Just a little follow up to my last blogpost done very early this AM: I sometime have gotten frustrated at the media explaining the Conservatives “in and out” electoral scheme as being “complex”. This is the media narrative the Conservatives want and have been pushing themselves (in addition of course to the false statement that “other parties do it too”) in order to confuse the public.
Over at Impolitical, she explains very clearly in 2 sentences or less what the “In and Out” scheme is about:
…the federal Conservatives targeting unused local budgets across the country by moving funds in-and-out leads to additional untold millions in a national spending advantage for Conservatives. And that’s a violation of the equal playing field electoral rules we have.
That’s all there is to it. Very simple, and one the other parties should be pushing over and over again to the public. I believe one would call this the KISS explanation of “in and out”.
(The link inside her explanation, if you’re wondering, shows how they get that spending advantage. A tad longer, but worth reading).
The Tories are doing it again, according to CTV, four more witness’s did not show up (probably…. told not to)!
They would not be guilty…would they……what are they afraid of ?