The Changes

Tax cuts in the land that loves taxes more than.... well more than anything! I must be dreaming!

More than Hedley loves to gross out people... More than Gore loves to talk about the poor drowning polar bears... More than Dorothy loves Toto! Yes Canadian politicians love to tax their constituents!

I was thrilled to read Sarah's post about the news that Insite will stay open for the next 18 months. Compared to the prospects that it might be closed altogether, that's progress.

But the decision smacks of politics. That 18-month window coincides a little too neatly with the likely window for the next election, and it's not too hard to conclude the Conservatives just wanted to push the issue aside until the vote is safely out of the way. This is, after all, the government that refused to make any announcements during the International Conference on AIDS, saying the environment was "too politicized"... which is another way of saying too many people were paying attention.