Marc Lee peers into the future and sees Steven Harper’s Economic Advisory Council calling for tax cuts:

OK, there has been no such call. Yet. But mark my words, this panel will call for tax cuts as the federal government’s fiscal stimulus, and the government will deliver.

The Economic Advisory Council is not exactly a representative group. No labour representation, no Aboriginal reps, no one from the social or non-profit sector whatsoever. Thus, the groups most likely to be affected by the recession have no voice on this panel.

Here’s a list of the council members. With two exceptions, they’re all big business bigwigs — and the exceptions are Gordon Campbell’s former Finance Minister and an ex-head of the CD Howe Institute. Marc Lee points out that four of them are multi-billionaires. I mean, Jim freaking Pattison is a member.

People like them created the current economic crisis. People like them aren’t going to be hurt by it. So why is the government that “represents” us listening to people like them, instead of people like us — people who are going to be hurt by the recession?

Whose interests are being represented here?