Was that really an April Fools joke?
by Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor, April 8, 2004 It turns out that it was, but it could have fooled me. Actually it did fool me–I believed it right up until the time I learned it was a joke. On April 1, the lead item on Bourque Newswatch was that Prime Minister Paul Martin was going to announce that he would scrap the GST and then call an election. Sounded to me like something he would do. Let s face it: Martin has not gotten off to a good start since he was sworn in last December. Not only has he been plagued by scandals but he has shown that he lacks his predecessor s (or most other politician’s for that matter) ability to handle himself well in times of crisis. The guy upon whom it was ordained would lead the Liberal Party and be blessed with another Liberal majority, will now have to fight to keep the government in a minority position. As it was with his seeming ignorance of government expenditures when he was Minister of Finance, Martin spent so much time working to become prim
