RELATED TO: 2012-06-17 New developments. How far is Harper from losing Majority Government? The Supreme Court will hear Etobicoke Centre Election result July 10. CONTENTS (Calgary Centre): June 12, ELECTIONS CANADA ANNOUNCEMENT OF PENDING BY-ELECTION VOTING RESULTS, 2011 ELECTION May 30, CONSERVATIVE LEE RICHARDSON RESIGNS FROM PARLIAMENT = = = = = = = = […]
Related to: 2012-06-06 Ottawa launches Alberta counterterrorism unit Warren writes: the Harper government has just created the first new “anti-terrorism” unit since 9/11 — not at the border or on the coast, or in a large city along the 49th parallel, but in Edmonton.The following link lays out the connection between anti-terrorism and the federal […]
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/former-liberal-mp-welcomes-rare-july-sitting-for-high-court-on-election-case-159219885.html By: The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The Liberal who lost a squeaker of an election last year and then had the result overturned in court says he’s pleased the Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal in the matter next month. The court says it will hear the Etobicoke Centre case in an […]
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Employees+linked+cousin+company+each+gave+Mastro+campaign/6790645/story.html#ixzz1y4RVzvhl By GLEN MCGREGOR and STEPHEN MAHER, The Ottawa Citizen/Postmedia News Deltro Electric: owner David Del Mastro denies he reimbursed anyone who donated to his cousin’s election campaign. OTTAWA — The prime minister’s embattled parliamentary secretary, Dean Del Mastro, received a series of $1,000 contributions to his 2008 election campaign from donors with ties to […]
I am writing a rebuttal to this article which has been published in newspapers in Canada, the U.S., Australia, the U.K. There are several problems with the article. June 6 Reuters (USA and Canada), published in my local newspaper on June 17, page A4. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/07/us-usa-occupywallstreet-idUSBRE85606J20120607 By Chris Francescani Thu Jun 7, 2012 6:39pm EDT (Reuters) […]
“The preoccupation with the GDP, which has become the all-encompassing surrogate for everything with respect to well-being, is wrong,” he (Romanow) said. http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Romanow+says+medicare+needs+vision+from+federal+government/6792491/story.html By Betty Ann Adam The unifying force medicare has played in Canada is being eroded by Ottawa’s decision to make health care transfer payments to the provinces without overall national goals attached, […]
Planet S Magazine Riding Reboot Katherine Norton Skewed election results suggest changes needed Once a decade, following the census(these days, I guess we should call it the “sorta-census”…), committees are appointed in every province to redraw federal electoral boundaries to reflect demographic changes. Lately, Saskatchewan’s unusual blended urban-rural ridings and non-representative election results have become […]
(PPP’s = Public Private Partnerships) Richard Florizone was Vice-President of Finance at the University of Saskatchewan during a period of unprecedented over-spending. 2012-05-07 Letter to U of S, Board of Governors. Who is responsible for Debt situation? EXCERPT: The finances, roughly: $95 million debt Borrowing capacity maxed out A $10 million shortfall in the current operating […]
Two articles, June 6 and June 7. Scroll down to the second one: 1. June 7 Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro came under fire during Question Period Thursday after Postmedia News and the Ottawa Citizen reported that he is being investigated for allegedly exceeding both his spending limit and contribution limit in relation to a […]
(The arguments and information remain valuable, in spite of the date.) FROM: Sandra Finley (contact info) June 11, 2004 TO: DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT (1) MINISTER David Forbes, Email: dforbes AT serm.gov.sk.ca (2) DEPUTY MINISTER Lily Stonehouse, Email: lstonehouse AT serm.gov.sk.ca CC: MLA”s Pat Atkinson and Peter Prebble Dear David and Lily, Re: GREAT SAND HILLS The […]