Election Financing
Significance of this week’s in-and-out decision
On Monday, the federal court decided in favour of the Conservatives against Elections Canada when the regulator’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Marc Mayrand…
Gst
7 posts on Gst from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Michael Ignatieff
Dion was an unexpected gift, but Ignatieff was an original Tory prospect
During the Liberal convention in December of 2006, Bob Rae was seen by Conservative strategists as the most fearful prospect that the Liberals had on offer to…
Michael Ignatieff
Bombshell: PM Ignatieff may hike the GST in the future
In a one-on-one interview today with Citynews’ Richard Madan, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said that he won’t take a GST hike off the table in dealing with…
Elizabeth May
Green Party releases platform
Here’s the platform of the Green Party of Canada: Read this document on Scribd: GPC platform Notes: – Money for a Green VC fund for green R&D – renegotiation…
Conservative Party of Canada
New Conservative Ads
The Conservatives just released two new ads, a television one and a radio one. They capitalize on Dion’s blunder when he said that he may consider raising the…
Economy and Budget
Economic update
Here are the main points of Flaherty’s economic update: Eliminate the net debt by 2021 Reduce debt to 25% of GDP by 2012-13 inflation target at 2% until at…
Economy and Budget
The Budget, the reactions
“The bottom line for average taxpayers is a net benefit in 2006 and larger tax savings in 2007. Yet the federal governments lowest personal income tax rate…