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Personal financial priorities may influence your voteelcome to another federal elec-The costs will be paid by increasing the whom to cast our ballot. We are human tion. Today we are going to talk corporate tax rates back to the 2010 levels. and multi-dimensional when it comes to Wpolitics. Surprisingly our politi-They will reduce the annual deficit; how-making some decisions. Dollarscal decisions are very similar to the deci-ever, there are no plans to eliminate it.The logical part of us wants to be finan-&sions we make about our own personal The Conservatives have a totally differ-cially responsible and pay off the debt. At financial planning. Its all about choices. ent approach. Their approach was outlined least, that is the theory.SenseThe ultimate decision can be equally in the recent Federal Budget. The However, we are also consumers. We difficult to make whether it is for your Conservatives wanted to restrain spending want to enjoy the pleasure of immediate By Peter Watsoncountry or your own finances.in favour of eliminating the deficit over the consumption. And therein lies the con-The Conservatives and Liberals have next five years. flict.done their part. They have given us the They announced some additional initia-When it comes to personal spending options of two fundamentally different extended sales process. The parties will tives, but they would delay the implemen-decisions the trend lately is to spend. approaches to running the country. That is promote their vision for Canada. For them tation of those initiatives until the books Individuals have abandoned their conser-the starting point in a democracy.it is an exhausting and expensive process. are balanced. Effectively, they are remind-vative ways of past decades, caught up to On Sunday Michael Ignatieff unveiled That is their role.ing us their fiscal priority is to eliminate and passed the spending habits of our the 94-page Liberal Red Book. The policies Our role is to make a decision. We vote. the deficit.American neighbours.have two purposes.We determine policy; and that is our So when considering the two federal So now we have to cast our vote. This First, it was their vision of setting responsibility. parties that Oakville voters have histori-year vote twice. spending priorities for the coming years. A suggestion is to use the next month to cally supported, you have two completely Once for the country and the future you Second, it was their political strategy to re-think your own financial and spending different approaches.see for Canada. And once for how you will defeat the Conservative government and priorities. Try and relate the political The Conservatives want to balance the set your own personal financial priorities.return to power by winning this federal options of spend or save to your own finan-books soon. The Liberals are offering addi- Submitted by Peter Watson, MBA, election.cial options to do the same.tional spending.CFP, R.F.P., CIM, FCSI. In 1991, Peter However, the real power is with us. It is The Liberals will spend now on educa-This is the same spend vs. save dilemma founded Peter Watson Investments in the voters who ultimately determine in tion, child care, the environment and that families are faced with on a continual Oakville. Peter can be reached at 905-842-what direction our country heads.other initiatives. All this will cost an addi-basis. 2100 or visit the website at www.peterwat-Consider the month of April as an tional $5.5 billion annually. As voters it can be a difficult decision for soninvestments. 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