#Budget2012 Analysis – Part 1 – Overview and Personal Thoughts
So it’s finally here: the budget and the 0day reaction to go with it. Or should we say reactions as they are all over the map? In any case, I’ve…
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Flaherty to seniors on #OAS
At the 1:30 mark and onwards, Flaherty gives an answer on his OAS age eligibility increase that is receiving some attention tonight. Two callers to the CPAC call-in show that…
Old Age Security changes confirmed in budget
Inspired by these stories: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/29/federalbudget-main.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/03/29/federalbudget-flaherty-penny-cent.html
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Looters in suits and ties
I once referred to the Conservatives as looters in suits and ties. I was thinking more of the economy at the time. It was a reference to the way the…
4400…Ottawa Boy Makes Good Ottawa Hates Boy
That is the way it works in this town. Ottawa has what Kylie Minogue calls the “Tall trees syndrome.” If you get too tall people in this city, actually just…
Saskatchewan Conservative Member of Parliament Says Hand Guns Should Be Given To All Teenage Girls!
“(Garry Breitkreuz) told a classroom of Ottawa high school students — some as young as 14 — that all Canadians should carry firearms, and girls in particular should be armed…
Forum Poll Post-Mulcair: 35% Con, 35% NDP
Forum seems to always lead the trends these days. The above numbers are the highest the NDP have been since the late ’80’s or early ’90’s, a good sign for…
4399…Stephen Harper’s Budget
He is going to screw old people out of two years of their pensions. He is going to buy some planes and build some jails. He is cutting back 115,000,000…
On the trail of the party crasher … and where’s Kevin Taft now that the Liberals really need him?
Third (or fourth) party leader Raj Sherman crashes Premier Alison Redford’s party this afternoon. Sheesh! Ms. Redford must be thinking: “Oh butt out, Raj!” Below: Kevin Taft; Dr. Sherman –…
Vindictive cuts break CBC promise and target Canadian culture
The federal budget singles out the CBC for vindictive cuts that break the Conservative’s election promise to maintain or increase funding to the national public broadcaster.
4398…St. Patrick’s High School Thunder Bay
Is Roman Catholic. The Roman Catholic Church, of which St. Patrick’s High School in Thunder Bay is a branch office, is officially, on the record, no doubt about it, anti-abortion,…
Best Laid Plans of Mice and Bloggers
Here I was planning to post on multitude of topics, including some stuff on breastfeeding, restraints, the duty to care, more twists and turns in the Amanda Trujillo case, the…
Generation X gets shafted – again
A recent study by PwC Canada of the Canadian banking sector found that Generation X – roughly defined as people born between 1961 and 1981, after the Baby Boom –…
Obligatory Budget Post
Today the NDP surpassed the Conservatives in the polls and the Chief Electoral Officer testified to a House of Commons committee about the potential electoral fraud in 200 ridings in…
Did voter suppression change the results of the NDP leadership election?
For the2012 NDP leadership vote to be considered legitimate, the NDP needs to employwhatever devices it can (including resort to Elections Canada and the RCMP) toput to bed the valid…
Canadian Federal Government Budget: A Lesson in Politics and a Day to be Sad
So, when the dust settles, and the lights turn off in the TV studios, all that will be left is you, me and a bunch of axed programs and projects…
Kremlinology 40: Word Search #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Go right through the 2012 federal budget. Look anywhere you want. Try the chapter that lists off energy projects and how the latest federal budget will help them. Note the…
redford orders mla’s to return pay, cancels transition allowance, and sherman crashes her party.
Premier Alison Redford has announced that Tory MLA’s will repay all the money they received from the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections (aka the “no-work” committee) and that MLA’s…
HEY HARPER!! Where’s All The Jobs That Your Billions In Corporate Tax Cuts Were Promised To Create?
Federal Budget …. Blah blah blah … Harper … you’re HORRIBLE! Giving Billions of dollars to Big Corporations = who simply moved the cash off shore or are sitting on…