May 12, 2009
Both Liberals and Conservatives hope to deflect their inability to manage Canada by entertaining voters with political scandal. Former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney testified taking cash payments is probably not the best business practices to have. While new upcoming political hottie, Liberal MP Dr Ruby Dhalla has learned paying nannies in cash is also [...]
Both Liberals and Conservatives hope to deflect their inability to manage Canada by entertaining voters with political scandal.
Former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney testified taking cash payments is probably not the best business practices to have. While new upcoming political hottie, Liberal MP Dr Ruby Dhalla has learned paying nannies in cash is also not the brightest of business decision.
Mulroney admitted Tuesday, May 12 that he collected over two hundred thousand in cash from a German businessmen. Mulroney never declared this amount ... Read More
Mar 27, 2009
Excellent essay from Straight Goods, one of the oldest progressive online Canadian news magazines. Is this true? Do people believe the Liberals have become the Conservatives? I believe this is true. Or least they’re working on avoiding all issues. And vote for Harper when they think their supporters aren’t watching.
At first the situation was merely pathetic. Canada re-elected Stephen Harper while America was in the process of electing Barack Obama. That was bad enough.
Now it's getting worse. First came the coalition fiasco — all of which could have been averted had the NDP explicitly offered the possibility of a coalition during the election campaign. Then the Liberals chose the most conservative of leadership candidates, Michael Ignatieff, mostly through attrition and a lack of viable alternatives.
Ignatieff is doing nothing to counter the ... Read More
Mar 26, 2009
A return to balanced books long after the Libs are in office. 2015 that’s a long way away for a political party to make predictions. Especially one half way through a four year mandate.
Ontario will rack up a record $14.1-billion deficit in 2009 as it commits billions to infrastructure projects and job retraining aimed at pulling the province out of a recession, provincial Finance Minister Dwight Duncan revealed on Thursday in the tabling of his $108.9-billion budget.
The fiscal plan also proposes corporate tax cuts to ease costs for struggling businesses and stimulate investment in Ontario’s sagging economy, which has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs in recent years.
The budget forecasts a deficit of $3.9 billion ... Read More
