Why is it that when it comes to government services we don’t ask how much. In Vancouver the good news is that a transit strike has been averted but few seem to care where the money’s going to come from.

At some point the shoe will drop for those concerned about affordable housing that government is the problem, not the solution. A 9.3% increase in property tax and utilities for home owners just might do that.

When it comes to business groups and economists, quiet talk amongst themselves making the link between investment to future prosperity isn’t near enough in the face of mainstream political parties pushing anti-investment policies that will crush our competitiveness along with economic growth.

We’ve hit a 61 year low in capital investment and yet we still have some people lobbying to increase taxes and make Canada even less attractive for economic growth and job creation.

It doesn’t get better than this. Canada now has a Minister of Middle Class Prosperity but it reminds us of Ronald Reagan’s famous warning – the 9 most terrifying words in the English language – “we’re from the government and we’re here to help.”