Conservative use of credit is another way to rack up extra brownie points and get a bigger mortgage.
Not exact matches
NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the
Conservatives); extension
of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the
Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax
credit for machinery
used in research and development; an additional one cent
of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent
of Gross National Income (GNI).
NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the
Conservatives); extension
of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the
Conservatives); an innovation tax
credit for machinery
used in research and development; an additional one cent
of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent
of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.
They include good cash reserves, excellent
credit,
conservative use of debt, a career in a lucrative industry, and a new house payment that's no higher (or not much higher) than the previous housing expense.
Yet this isn't the first time in the present campaign that the
Conservatives themselves have trespassed on traditional Bank
of Canada terrain. On July 22 Joe Oliver publicly rejected the
use of quantitative easing in Canada (the unconventional
credit - expanding strategy that has been
used successfully in the US, the UK, and now Europe) despite dimming economic projections here. Decisions about the
use of QE should, in theory, be the purview
of the central bank. Several economists publicly questioned Oliver's statement, noting that it throws into question the Bank's future decisions on monetary policy.
The work and pensions secretary
used interviews ahead
of the parliamentary appearance to insist he took «complete responsibility» for the debacle, but he is accused
of trying to strong - arm
Conservatives on the PAC to pin the blame for the universal
credit problems onto his department's senior civil servant, Robert Devereux.