What a difference a year makes, a year ago today the conservative party of Canada finally attained their long-sought majority mandate from Canadians. The conservatives were quick to act on several long-standing promises such as Abolishing the gun registry phasing out public subsidy for political parties ending the wheat board…
Next stop on The Debt Train
From Christina Blizzard The S&P warning and Moody’s credit downgrade are searing indictments of the McGuinty government’s nine years of reckless overspending. If there were a Ministry of Debt, it would be the third largest ministry – with a budget of $10.6 billion we’re paying in interest. I enjoy Christina…
The World is Watching Ontario
Yesterday from FP “We believe the province’s main credit challenges include its continuing weak budgetary and debt metrics and its challenging cost-containment plan required to achieve budgetary balance by fiscal 2018,” Today from Reuters “The downgrade of Ontario’s rating reflects the growing debt burden and the risks surrounding the province…
A Night of Steynamite in Toronto
Tonight the Toronto convention center should be rocking as the one-man global content provider Mark Steyn brings his unique brand of informative insight on current events and entertainment to the big smoke. Recently, I had the chance to finish Steyn latest book after America. It left me with a simultaneous…
Alberta’s Choice
By any standard tomorrow’s Alberta provincial election has the potential to be historic. In one of the final polls of the campaign Angus Reid shows the Wildrose winning a momentous mandate. From Prince Arthur Herald The rise of the Wildrose was made possible by the Tory drift. Formed by disenchanted…