Harper Sells Austerity in Davos
Submitted on January 31, 2012
By Duncan Cameron - January 31, 2012
When Harper was in Davos, Switzerland, last week to address the World Economic Forum, he did not talk about the subject of the conference...or address concerns about regulation of international banking, or global trade and payments imbalances. Instead he presented his austerity plan for Canada...Going to Switzerland to announce his intentions to attack seniors served domestic purposes. There were no opposition politicians, or interested Canadians, around to react quickly to the news...that Harper was ready to raise the age eligibility for Old Age Security to 67 from 65.
