Nothing sacred after Harper-Flaherty attack on the CPP

From the Catch 22 Harper Conservatives, this.

The Harperites saved their best kick in the gut for Canadians this year ‘till the last month of the year.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty lied and stickhandled his way to another victory for the neo-Conservatives who run the country by undermining and betraying Canadians’ retirement security.

“Flaherty has dumped the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and put all Canadians at the mercy of the banks, mutual fund and insurance industries,” said an enraged Sid Ryan, who led a group of activists occupying Flaherty’s office in Whitby.

http://rabble.ca/news/2010/12/finance-ministers-office-occupied-ont…

Less than a month earlier, Flaherty stood in front of Canada’s labour leaders and members pledging support for an expanded CPP as the vehicle through which to ensure retirement security.

But days before the slippery, smiling Flaherty met with provincial Finance Ministers, he announced that any improvements to the CPP would have to be postponed. The provinces capitulated, and Harper’s boy got approval to proceed with setting up the Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP).