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Showing posts with label Spending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spending. Show all posts

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty resigns

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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty resigned yesterday to work in the private sector and current Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver will be n...
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Harper used taxpayer money to pitch keystone to Americans

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper's bold showcase in New York City on September 26 cost taxpayers $65,500 and featured keystone lobbyists....
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Mulcair rejects star candidate's bid to re-open Pandora's box

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Toronto-Centre is shaping up to be the battle of media titans as Liberal Chrystia Freeland and NDP Linda McQuaig enter the rink. However, ...
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Bureaucracy ballooned under Harper at expense of services

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Canadians angry about Conservative austerity measures have a new reason to be upset. While the cuts the Conservatives made directly impact...
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The Defense Department is still nothing but fat and bureaucracy

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Despite a report two years ago outlining wasteful bureaucracy in the Department of Defense, and despite a cut to the department as part of...
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Emails: Diplomats, Military Officials told to downplay F-35 fiasco

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Emails show Canadian diplomats and military officials were instructed to downplay the scathing report from the Auditor General which outli...
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Conservative Senator was paid for his charity work too...

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The Conservatives are one to talk about ethics when Senators from their party committed the same acts as they claim were wrong for Liberal...
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MPs increase their travel budgets and salaries

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On March 25, the Commons Board of Internal Economy decided to give MPs a pay increase and larger travel allowance. MPs will be getting a 1...
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Harper's jet repainted for $50,000 by taxpayer dime

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper wasted $50,000 on the look of his personal government plane with the design revealed on February 24 being a...
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The Duffy Affair: LeBreton to ask AG to look into senate spending

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Government Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton will ask the auditor general to conduct a "comprehensive" audit over senate expenses. ...
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PMO: 21 staffers set to make $100,000 salaries

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Documents tabled in the House of Commons last week reveal a salary gap within the PMO. The release comes at the request of Liberal MP Frank ...
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MacKay joins 20 Conservative MPs against taxpayer-funded ads

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The list of Conservative MPs against taxpayer-funded attack ads against Justin Trudeau has grown to include some well known names, notably...
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Audit: Senators to repay taxpayers thousands in misused expenses

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Upon an audit made on the housing allowance and meal expenses of Liberal Senator Mac Harb and Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau, and on...
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Canada's Economic Recovery: Temporary and cheap

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It is no secret that Canada's economy is in rough shape. Anyone that looks at the job numbers sees permanent, well-paying jobs, have d...
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Canada to pay ten times more than other countries for ship design

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A CBC News Investigation has found Canada will be paying up to ten times more than other countries to design ice-breaker ships for Arctic ...
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Conservative MPs reject Harper's latest taxpayer-funded campaign

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While the PMO and Prime Minister Stephen Harper think it is alright to use taxpayer money to fund a campaign of smears and deceit, a growi...
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AG: $3.1 Billion on anti-terror spending can't be accounted for

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Auditor General Michael Ferguson released his annual spring report which found lack of information to be the theme of the Conservatives...
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Harper's jet to be repainted for $50K amid fiscal restraint

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For Prime Minister Stephen Harper, there is no better way to practice fiscal restraint than to spend $50,000 on repainting the old jet. This...
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Duffy trying to Dodge Audit?

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It turns out that Conservative Senator Mike Duffy is out of breath running away from the media. With the controversy over his housing allo...
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Conservatives: It's alright for Senators to be loose with taxpayer money

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Stephen Harper's recent defense of Senator Pamela Wallin's travelling expenses in times of austerity should have raised a red flag. ...
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