Honourable Iggy thinks our PM is playing games again.  According to Lord Ig, Mr. Harper has no respect for Parliament because he’s letting a few choice budget details slip out beforehand. Before we all get our shorts in a knot, let’s not forget that this budget slippage scenario was I believe (correct me if I’m wrong) started by none other than … Paul Martin.

Mind you, Paul’s strategy was meant to gently stoke the peace loving natives and booming markets of our great Dominion – in times of plenty. Mr. Harper’s may well be designed to divide and conquer them. A measly $1-billion for displaced workers. Buzz Hargrove wanted that for the auto sector alone. Sure enough, he’s turning the air blue on the phone already.  But who is he talking to?  Is it smilin’ Jack and his blinkered bunch of budget busters. Or is it Iggy – Buzz’s future boss when he finally pursues his political career.

Meanwhile here in Quebec, Gilles Duceppe and Pauline Marois watch gleefully as their approval ratings climb – for doing diddly squat. And Premier Charest looks for another way to suck more dough out of the federal coffers to keep his propped up. God only knows where it all goes. Our provincial health care system is abysmal, our taxes outrageous, water pipes are bursting in air and we’re decades behind the R.O.C. on more than one portfolio.

As our federal political minions sharpen their talons in preparation for the January 27th cockfight and posture parade, let’s hope this budget clearly delineates a made in Canada stimulus that befits our above average fiscal stature and below average entrepreneurial spirit.

No handouts without accountability! No tax cuts without parity! And above all. No coalition without an election!

Allow me to squawk in support of the many small business owners and entrepreneurs out there like me. Our future is clear during tougher times. Work harder and smarter – or die. That’s what got us through the ’81 and ’91 recessions. No government handouts, no retraining, no UI, no health or dental plan and no sympathy. After all, how could we be so stupid to take such a risk!

So I’m not expecting anything from a stimulus budget. Quite frankly, I don’t think it will work anyway.

Despite the dance fever it is sure to inspire.

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