Sun Column: This election offers no cheap date
Published in the Sun Media chain and QMI Agency
Politicians are everywhere right now: on your TV, at your shopping malls, at your doorsteps and in your wallets. Yet, the most expensive part of an election is not the $300 million spent on counting ballots, but the bidding war that politicians engage in to buy [...]
April 13, 2011
Tags: Bloc Quebecious, Conservative Party of Canada, Debt, Deficit, Election 2011, Election Promises, Liberal Party of Canada, New Democractic Party, Spending Posted in: Blog Content, Published 
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CTV Power Play: Reality check on fiscal conservatism
April 11, 2011
Tags: Conservative Party of Canada, CTV, Debt, Don Martin, Election 2011, fiscal conservatism, Jean, Jean Chrétien, Liberal Party of Canada, Power Play, Ralf Goodale, Senate, Senate Reform, Stephen Harper, Tax Cuts Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio 3 Comments
No Confidence in Any Party
This budget did not deserve to get passed, but for entirely different reasons than those given by the opposition.
March 25, 2011
Tags: Debt, Election 2011, Stimulus Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments
Paul Martin: Right Wing Extremist?
By 2011 standards, former Prime Minister Paul Martin is a wild-eyed, government-slashing, right-wing extremist with a hidden agenda.
February 25, 2011
Tags: Debt, Debt Clock, debtclock.ca, Deficit, Maxime Bernier, National Debt Clock Tour, Paul Martin, Preston Maning, Reform Party, Regina, Zero Based Budgeting Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
How to Balance the Budget in 2 Years
Don’t tell me it can’t be done. We’ve run the numbers. It can.
Should the political will exist, Ottawa can eliminate its deficit in two years without raising taxes, or even draconian cuts for that matter.
January 17, 2011
Tags: Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Debt, Deficit, Deficit Action Plan, Zero in Two Posted in: Blog Content One Comment
Global Debt Clock
Canada’s federal and provincial governments have long bragged about how Canada stacks up with other OECD countries on federal debt, but it is mostly hogwash.
October 6, 2010
Tags: Debt, Federal Debt, Greece, The Economist Posted in: Blog Content 3 Comments
UK Taxpayers Alliance Launches Debt Clock Tour
The UK’s Taxpayers Alliance (good people) have launched a national Debt Clock tour to bring attention to that country’s mounting level deficit financing.
To highlight the crushing size of the national debt, the TaxPayers’ Alliance is launching a 1,300 mile tour of Britain – featuring a 7 metre long, lorry-mounted digital Debt clock, ticking [...]
April 7, 2010
Tags: Debt, Debt Clock, debtclock.ca, Great Britain, Taxpayers Alliance, UK, UK Election, UKIP, United Kingdom Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
Audio: John Robson on DebtClock.ca
John Robson (hats off) shoots dead centre at the federal government’s Keynesian deficit financing, citing the CTF’s DebtClock.ca . Listen to Robson on CFRA HERE.
February 26, 2010
Tags: Canadian Taxpayers Federatin, Debt, Debt Clock, debtclock.ca, Deficit, John Robson Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
Video: Canada’s Debt History
Watch this short video by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and pass it on. Email it to your friends, share it on Facebook and post it on your blog.
February 25, 2010
Tags: Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Debt, Debt Clock, debtclock.ca, Deficits, Economic Action Plan, Stimulus Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
CBC Poll: 65% of Canadians Support Spending Cuts
65% of Canadians support spending cuts to tax hikes or continued large deficits according to a new CBC poll, not accounting for those who either did not express an opinion or did not know. In this vein, 20% supported higher taxes to balance the budget and just under 15% supported the continuation of large deficits. [...]
February 12, 2010
Tags: CBC, Debt, Deficit, poll, Zero in Three Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments
