Peter MacKay, Always the Last to Know

Poor Pete. When the spotlight turned to him about the upcoming budget and gas tax relief, he thought he had all the answers.

"There are discussions about that right now, and we have a budget coming and we're getting all kinds of submissions ... on what to cut and what not to cut," Mr. MacKay said.

"The truth of the matter is higher gas prices – that's going to be something that we're going to have to get used to." This from his boss, PM Harper hours after Mr. MacKay made the statement.Oopss.

Many are trying to take the Tories to task on this issue. It wasn't so long ago that they were the biggest supporters of cutting the tax on tax, hidden your fill-up fees. Now when pressed on the matter the PM returned to the upcoming cut to the GST as apseudoo relief (that is GST on gas after all). Truth be told, most economists agree that cutting the tax on tax or 1% off the federal tax show similar results. Not a heck of a lot back in our pockets.

Budgets or Belinda, poor Pete seems to be the last in the information food chain, in opposition or cabinet.