Trade

Last week, I said that Canada desperately needs leadership on the economy. I also complained and that Stephen Harper’s lack of concern for our economic well-being and failure to release a platform didn’t instill confidence. On Tuesday, the Conservatives finally produced their plan with less than a week to go before election day.

I’ve studied the economic portions of the Conservative Platform and have come to conclusion that Preston Manning was right when he said that Stephen Harper was like the captain of a ship in “stormy economic seas”. But, far from promising to assuredly navigate the country through the rough waters ahead, the Conservative Platform evokes an image of Harper as a helpless sailor desperately trying to bail water out of his leaky ship.