Canada's Federal Election 2015: The Official Thread
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Stephen Taylor @stephen_taylor Stephen Taylor retweeted Trendsmap Toronto
Will it finally penetrate the Toronto media bubble? Let's watch..
Trendsmap Toronto @TrendsToronto #tommunistmanifesto is now trending in #Toronto http://trendsmap.com/ca/toronto
Adam @nannystatehate Politicians use celebrities because they think you're stupid. Prove them wrong. #TheLeap #TommunistManifesto
If not for two things you seem to believe I would be with you, economists and damned statistics. Two of the least reliable track records ever known to man.
Surplus during recession is bad economic planning: Don Pittis
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/business/analysis-of-government-s-announced-budget-surplus-1.3227370
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/business/analysis-of-government-s-announced-budget-surplus-1.3227370
Maybe, maybe not. Were we in a recession a year ago? Actually I doubt if we've been in a recession since 2008- 09. When you are facing tough times don't you try to save a $ for a rainier day?
Dean Skoreyko @bcbluecon How can this be something an editor of a national newspaper would retweet?
Wonder why @acoyne would retweet this fat-shaming post from McMaster University law student?
because media party.
Ross @Haggisman57 Did NDP guy on CBC just remind us all that they wanted a " death tax" to collect money from estates over one million$. Got a house? #elxn42
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EI is a social program.
Facebook 'likes': Are the Conservatives buying them?
Conservative Party won't confirm or deny whether it buys fans on social media
Such as the other day, when a friend on Facebook sent me a message asking me why I "liked" the Conservative Party of Canada.
I said I didn't know what she was talking about, and I really didn't. After all, I am a journalist, and I wouldn't publicly endorse any party, on Facebook, or anywhere else.
As a rule, I do not "like" anything, unless it's a picture of a real friend's children, say, on their first day of school, or something like that.
But after talking to our information technology support people, and checking my activity log, which I had never done before, there it was: Reg Sherren "likes" the Conservative Party of Canada, sent, I would assume, to my hundreds of friends on Facebook.
Facebook 'likes': Are the Conservatives buying them? - Politics - CBC News
fake likes are from spurious spam accounts.
you'd see cliffy1, bigcliffy, clifford the dog etc liking harpo but not cliffy.
our tin foilly ceeb friend likely clicked on something shiny on zynga poker, a flashy spinning thingie on the interweb...because he's stupid. that or he fell for the ol' 'click here to see viewed your facebook profile' bit.
either way, he should learn to firefox and then learn to internet.
you'd see cliffy1, bigcliffy, clifford the dog etc liking harpo but not cliffy.
our tin foilly ceeb friend likely clicked on something shiny on zynga poker, a flashy spinning thingie on the interweb...because he's stupid. that or he fell for the ol' 'click here to see viewed your facebook profile' bit.
either way, he should learn to firefox and then learn to internet.
Well now we know where the Cons got their phoney surplus.
5-year federal analysis of 'lapsed' spending lists top underspending departments
The department that delivers programs for Canada's indigenous people has held back more than $1 billion in promised spending for social services over the last five years.
The other "serial" lapsers in a top-seven list compiled by the Privy Council Office failed to spend all their budgeted money for infrastructure and procurement, including National Defence, while Aboriginal Affairs stands out as the only social-service department regularly falling so short of budget.
Other social-service departments have made headlines in recent months for significant dollar shortfalls in promised spending, including Veterans Affairs, which has underspent by $1 billion over a decade and Employment and Social Development Canada, which lapsed almost $100 million in 2013-14 alone.
In 2012-13, as the government's sweeping deficit-reduction cuts began to bite, total lapsed money hit a record $10 billion for all departments and agencies, or more than one of every 10 dollars budgeted, the analysis found.
The king of the lapsers is Infrastructure Canada, with an average of $1.5 billion unspent each year. The heavily censored document contains an explanation that is mostly blacked out.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/canada-election-2015-surplus-economy-1.3227146
5-year federal analysis of 'lapsed' spending lists top underspending departments
The department that delivers programs for Canada's indigenous people has held back more than $1 billion in promised spending for social services over the last five years.
The other "serial" lapsers in a top-seven list compiled by the Privy Council Office failed to spend all their budgeted money for infrastructure and procurement, including National Defence, while Aboriginal Affairs stands out as the only social-service department regularly falling so short of budget.
Other social-service departments have made headlines in recent months for significant dollar shortfalls in promised spending, including Veterans Affairs, which has underspent by $1 billion over a decade and Employment and Social Development Canada, which lapsed almost $100 million in 2013-14 alone.
In 2012-13, as the government's sweeping deficit-reduction cuts began to bite, total lapsed money hit a record $10 billion for all departments and agencies, or more than one of every 10 dollars budgeted, the analysis found.
The king of the lapsers is Infrastructure Canada, with an average of $1.5 billion unspent each year. The heavily censored document contains an explanation that is mostly blacked out.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/canada-election-2015-surplus-economy-1.3227146
uh oh...
Despite Criticism on Handling of Syrian Refugee Crisis, Tories Lead on Issue
Voters Say Harper’s Tories (38%) Would Make Best Decisions for Canada, ahead of Mulcair’s NDP (32%) or Trudeau’s Liberals (30%)
Despite Criticism on Handling of Syrian Refugee Crisis, Tories Lead on Issue | Ipsos
Despite Criticism on Handling of Syrian Refugee Crisis, Tories Lead on Issue
Voters Say Harper’s Tories (38%) Would Make Best Decisions for Canada, ahead of Mulcair’s NDP (32%) or Trudeau’s Liberals (30%)
Despite Criticism on Handling of Syrian Refugee Crisis, Tories Lead on Issue | Ipsos
Norman Spector @nspector4 With all eyes and pressure on #NDP, one journo has tough questions for Trudeau about the costing of *his* promises
Mirage libéral? | Le Devoir
Ezra Levant Verified account @ezralevant CBC had two columns ready to go depending on the news: “Budget Surplus, Harper Bad” & “Budget Deficit, Harper Bad”.
heh.