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PBO report card shows municipalities will be left holding the bag on infrastructure projects
Posted by sitemaster in Accountability, Conservatives, Employment, Taxes, The Economy on August 9, 2010
OTTAWA, August 9, 2010 – A report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer today shows that delays by the Harper government in getting infrastructure stimulus funding out the door means municipalities – and, ultimately, the local taxpayer – could be left having to pay for millions of dollars worth of projects, Liberal Infrastructure Critic Gerard Kennedy said. Read on »
Busy Tony Clement is alienating voters
Posted by sitemaster in Accountability, Conservatives, Employment, Jobs, Science & Technology, The Economy on July 22, 2010
Carol Goar, The Toronto Star, July 21, 2010
Tony Clement is rapidly alienating large swaths of the population.
Folks in his goody-strewn riding of Parry Sound Muskoka think he’s a fine politician. But across the country, a large — and growing — segment of the electorate blames the industry minister for throttling Statistics Canada, allowing foreign acquisitors to pick off Canadian companies, chopping federal funding for dozens of tourist attractions and using last month’s world leaders’ meetings to funnel $50 million into his constituency. Read on »
Oil sands deal gives China crucial veto on exports
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Energy, Environment, Jobs, The Economy on April 15, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Gordon Pitts, Globe and Mail, Apr. 13, 2010
Sinopec’s $4.6-billion deal to acquire a minority stake in the Syncrude oil-sands plant would give the Chinese state-controlled company a veto over the crucial decision of whether the company should upgrade more oil in Alberta or export raw bitumen for processing. Read on »
Low expectations? Feds want to move Canada from 9th place to 10th on economy
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Employment, Jobs, The Economy on April 8, 2010
By: Julian Beltrame, THE CANADIAN PRESS, in The Winnipeg Free Press, 8/04/2010
OTTAWA – The Harper government wants Canada to be No. 10 in the world in economic competitiveness.
It sounds like a lofty goal, except for one thing – we’re already No. 9. Read on »
What has changed in Ottawa in two months?
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Democracy, Liberals, Taxes, The Deficit, The Economy on March 2, 2010
by Andrew Coyne, Macleans Magazine, March 1, 2010
Parliament returns, to a changed political landscape. As late as mid-December, the Conservatives were still leading the Liberals by eight to 10 points. Two months and one prorogation later, the parties are statistically tied. Read on »
Analysis: Jim Flaherty’s sacred cows — corporate tax cuts
Posted by sitemaster in Taxes, The Deficit, The Economy on February 24, 2010
Les Whittington, Ottawa Bureau, The Toronto Star, February 24, 2010
OTTAWA–Faced with skyrocketing debts, the federal Conservatives say they will begin cutting spending on government programs in the March 4 budget. But the massive corporate tax cuts that are deepening Ottawa’s deficit hole every year will not be touched, officials say. Read on »
Government fails to protect smelting jobs as foreign company takes over: NDP
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Jobs, The Economy on February 23, 2010
The Canadian Press, February 23, 2010
OTTAWA — A New Democrat MP says the Conservative government should be holding foreign companies to their promises of economic benefits in return for allowing takeovers.
Instead, it’s letting Swiss-owned Xstrata shutter Ontario’s only copper smelter, without a complaint. Read on »
Canada to oppose global bank tax
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, The Economy on February 19, 2010
Kevin Carmichael, Ottawa — Globe and Mail Update,Published on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper intends to soon make clear that his government opposes a globally co-ordinated tax on banks as a way to curb the excesses that caused the financial crisis, a government official said Friday. Read on »
Briefing notes show Tories put branding above economic benefits: Liberal critic
Posted by sitemaster in Accountability, Conservatives, The Economy on February 18, 2010
By Mike De Souza, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 18, 2010. From the Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — The Harper government’s infrastructure plan is more about marketing and branding than it is about creating jobs and improving the economy, Liberal infrastructure critic Gerard Kennedy said Thursday in response to newly released federal documents. Read on »
Ignatieff outlines Liberal priorities in open letter to Harper
Posted by sitemaster in Aboriginals, Accountability, Canadian Armed Forces, Crime & Safety, Democracy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Pensions, The Economy on February 17, 2010
Please click here to read Michael Ignatieff’s open letter to Stephen Harper, dated February 15, 2010.
Where have all the policy-makers gone?
Posted by sitemaster in Energy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Science & Technology, The Economy on February 17, 2010
David Mitchell, The Globe and Mail, Published on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010
Think hard: What were the policy and governance highlights of the past decade? It’s a short list. Our federal government avoided the military intervention in Iraq, joined the war effort in Afghanistan and, largely in reaction to the sponsorship scandal in Quebec, was preoccupied by the internal processes of accountability.
In fact, pro-active policy-making within government has atrophied. Read on »
Liberals are working on a serious climate change plan for Canada
Posted by sitemaster in Environment, The Economy on February 4, 2010
February 4, 2010
Liberals are continuing their work on Parliament Hill today at a climate change forum that aims to fill the void left by the Harper Conservatives in the lead-up to the G8 and G20 meetings Canada is hosting.
“We’re calling for climate change to be on the agenda for this summer’s G8 and G20 meetings in Toronto and Huntsville,” said Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. “The environment will be the elephant in the room — and Canada should be leading the discussion, not hiding from it.” Read on »
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