With news of a death by friendly fire in Iraq, one can pretty much imagine how this is going to become the fodder of QP over the coming days – much of it likely to be condemnation about a mission where these special operations forces were never supposed to be near the front lines in the first place, and a government that will be urging patience for the outcome of the investigations into just what happened that night when our troops came under fire. To add insult, the Kurdish forces took to their local media to blame the Canadians for the incident, but there are already dissenting reports, saying that their version doesn’t fit with the facts on the ground, including the maxim that “special forces don’t freelance” – hence why the government will be urging calm until an investigation happens. Just don’t hold your breath when it comes to requests not to politicise this death, because we’ve already crossed that line.
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Roundup: PBO declares the cupboard bare
The Parliamentary Budget Officer appeared before the Commons finance committee yesterday, and said that after the new sorta-income-splitting Family Tax Credit rollout that there won’t be any fiscal room for any further permanent tax cuts or spending measures. In other words, the cupboard is bare (and still reliant on further austerity to keep the budget in balance). Kevin Milligan gives a more detailed breakdown of what all of the family tax credits mean, while Stephen Gordon once again says what needs to be said, especially with what this means for the next election:
Beast. Starved. MT @davidakin: Latest from @PBO_DPB post-FTC. Short version: Fiscal cupboard cleaned out by PMSH: http://t.co/2DwOxNDiBx
— Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) November 3, 2014
If oppo wants to campaign on more spending, oppo will also have to campaign on tax increases. And not just on corps and/or the 1%, either.
— Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) November 3, 2014