Abbotsford’s David Murray Tops Social Media Rankings

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Federal Politics: Abbotsford’s David Murray Tops Social Media Rankings

Posted on 30 March 2011
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Abbotsford NDP candidate David Murray is now the top social media ranked non-MP among Canadian federal candidates.The rankings come from the polittwitter website which keeps track of all candidates across the country and across party lines and ranks them according to their Internet presence based on their Twitter, Facebook, blog and other social media activities.

Bob Douglas driving candidate David Murray in the Bradner Parade

Murray has a popularity score of 1,306 putting him in first place ahead of Green Party leader Elizabeth May who has a score of 1,269. The third place candidate is Jennifer Pollack of Calgary with a score of 487. Murray regularly publishes the results on his political blog and has been consistently near the top of the rankings for several months.
Murray has been working non-stop in his Abbotsford riding for over a year, knocking on doors, meeting with individuals and organizations and writes a regular column for the Today Media websites.

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Mike Archer - who has written 4584 posts on Abbotsford Today.

Abbotsford NDP Candidate David Murray with Ed Broadbent at Halifax convention 2009

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Revisionist history on Liberal higher education

March 29, 2011

Ignatieff’s American-style, ‘high-grant, high-tuition’ post-secondary education announcement today is just the latest in a long-line of Liberal post-secondary education plans that will never match their rhetoric. When it comes to the issues, Michael Ignatieff just can’t be trusted.
A quick walk down memory lane:
Liberal record:

• From 1994 to 1999, the Liberals cut the annual Canadian Health and Social Transfer (CHST) by $25 billion.
• Of the Liberal cut, $4-billion was slashed from education transfers, meaning tuition fees skyrocketed and College and University was less accessible for students.
• 13 years of Liberal government meant a doubling of tuition fees in most provinces – fees rising at four times the rate of inflation. (Statscan: http://ow.ly/4oAcu)
• The only debt relief offered up by the Liberals in government was to forgive the loan if the student died (Budget 2005).

Liberal post-secondary education record, during times of surplus:

• When it came time to re-invest government surpluses, Liberals chose corporate tax giveaways over reinvestment in education and training.
• The last time the Liberals increased funding to Post Secondary Education was when Jack Layton forced them to, when he rewrote the 2005 budget.
• The 2005 NDP budget included $1.5-billion increase in transfers to provinces, including tuition reduction.

For the last two decades, student fees have increased above and beyond the rate of inflation. Despite Liberal sloganeering, history shows how Liberals have made University and College more expensive and less accessible at every single turn.

Abbotsford NDP Candidate David Murray with Ed Broadbent at Halifax convention 2009

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Michael Ignatieff stands shoulder to shoulder with the big banks

March 29, 2011

Don’t worry Bay Street, the Liberals still have your back!

Michael Ignatieff’s team came to the rescue of the big banks today, and criticized Jack Layton for proposing to make life more affordable for Canadians by capping credit card fees.
According to Michael Ignatieff, these banks need help. After all, they only made $21.58 billion in profit over the last four quarters.
What does Liberal Senator Pierrette Ringuette of New Brunswick – who has been pushing for caps on credit card fees – have to say?
"If we had regulation of credit card interest rates and fees, then we could protect Canadian consumers from these greedy bankers.”
(The Hamilton Spectator, February 28th, 2009)
And what about the head of the Competition Bureau?
"Visa and MasterCard's anti-competitive behaviour hurts businesses and consumers alike. It is particularly harmful for small and medium-sized businesses, key engines for economic growth in Canada. Without changes to the rules, merchants will continue to face high costs for credit card acceptance, while consumers, even those who use lower-cost methods of payment like debit or cash, will continue to pay higher prices."
(15 December, 2010)
It’s just too bad for the Liberals that donations aren’t allowed from the banks anymore, but no doubt they are very appreciative of their help today.

Abbotsford NDP Candidate David Murray with Ed Broadbent at Halifax convention 2009

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In BC today, Stephen Harper is promising some families tax relief… four years from now.

Harper should answer for HST

18,000 voters in Abbotsford British Columbia signed the anti-HST petition !

In BC today, Stephen Harper is promising some families tax relief… four years from now.

March 28, 2011

In BC today, Stephen Harper is promising some families tax relief… four years from now.
This is exactly the sort of cynical move Stephen Harper used to denounce. In 2005, Paul Martin promised to extend childcare funding to provinces over a decade and Stephen Harper declared: "He said he's going to extend his program for $10 billion over 10 years. Why not $100 billion over 100 years? In our system, you actually have to get a mandate from the people. You can't just declare that you're going to govern for 10 years," (Vancouver Sun, December 7, 2005)

While Harper’s asking families to wait for help, the unfair harmonized sales tax is making life more expensive today. Independent studies estimate that in British Columbia, the average family can be expected to pay an extra $480 in taxes this year alone. (David Murrell PhD, Impact of HST on Ontario and British Columbia Households, Canadian Centre for Policy Studies, p.3 )
Harper keeps denying his role in pushing the harmonized sales tax but his record speaks for itself:

• Harper proposed the idea: “Replacing remaining provincial retail sales taxes (RSTs) with value-added taxes harmonized with the GST is another area where provinces can contribute to strengthening Canada's Tax Advantage... Provincial sales tax harmonization is the single most important step provinces with RSTs could take to improve the competitiveness of Canadian businesses.” – Federal Budget 2008, p. 97
• Harper voted for it: “This government is in favour of harmonizing sales taxes with the provinces.” – Stephen Harper, House of Commons, Feb. 1, 2011
• His MPs defended it: “It's a politically courageous decision.” – Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, Peterborough Examiner, Mar. 27, 2009

Will Harper answer for the HST today? Or will he promise to fix it in 100 years?

Abbotsford NDP Candidate David Murray with Ed Broadbent at Halifax convention 2009

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