Gov’t Paper Flood to Cover Up Stimulus Advertising Cost: 200 Pages in a Single, Simple Request
As generals have their classic tactics in war – pincer, envelopment – governments have theirs in blocking the free-flow of information: paper flooding. A ‘paper flood’ is a torrent of documents sent in response to an Access to Information (ATIP) request with each detail buried in a vast pile of hardened pulp.
Recent requests by the [...]
March 8, 2010
Tags: Access to Information, ATIP, Economic Action Plan, HRSDC, Stimulus Posted in: Blog Content 
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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
‘Stimulus Exit Plan’ Won’t Work Without Cutting Spending
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty today stated that Canada’s deficit will be eliminated over a five year period with no spending cuts or tax hikes. All will be well if we restrain spending for a few years and allow revenue to grow. With all due respect, that just not [...]
December 22, 2009
Tags: Brian Muloney, Deficit, Deficit Action Plan, Economic Action Plan, Jim Flaherty, Pierre Trudeau, Stephen Harper, Stimulus, Zero in Three Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments
Pork Barrel Spending Isn’t a Tory Problem. It’s a “Stimulus” Problem
True to form, the Conservatives have been unable to sit on a strong lead in the polls for long without bad news. Party logos and MP names on cheques, so-called “stimulus” funds being spent more-often-than-not in government held ridings and a refusal to open up Access to Information laws have produced a waft of foul [...]
October 20, 2009
Tags: Economic Action Plan, Gerald Keddy, Party logos, Pork Barrel Spending, Stimulus Posted in: Blog Content 6 Comments
