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 [...]

February 18, 2010  Tags: David Akin, Denis, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Pork Barrel Spending, Pork Barreling  Posted in: Blog Content  4 Comments

Who Knew that Parties & MPs Pay for Bridges?

Pork barreling appears to be an inevitable result of any government spending spree, regardless of the party in power.  Normally however; parties attempt to do so with some sneaky tact when they try to bribe you with your own money, but the photos below are beyond the pale, and require no further explanation than the [...]

October 14, 2009  Tags: Pork Barreling  Posted in: Blog Content  One Comment

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