Budget a disappointment - Karygiannis

tarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-OTTAWA – The Honourable Jim Karygiannis, Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt, expressed his disappointment in Budget 2011 which was delivered yesterday by the Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty.

“This Budget is just smoke and mirrors.  It appears to do things for people, but it fails to deliver.” said Mr. Karygiannis.  “The increase in the Guaranteed Income Supplement sounds good at $600.00 a year, but not so good at a $1.64 per day.  That won’t even buy a large coffee at Tim Hortons.”


Budget 2011 does not mention the cost of the Conservative government’s core spending priorities – new mega-prisons and untendered stealth fighter jets, while running a record deficit of over $56 billion. 

“Harper and Flaherty are spending more on prisons, fighter jets and advertizing than they are on students, seniors and crime prevention.” Mr. Karygiannis stated.  “The Budget is all about big toys for big boys.  It does not deal with the daily reality facing Canadian families.”

-Margot Doey-Vick, Media Relations
Office of the Hon. Jim Karygiannis, P.C., M.P.
Scarborough-Agincourt