1. Many of the very right-wing conservatives want to get rid of the Liberals altogether. This twitter post on march 20, 2012 (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=177168012401326&set=a.109769852474476.11221.100003243845287&type=1&theater ) explains that, as well as the book "Harperland" (http://www.straight.com/article-351602/vancouver/prime-minister-control). Attack ads (smearing) of Michael Ignatieff, Stephane Dion and now Bob Rae have nothing to do with what's best for the country. It has nothing to do about Canada what so ever. Shouldn't a political party, especially one that is the Canadian Government, spend their energy on Canada as a whole, not one individual.
2. Fueling voter apathy. The Conservatives will talk about the fact the number of voters increased in the last election, while leaving out the real fact that the 2011 election had the 3rd lowest voter turnout in Canadian History. If you look at the Elections Canada stats on past elections, ( http://www.elections.ca/
4. Some say that releasing the attack ad on the day of the by-election in Toronto-Danforth is significant. Yes it is...because the media would be reporting the by-electon which favours the Opposition parties. Of course the Conservatives did not want the Opposition parties to have all the attention...this was the Conservatives chance to get some media coverage. Besides, the Conservatives were quoted as saying that this by-election was for the "Liberals to lose".
So in response to the actual content of the ad...
When the Mike Harris Conservatives took over from the Bob Rae NDP's in the 90's, they made major cuts to education, Health Care, and other social programs and they left the current Ontario Liberals with a $5.6 Billion hidden deficit. For the first three years after Mike Harris the Ontario Liberals had balanced budgets. The Liberals under Chretien and Martin had balance budgets, created surpluses and actually paid down national debt. The Federal Conservatives created the LARGEST Deficit in Canadian History of $55.6 Billion and had taken a surplus of Employment Funds and created a deficit of $8.8 Billion deficit with no EI emergency funds.
Basically...The Conservative Party of Canada are hypocrites and don't really care about ALL Canadians.
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