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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Continuing with the theme of strange Conservative travel plans noted yesterday...it seems a little odd that Jim Flaherty just went to Kandahar with Junior MacKay. There was a spending announcement, so I guess ostensibly, that would be the rationale for Flaherty's attendance. But didn't see one word uttered by Flaherty on the trip in any of the coverage though. Just along for the photos, I suppose.Maybe...
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Canadian Cynic (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
Our precious Cons like to beep and squeak with mighty gusts from their hindward breezers about the power and certitude of the free market, solution to all of life's troubles. Anyone who has the will to look, has seen that indeed the market does act swiftly and surely when confronted with economic news, either dire or delighting. When a company exceeds projections there are bonuses and dividends, celebration...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
It is the season to fool the electorate again. So why not seniors first, as they may forget and forgive soon. The Harper government and Jim Flaherty went back on their promise not to impose income tax on Trust Funds. Flaherty flared and imposed that tax and the Toronto exchange went into a tizzy. Every senior who had money in Income Trusts as a nest-egg suffered serious losses in thousands, if not...
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David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Why, just this morning, Jim Flaherty, the federal Finance Minister and a sworn enemy of paying for anything remotely resembling a boondogle, just cut a $460,000 cheque, on behalf of his colleague Josée Verner, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, to the Textile Museum of Canada. The Textile Museum of Canada will use this $460,000 to create a section on its Web site called "In Touch: Connecting Cloth,...
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The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Vancouver Province CTV Seventeen months ago, the minister of finance, Jim Flaherty, stood in the House of Commons, and said, “Mr. Speaker, we in this House are the stewards of the greatest country in the world. As I stand in this historic chamber, I cannot help but think of the generations to come. Our actions today will create the [...]
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
While the Harper government was busy axing money to leftist infested arts groups last week, Peter MacKay was generously doling out the pork in his home province as fast as diminutive Finance Minister Jim Flaherty can say, âThis is not a time for excessive spending.â $12 million here, $6 million there, and so on â [...]
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Numerous leftist commentators stated that one of the goals of the Paul Martin/Jim Flaherty tax cuts was to eventually cripple the fiscal capacity of the Canadian state to impact positively on the economy. [Kinda sick how the great liberal progressive Paul Martin Jr.'s policies flow so seamlessly into the terrible, retrograde Tory Jim Flaherty's 'eh?]"Tut-tut!' Said Flaherty. As the folks at PEF quote...
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Accidental Deliberations (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
The Globe and Mail reports that the governmental mismanagement reflected in Jim Flaherty's early-year deficit is now accompanied by news of the country's worst job losses since...the last time a Conservative government was in power. And yet the Cons apparently think their economic management is somehow a positive, rather than one of the strongest indications that they're woefully unfit for office....
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
It’s not a secret that the federal Conservative government doesn’t particularly like Ontario right now. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s statement a few months ago that he couldn’t think of any reason for businesses to invest in the province of Ontario is one famous example. You would think however, that in ridings where they [...]
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The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
What should the Conservatives do with the $4.25-billion windfall from the wireless auction? Industry Minister Jim Prentice said the cash might go to tax cuts, debt repayment or even spending programs. Of course, Jim Prentice is not the Finance Minister,...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Canadians can expect more tax cuts – but not this year as economic woes put a strain on Ottawa's coffers, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says.
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The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
From Bourque comes this CTV report: "Expect no major tax cuts or spending initiatives in the coming year from the federal Conservative government, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Wednesday... The government intends to continue to reduce spending and debt, he...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Jim Flaherty is at it again. Locking the barn door after the horses have bolted, so to speak. The thing is, it was Mr. Flaherty who spooked the horses in the first place. At the height of the real estate boom (or bubble, as many are now call it), he allowed government-backed mortgages to extend amortization periods to 40 years with a zero down payment (the 0/40 option). These mortgages are government-backed...
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David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Here's the blurb from the Liberal campaign: Mr. Valeriote and Mr. Brison took specific aim at Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who earlier this year told a business audience that Ontario is “the last place” to invest.... He's up against NDP candidate Tom King -- he of CBC's Dead Dog Café fame -- as well as city councillor and Conservative candidate Gloria Kovach and the Green Party's environment...
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Werner Patels (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Finance minister Jim Flaherty gives fair advance warning: Canadians should not expect big tax cuts or big spending this year, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Wednesday. Flaherty made the comments to reporters at the Conservative Party caucus meeting in Lévis, Que. Then what exactly is the purpose of electing a party that is supposed to be about small government and less tax? The Conservatives...
