We’re flush!
According to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre “our country is broke.” The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO),... The post We’re flush! first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
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A few more suggestions on how we move forward…
Following Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony, yesterday, I had a few suggestions on how we move forward. Below are those initial suggestions… Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should: confirm mistakes have been made…
This is Canada’s weather on climate change, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Any questions?
Thursday, March 3, 2016 It’s amazing how invisible climate change can be – how we feel...
Progressive voters favour independent assessment of Harper’s CETA trade deal: Poll
A new poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians reveals that progressive voters favour an independent assessment Harper’s controversial Canada-Europe Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The post Progressive voters…
Reforming the budget process #nlpoli
We already know that the provincial government won’t unveil its budget for the new year until late April or early May. That’s not as unusual as it might seem. In…
"Dirty Secrets From The Man Who Worked For Harper"
This needs to be watched by all Canadians concerned about our country’s future. Please circulate widely: H/t Operation Maple Recommend this Post
Canada Revenue Agency snubs Parliamentary Budget Officer
It may be hard to believe, but Canadians don’t know the difference between what the government is owed in taxes and what it collects. And we aren’t going to find…
Federal Court dismisses former PBO Kevin Page’s application
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The Federal Court of Canada has dismissed a request by former Parliamentary Budget Officer, Kevin Page, to clarify the office’s mandate. In his…
More Praise for Kevin Page
Readers of this blog will know that I have a deep and abiding respect for people of real integrity, those capable of moving beyond narrow self-interest to embrace ethics and…
The Face of Integrity
With a transcript of the extended interview. H/t Alex Himelfarb Recommend this Post
They Still Walk Among Us
I have always felt a deep, abiding respect and affection for people of integrity. During my career as an English teacher, I took special delight in teaching plays like Arthur…
Thomas Mulcair Wants A Stronger Parliamentary Budget Officer for Canada
The Official Opposition leader’s private members’s bill seeks to reign in the belligerent Harper Conservatives. By Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 25, 2013: The CBC News is reporting…
Is Chief Theresa Spence your 2012 newsmaker of the year? POLL
Is hunger striker Chief Theresa Spence, who entered Day 20 of her peaceful protest today, your 2012 newsmaker of the year? Is it the Idle No More movement? The Quebec…
Canada’s PBO Kevin Page Takes Harper Conservative Government To Court
Canada’s Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page has had enough of the Harper government’s lack of accountability and transparency, highlighted by it’s refusal to comply with his repeated requests for information…
Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer to take Harper Gvt to court
Make no mistake about it: Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is on a mission to save the soul of Canadian democracy. Kevin Page is proceeding with his earlier threat to…
More Harper Contempt for Transparency and Democracy
This story about Kevin Page’s relentless and noble ongoing attempts to extract information about the public service impact of government budget cuts from the secrecy-obsessed Harper regime appeared in today’s…
MPs in the dark about the billions in Conservative government spending
Now we know why Treasury Board President Tony Clement did not think twice before spending $50-million of G8 funds in his Muskoka riding. Why Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page threatened…
Michael Harris Laments Democracy’s Yoke Under Harper
With the specter of the Parliamentary Budget Officer taking the Clerk of the Privy Council to court, a momentous question looms over our public affairs: will the Harper government answer…
Tory Revenge on Page
Well, that didn’t take long. Recommend this Post
Here There Be Heroes
No matter what age we may attain, I doubt that we ever lose our need for heroes. Certainly, as we grow up, the definition of hero must mature, changing from…