoritisrelegatedtoanineffectualcheerleader.
EveryworkingclassleaderknowsthatwhatissaidbyPrimeMinisterHarperisanaffrontto
theworkingpeoplewhoaredenied thewealth theyhavecreated.Tobeaworkingclass
familystrugglingonsurvivalwagesandlivingtwopaychequesawayfromeconomicdisaster
andbealsohectoredbygovernmentleadersandtheirilk,wholiveincomfortandsecurity,
tosave
more
for
retirement
is
the
ultimate
insult.
Such
capitalist
arrogance
takes
the
royal
adageletthemeatcaketothelowestdepthsofaristocraticcapitalistcynicism.
MarkCarneysdirewarningofretirementhardshipwhilehelpingtosinkeverylifeboatand
destroyingeverylifepreserverthatworkingpeoplehave,establishesanewlowincorporate
cynicism.MarkCarneyandFinanceMinisterFlahertyknowthateveryCanadianwhoworks
foralivingyearnsforsecureretirementanddoesnthavethefundstoprovideit.Thatiswhy
workersfordecadeshavevoluntarilypaidoutoftheirmeagreearningsintoafundforOAS
andthe IncomeSupplementaswellastheCPP.Tobetoldnowbygovernmentthatthere
areinadequatefundsisanactofbetrayalplainandsimple.
The Federal Government and the Bank of Canada has the power, legislative, fiscal and
monetary, toprovideallof the fundsnecessary toprovide full retirement incomes forall
Canadians now and into the future. The Canadian working people have created
unimaginable wealth out of their combined labour. They have an entitlement to it. The
peopleswealthhasbeenmisappropriatedanddirectedtoprivatehands.
Theorganizedlabourmovement,theNDPandalloppositionforcesinthecountryarecalled
upon todo their job.Stoppleadingwith themainarchitectsofcorporateprivatizationof
Canadas
health,
pension
and
unemployment
insurance
programs.
Stop
creating
the
illusion
that with exposure and clever arguments in Parliament that that alone will change the
situation.
ThereisnoalternativeforanyParliamentarianclaimingtorepresentthepeople,anylabour
leaderelected toapositionof trust,except toorganizineamassiveunstoppableprotest
movementtonullifytheHarperFlahertyCarneyscheme.
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Theoppositionpartiesmustgetonmessageandover theheadsof theestablishmentgo
directlytothepeoplewheretheyliveandworkandstopthiscorporatesteamrollerbefore
itbulldozes
every
social
gain
ever
made
by
the
struggles
of
the
Canadian
working
people.
Thebudgetmaypass.What isvital isthat itnotbeallowedtopasswithoutagreatpublic
massmovementagainstit.