August 27, 2015
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is the first major party leader to participate in a Facebook Q&A, in a format that allowed for carefully crafted answers — but also unscripted questions and criticism from voters.
Most of the questions he chose to answer were about the economy — one of the top election issues given ongoing concerns over a Canadian recession and world market volatility.
As he has said repeatedly on the campaign, Mulcair vowed to “put middle-class families first,” with help for small businesses and the manufacturing industry.
He said an NDP government would lower the tax rate for small- and medium-sized business from 11 per cent to nine per cent.
Read More: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/tom-mulcair-first-federal-leader-to-engage-in-facebook-q-a-1.2535985
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