White Meat: Feds Deliver the Pork in Quebec

You can just smell the bacon with the latest pork that’s been dumped into Quebec by its regional development agency.  The feds spent $1.6 million there on snow grooming machines.  David Akin of CanWest is reporting that “all the clubs to receive money this week are based in or maintain trails through the ridings of [...]

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February 18, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  4 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 [...]

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October 20, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  6 Comments