Liberal government moves to repeal controversial union laws Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk meets reporters on Parliament Hill at 10:15 a.m. ET CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2016 10:08 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 28, 2016 10:13 AM ET … Continue reading →
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The Disaffected Lib: Paul Martin Gives Tommy Angry Beard a Well-Deserved Kick in the Ass.
Paul Martin was the finance minister who plucked the federal government from the brink of fiscal chaos. It was a tough time for all including the provinces, even the Canadian Forces, but he balanced the budget and paid down $90 billion of our national debt. He kept the bankers in
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Here’s One Way to Fund Badly Needed Infrastructure Projects
It’s the Colorado way – weed. Since legalizing the production, sale and recreational use of marijuana the state has been raking in a tidy sum in new excise taxes. Colorado’s marijuana users are helping to buy new roofs, boilers and security upgrades for public schools across the state as the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Will The Harper Promise Of Tax Breaks Continue To Seduce Canadians?
Recently, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne called upon the Harper regime to commit $12 billion annually in infrastructure funding. This request takes on even greater urgency in light of the challenges we are and will be facing as we reap the consequences of climate change. Fiance Minister Joe Oliver’s response: Wynne’s
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Harper is Letting Canada Crumble
It’s an urgent, trillion-dollar threat that Harper thinks we should throw $50-billion dollars at over ten years. Hint: He should have made a $50-billion down payment on it in his stimulus budget in 2009. Stephen Harper is thinking of funding a $50-billion/10-year infrastructure programme. That money won’t even
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: IMF Calls on Cameron Tories to Change Course
Britain’s Conservative Cameron government are the High Priests of bone-crushing austerity. David Cameron and his gaggle of privileged Saville Row suiters are not interested in sparing the lash when it comes to Britain’s weak and vulnerable. Meanwhile, Steve Harper looks on with fawning admiration at everything he wishes he could
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