Yesterday, the Prime Minister described the Mike Harris government as “ultra-right”. Rather than labelling other people, the Prime Minister should be looking at his own record.
Over his long career in politics, he was involved in the War Measures Act. He was the hatchet man in the 1982 constitutional coup d'état. He was one of the key figures in the destruction of the Meech Lake Accord. He was involved in organizing the repression of a peaceful demonstration by students at Vancouver. He has cut $42 million from social programs. He has dipped into the employment insurance fund surplus to the tune of $20 billion, using it clandestinely to pay back part of the debt.
Worse still, the Prime Minister is the one who rejected outright the unanimous agreement by the provincial premiers to put money back into health care.
With a record like this, how can the Prime Minister still claim to be a Liberal?