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Archive of entries posted on 29th April 2008

Bloc the original In-and-Outers: Thompson

Posted by Joanne on 29 April 2008, 11:03 pm

H/T to National Newswatch for this one – The Original in and out election financing .

Elizabeth Thompson had an ‘aha’ moment today:

…Listening today to one Bloc Québécois MP after another get up to denounce "in and out" financing and praise Elections Canada, those bells started to ring even louder.
The term "in and out" in connection with election financing was first used by my former colleague and classmate Andrew McIntosh to describe a lucrative arrangement cooked up by the Bloc to take advantage of a loophole in election financing laws to extract the maximum amount of taxpayer-funded refunds from Elections Canada. We might never have heard about it if Bloc MP Jean-Paul Marchand hadn’t balked at the obligation to spend the maximum amount possible on his campaign in the 2000 election, prompting a court case, a scandal and a decision to close the loophole…

Quite amusing in view of the Bloc’s fawning confidence motion .

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Update : The Trusty Tory has been doing a great job tracking the hypocrisy of the opposition parties on this matter – Hypocritical Party of Canada .

More at Sandy’s with links to Andrew Coyne and Hunter .

Jack’s Newswatch – Tories Blast Elections Canada .

Filed under Canadian Politics, Hypocrisy.
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Who do you trust to handle Canada’s economy?

Posted by Joanne on 29 April 2008, 11:48 am

Reader Rich feels that we’re wasting too much precious time talking about Brenda Martin . Instead, he would like to focus on the economy. Sounds like a good plan to me.

Just to get started, here’s his comment:

"Joanne; Enough of BM rantings, I would like to get an opinion on the state of Canada’s economy.

The LPC keep harping on their 8 (eight) balanced budgets and 8 years of surpluses and critize the CPC for bringing Canada to the brink of deficit. If a government continually does this it usually means that the Canadian people are overtaxed to the max with no services provided. Services like the Canadian Armed forces, Cities Infrastructure, Highways & bridges. Under the LPC what we got was spending of 2 billion dollars to an ineffective gun registry, HRC commissions, CPP that do nothing for the majority of Canadians.

The CPC believe that they are the stewards of tax payers money and if there is any left over after providing for necesaary services, it should be returned to the tax payer in the form of refunds. I for one am glad for the handling of the economy."

Thoughts???

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Update : Ontario will be a have-not province:TD !!!

Campbell’s closing in Listowel, Ontario – The Have-not Province?

And from the Record :

…Falling to have-not status is an important psychological barrier for Canada’s largest province, Drummond added.

"It gives the signal that Ontario is not the mighty king of the economy anymore,” he said. "It’s one of the weaker partners, but again it’s not so much Ontario’s being weak as the other provinces are really roaring along.”

So…. Is it Jim Flaherty’s fault for slagging Ontario or Dalton’s for not listening to his advice ?

Thursday Update : Carbon Tax a fuels paradise . – Lorrie Goldstein .

And from the Post : How Stephen Harper ruined our national balance sheet – Ralph Goodale .

Filed under Canadian Politics, economy.
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