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Mid-Week Musings
Can you feel that warm front of hope drifting up from Washington DC? No? Not yet? Well, regardless, here are a few random news stories that caught my eye today: 1) For anyone preparing for their SATs, here’s a handy word association to keep in mind: Sheila Fraser is to Paul Martin as Kevin Page […]
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Alberta’s NDP Budget
Those outside of Alberta may have missed it, but something truly remarkable happened in our province yesterday (no, not the snow storm or the Flames win – both small miracles in their own right). Remember the complaints by some on the right about Flaherty’s 6-8% increase in spending? Well, yesterday, Lyle Oberg brought in the […]
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Random News
1) Andrew Coyne is waging one heck of a crusade against the Tory budget and I must say – give me a sword! When this guys picks an issue to feel passionate about, you do not want him against you. –Tuesday’s Column –Wednesday’s Column -And a link to Jack Mintz’s critique of the ever expanding […]
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The Official Budget Response
Scott Feschuk is a friggin’ genius (hat tip OOL)
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Bloggers Hotstove
I was on a special post-budget edition of the Bloggers Hotstove this week with Tasha Kheirriddin and Antonio DiDomizio. If you don’t want to listen to the whole thing, it can be broken into three parts: 1. Tasha makes some very smart comments on the budget. 2. Antonio and I bicker about the fiscal imbalance […]
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Budget 2007
I know most of my fellow Libloggers will classify today’s budget as everything from “a disaster” to “the end of Canada”. Personally, I’d say it’s not bad. I mean, with the Canadian economy in the shape it’s in, it’s hard to deliver a bad budget. Harper resisted the urge to go down the typical conservative […]
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Monday News Roundup
Daveberta has the run down on the new legislative session in Edmonton and the performance of Mr. Ed thus far. Speaking of which, Stelmach says he’s not ready to pick a fight with Ottawa over the new equalization scheme but I’m guessing Danny Williams won’t be quite so nice. There weren’t many leaks for the […]