Stephen Harper celebrating the success of his pork barrel program
What is the better way of celebrating than singing?
Pork Barrel
Mike Duffy Celebrating
Thanks to Harper’s Pork Barrel program Mike Duffy can drink all the beer he can and eat as much pork chops and bacon he desires.
Pork Barrel Audit 3: No Evidence of Political Favouritism at Atlantic Innovation Fund
My third Pork Barrel audit moves over to the Atlantic to look at another of the regional granting organizations, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). Although the ACOA board is…
Pork Barrel Update: Harper Regime Still Distributing Money Fairly to Opposition Ridings… Sort Of
Most of the government met its required deadline of May 31st to publish last quarter’s reports of contributions over $25,000 to organizations across the country. The Sixth Estate Pork Barrel…
Pork Barrel Audit 2: FedDev Ontario’s Prosperity Initiative Gives Preferentially to Conservative Ridings
As promised, the second installment in my new series of Pork Barrel audits involves the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (aka FedDev). This initiative got into the news…
HRSDC Disabilities Funding Diverted to Conservative Ridings: Sixth Estate Opens Investigation of HRSDC Granting Programs
Two months ago, the NDP came forward with allegations that Human Resources Minister Diane Finley was channelling money in the Enabling Accessibility Fund, a project which gives out grants to…
Conservatives Defund National Welfare Council to Fund Ministers’ Friends
Well, not directly. But I can’t help noticing that the $1 million which the Diefenbaker-era National Council of Welfare would have used next year to publish its regular reports on…
Sixth Estate Pork Barrel Updated: Government Still Evenhanded
After last year’s election, one of the projects I started was the Pork Barrel, which uses the govermnent’s quarterly Proactive Disclosure files to estimate whether the government is giving out…