Have a look at this posting by Conservative candidate Brian Abrams in Kingston and the Islands. I took the screen shot in the early morning hours of Oct. 1, 2008. Look at the very bottom where he attacks the carbon tax by using that "fact" the German unemployment rate is 12%. The number immediately struck me as high. In fact, you can easily check online that the German unemployment rate was 7.6% in September and 7.7% in August. Brian Abrams just made up his unemployment number out of the blue.
The link is here but who knows how long it will remain uncorrected.You know if Mr. Abrams is elected and if the Conservatives are returned to power, he may very well become a cabinet minister. Harper's bench is not very deep. Anything could happen.
With the economic storm clouds gathering, it would be a lot safer to send one less "economic fact fabricator" to Ottawa. Vote for Peter Milliken in Kingston and the Islands!
