TSX NEW RECORD HIGH!

[silverback]

What do you suppose it is like to be on the outside of a business for 13 or more years and then finally get a chance to run the thing? How much info do you think has been kept under some beaurocrat's paper pile that was not public knowledge? What would be worse, letting investors and taxpayers start paying the taxes of these companies or coming out and acknowledging that this is getting out of hand? What do you think would have happened if the big banks decided to convert to trusts? How many tax dollars do they send into the federal coffers? Billions!

I am mad that I didn't sell some of the things I thought I should before Oct 31 too, but that was my greed. I am still up from where they started and for that I am thankful. I am also thankful that I do not have all of my money in trust units. That would have been stupid, IMHO.

Did they lie to us? Perhaps, but I also think that the situation was changing rapidly from where it was in the recent past and for that I will not get too crazy.

[cowman]

I won't go into this a lot because I am fairly ignorant on the "trust fund" thing.
All I know is it really hurt a lot of oil and gas companies, and we still will deal with that fallout? The fact is this country is belly up if the oil and gas industry goes into a tail spin? You really can't argue that.
The income trusts were basically established for oil and gas? The "johnny comes latelys" saw this as an opportunity to get in on the action? TELUS, BC TEL, the banks etc.?
High risk business needs innovative investment opportunities? The dogs that screw us really don't? Thus (scummy) TELUS and the scummy banks saw an opportunity to move in and screw the system?
No two ways about it...Harper lied! He lied to the Canadian investor and the Canadian taxpayer... and he should surely pay a price? A liar is a liar and no amount of BS will alter that fact!
The oil and gas industry is not that happy with Mr. Harper today!