Canadians may remember Paul Martin’s pledge upon becoming Finance Minister that he would eliminate the government’s deficit, “come hell or high water. He fulfilled that promise mainly by slashing support for health care and other social programs, giving Canadians in the process painful doses of both hell and high water. And long after slaying the deficit, he used the subsequent budget surpluses to fund tax cuts for the richest Canadians and to make unprecedented payments on the debt—instead of putting the excess billions into repairing the devastation done to the nation’s social foundations.
This book looks at Paul Martin’s record on every major policy front. Canadians will find the information in this book invaluable as they weigh their current and future decisions as voters, taxpayers, and concerned citizens.
The CCPA is Canada’s leading organization for articulating progressive, positive social policy reform. Ever constructive and independent, the CCPA’s respected voice has helped produce substantial results in the movement for true democracy and equality of opportunity that all Canadians can support.
— David Eby, Executive Director
BC Civil Liberties Association