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Debating Big Labour

June 13, 2011 Tags: CBC, Evan Soloman, Power and Politics, PSAC, Public Service Alliance of Canada Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio 2 Comments

Debt Clock: The Movie

June 7, 2011 Tags: Debt Clock, debtclock.ca, National Debt Clock Tour Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio Comments Closed

Canada Post Found in Violation of Access to Information Act

In the CTF’s fight with Canada Post, the Office of the Information Commissioner (OICC) found the postal monopoly to be in clear violation of the Access to Information and Privacy Act. The CTF filed an Access to Information request in November requiring Canada Post to disclose how much it spent on purchasing and installing ‘anti-graffiti’ [...]

June 3, 2011 Tags: Canada Post, Canada Post Strike, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Carmen Garrett, CUPW Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed

CTV News Channel Nation: Stop the tax-on-tax gas tax

June 2, 2011 Tags: CTV, CTV News Channel, Gas T, Gas Tax Honesty, Gas Tax Honesty Day, Gas Taxes Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio Comments Closed

Bloc MPs Hit Paydirt

Watch the MP Pension Money Machine!

May 20, 2011 Tags: Election 2011, Global National, jacques bourbeau, MP Pensions, MP Severance, Todd Russell Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio Comments Closed

Cabinet Deals With a Crisis

I’m pretty sure this is how the government reacted to rising gas prices.

May 19, 2011 Tags: Blazing Saddles, Cabinet, Crisis Communications, Mel Brookes, Scandal Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed

CTV Power Play: A Moment of Silence for Defeated MPs

May 19, 2011 Tags: CTV, CTV Power Play, Defeated MPs, Don Martin, MP Pensions, MP Severance Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio One Comment

Largest Cabinet in Canadian History all About Poligraphics

Withstanding CTF calls to reduce the size of cabinet to send a message of downsized government, the new cabinet sworn in today is the largest in Canadian history. At 39 members that:

Ties Brian Mulroney’s largest five years (1985-1989)
Surpasses Trudeau’s record cabinet of 37 ministers
Blows past Pearon’s largest cabinet of 28
Is nearly twice the size of [...]

May 18, 2011 Tags: Cabinet, Cabinet Size, Election 2011, Ministry Size Posted in: Blog Content One Comment

Indo Canadian Voice Headline: “Fat cat bonanza for election losers!”

In the two weeks following the federal election, the CTF’s pension calculations made headlines in every major media outlet across Canada. In addition to the major, mainstream networks and papers, many local and ethno-cultural papers carried the story, but perhaps none-so with the outrage displayed by The Indo-Canadian Voice. “Fat cat bonanza for election losers!” [...]

May 17, 2011 Tags: Election 2011, India, Indian Canadians, Indo-Canadian Community, Indo-Canadian Voice, MP Pensions Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed