economic action plan
Good news, bad news
David Cameron’s porn plan and some good news for Rob Ford
‘… Canadians are entitled to know what their government is up to’
Jim Flaherty explains how
What’s Stephen Harper hiding?
Paul Wells on what the latest Economic Action Plan fails to say
According to the Conservatives, your government is awesome
The federal government is spending tens of millions on commercials that make the Tories look good
Conservative government spends $26-million on winter ad blitz
Three federal departments split cost of Economic Action Plan advertisements
‘Strategic brand building’
The Canadian Press details the struggle to sell the stimulus.
One day we’ll thank Jim Flaherty for all these signs
Of the sectors thriving under the government’s stewardship, perhaps none has fared as well as the news conference staging industry.
The quintessential political story of our time
Surely everything you could need to know about this era is contained in this story.
The controversy behind a remote town’s stimulus project
Ottawa’s $1.1-million deal with a Quebec hotel sparks cries of favouritism
Ottawa’s stimulus fiasco
A circus school, a ferry to nowhere, lawn-bowling greens. This is vital infrastructure?
Always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom
The insomniacs among you will be glad to know the budget documents are available online. As a re-hash of everything you already know, they’re positively outstanding:
No wonder Ottawa’s “Economic Action Plan” signs cost so much—they’re not footing the bill
Two stories that I’m not quite sure add up to a scandal, but are nonetheless intriguing: First, Le Devoir reported yesterday that the Tories are spending a mind-boggling $800 to $7,000 to produce and install each one of those goofy “Economic Action Plan” signs that are popping up on just about any project that requires more than an x-acto knife to complete. Try as they might, Le Devoir‘s reporters couldn’t figure out just how the Tories are spending that much per sign—their half-assed call for bids found printers willing to make similar signs for about 200 bucks a pop. The second story, uncovered by RueFrontenac.com, may explain why Ottawa doesn’t mind putting up so many of those godforsaken signs no matter how much they cost—they’re not the ones paying for them: