Political Points
Bryan Borzykowski is a senior editor at Canadian Business Online. Previously, he was the investments reporter at Advisor.ca and he's contributed to a number of other publications including Maclean's, Chatelaine and the National Post. His blog, Political Points, deals with the relationship between politics, business and the economy.
Just because you haven't heard much about the Harmonized Sales Tax over the last few weeks doesn't mean the Ontario government has stopped its plan to merge the PST and GST. Today, McGuinty's Liberals tabled the HST legislation. The Conservatives will no doubt put up a fight, but no matter ...
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Politics can be confusing, especially when it's hard to tell how one guy differs from another. I've written before how we don't really know what Michael Ignatieff stands for and that Stephen Harper has shifted from tax-cutting Conservative to big spending prime minister, but in the most recent Canadian Business ...
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Well, the government didn't fall, but that doesn't mean Michael Ignatieff isn't going to start campaigning — it is only a matter of time until the opposition parties pull the plug on the Conservatives. On Monday, the Liberal leader will be speaking to guests at the Toronto Board of Trade. ...
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While I'm sure you'll be outside for most of the long weekend, if you get a chance to go online, check out these articles.
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Canadian Press: "Greyhound Canada, long the mass transit lifeline to rural areas, announced Thursday it needs $15 million in public money and an end to regulatory red tape on money-losing routes or it will wind down its operations in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario."
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There's no question the economy will be the hottest hot button issue in the next federal election, so it's unlikely Harper's too pleased with a new OECD report that says Canada's recovery is trailing the other G7 nations.
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Well, I guess I was wrong about Ignatieff backing down yesterday. Turns out Canadians will be heading to the polls this fall. (However, Iggy didn't say whether he'd bring down the government at the party's first opportunity for a no-confidence vote, which is in early October. )
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I wish Michael Ignatieff would have been my dad when I was a kid. I'd mess up, he'd threaten me with a punishment, but instead of going to my room we'd just hang out and watch TV. If we've learned anything from Iggy during the 264 days since he became ...
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Once again, here are a few articles to read over the weekend:
Harper stresses social welfare, economy in northern spending
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While Harper tours the arctic, partly to assert Canada's sovereignty over the north, another piece of land could become available for our government to fight for. A post by Globe and Mail blogger Andrew Steele lays out the pros and cons for the Turks and Caicos Islands becoming our 11th ...
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