Prime Minister Paul Martin Announces Money For Progressive Blogging

CALGARY – CalgaryGrit today thanked the federal government for a recent $660,000 blogging grant. The grant was part of Ralph Goodale’s announcement of 23 million dollars in support for progressive bloggers, one of 78 spending announcements he made on Thursday.

“This move was in no way related to the upcoming election,” said Goodale. “I’ve been working on this file for six months.” Goodale’s other recent spending announcements have included $342 million in arts funding, $29 million to help Happy Valley Newfoundland diversify its economy, and $270,000 for Toronto’s Beta Shoe Museum.

“I don’t think this will hurt Paul’s reputation as sound money manager,” said CalgaryGrit writer Bart Ramson. “This is the kind of valuable legislation that will die because of Stephen Harper’s unholy alliance with the separatists and socialists to force a Christmas election on Canadians.”

Despite this, Conservative leader Stephen Harper maintains the Conservatives will not cancel this spending announcement if elected.