Phil Phakes Phamily Tax Cuts

As mentioned before in this blog, Phil brags about helping Canadian families. But the Conservatives will give tax cuts to large corporations right now while waiting FIVE YEARS before giving tax cuts to hard-working families.

This is a non-partisan blog (although obviously we don't like Phil McColeman). However sometimes a politician has a quote so good that we can't not repeat it. From Michael Ignatieff:

"It's like, if you come up to a family and you say, 'I've got good news. First, I'm going to cut taxes for the biggest and most profitable corporations in the country. And then maybe in five years, if you take a ticket and you're patient and you vote for us a couple of times, come back in five years and we'll do something really great for you’"

Phil helping families? Don't buy it for a second.

Phil Finally Decides to Communicate with Constituents

Phil McColeman was elected to office in 2008 and only  three years later has decided to start a Twitter account. Most other politicians have used Twitter for ages as a quick and effective way to communicate with the public.

Phil should have started using Twitter long ago. All competent politicians did. It's only now that it's election time that Phil has decided to use this tool to communicate with Brantfordians.

"Who is this guy and why is he standing behind me?"

Image taken from Phil's website.

Phil Pretends to Care About Seniors

Phil McColeman likes to brag about helping families and specifically helping seniors.

But does he actually help seniors? While it's true that the Conservatives are increasing seniors' benefits by a small amount, and the Conservative bragging doesn't index the increases to inflation. According to one seniors' advocate,

"The announcements don't amount to a great deal. It's not nothing, but it's close to nothing."

What's worse than not caring about seniors? Pretending to care about seniors just to win a few votes.

[Phil doesn't really care about this impoverished grandparent.]

Phil Abuses His Position Once Again

Phil is notorious for abusing his position as MP. Remember the time he posed with Government of Canada cheques signed with his own name? Remember the time he put his own name on the Canadian flag?

Now the Brant Conservative website is advertising the Conservative Party by linking to Government of Canada websites! The Government of Canada is more than just Phil McColeman. It is a system of government paid for by the Canadian taxpayer. It is inappropriate for the website to use those links for self-promotion. Shame.

New Look, New Address, New MP!

We've redesigned Dump Phil – hope you like it! Our readers may have also noticed that we've moved from our old web address to <www.DumpPhil.ca>. During the election we'll be updating the blog very frequently, so stop by often.

During the election please forward this blog to your friends and family. As this blog has documented, Phil has been an awful MP. He's probably a nice guy but he's no good at politics. It's time for him to go. Brant can do better.

Nonsense Non-sequitur

Once again Phil has embarrassed his constituents. In Parliament, he started asking a question about the economy (substantive policy!) and wound up asking a question about an NDP-Liberal-Bloc coalition (partisan idiocy…). Here's his full quote:

"Mr. Speaker, these are the items the NDP has been asking for over the course of budget consultations: enhance the GIS for low-income seniors; employment insurance… We have delivered on all of these.

There has been much talk about the coalition. Will the leader of the fourth party be forming a coalition should the result of an election be a minority government?"

If there is an election, let's not waste this opportunity to dump Phil.