VICTORIA – As the federal parliament slid once again into partisan mayhem, former finance minister John Manley was on CBC television, making me wish he would bring his voice of reason back to Ottawa.
Liberal and NDP supporters had been taking turns with accusations that the Conservatives’ corporate tax cuts only help the rich.
“That’s stuff that we used to hear in the ’70s,” Manley said.
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