More context for the Apps quote: “When Tories say we’re increasing taxes, damn right we are. We’re putting corporate taxes back up to where they were a year and a half ago, that’s it. [that’s all]” This is from yesterday’s Power & Politics on CBC…
Jack Layton was in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia yesterday touting a plan to help veterans. NDP MP Peter Stoffer is an NDPer in Nova Scotia running for re-election who is often touted as the NDP’s pro-military MP. Here is a list of his votes and absences…
At issue: CBC.ca has an article that outlines a report from Amnesty International aboutCanada’s changed role as leader on human rights. The headline? Amnesty slams Canada’s recent rights record And how does the CBC describe the report? Canada’s…
According to section 1.4.11 of the Bloc Quebecois platform: “Dans l’éventualité d’un P arlement sans majorité parlementaire, le Bloc Québécois se réserve la possibilité de soutenir une coalition de partis politiques, et ce, dans la mesure où le…
Coalition Accord See the last page of this agreement under “Term of this Accord” This Accord will expire on June 30, 2011 unless renewed. The Renewal date comes about two months after the election.
In the past, whenever I needed to refer to the coalition agreement that members of the Liberal caucus signed, I could just go to Liberal.ca and find it. However, imagine my surprise when I tried to find it as an election looms in which Michael…
I’ll be in the budget lockup for stakeholders in a few minutes. Peter Coleman and I will be going over the budget in detail and will be providing updates concerning our reaction on the budget. I’ll also be providing some colour in between details of…
