The Canadian Conservative Legacy
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A lot of this spending that you and S.J.P. continue to yap about is actually money that has been put back in the taxpayers pockets, which is a good thing due to the fact the taxpayer makes better use of spending money than the gov't does. I guess you guys are just too frickin' thick to grasp that rather simple concept that my 9 year old grand daughter is able to understand.
That's not an accomplishment. Electing a troop of monkeys would have accomplished the same thing, and probably would still have resulted in less SH!T flying around inside Parliament.
Oh, a new accomplishment today. Mandatory environmental assessments have been replaced for all mining projects which receive funding from Ottawa, with a completely discretionary process to be mandated by the Minister of the Environment.
Oh, and hiding them in a budget bill instead of debating them separately...classy.
Sometimes red tape exists to keep citizens safe...
Oh, and hiding them in a budget bill instead of debating them separately...classy.
Sometimes red tape exists to keep citizens safe...
Bypassing all the usual my-party's-great-and-your-party-sucks crap, here's a list I found at politics in canada - Google Search
(1) Accountability Act — passed April 11, 2006
(2) Afghanistan mission extended to 2011
(3) Age of consent from 14 to 16 effective May 1, 2008
(4) Agent Orange compensation package of $96 million –$20,000 to all veterans and civilians who lived within 5 kilometers of CFB Gagetown in N.B. between 1966 and 1967 with illnesses associated with exposure
(5) Apology to Native people by Government of Canada on June 11, 2008 for residential school abuses
(6) Automative Innovation Fund of $250 million over five years (or $50 million a year) to developing greener, more fuel efficient vehicles
(7) Border guards armed
(8) B’nai Brith International President’s Gold Medallion awarded to PM Stephen Harper
(9) Canada Employment Credit of $1000.00
(10) Child Tax Credit ($2000 for every child under 18) (Link to all tax credits)
(11) Chinese Head Tax — government apology on June 22, 2006
(12) Chinese immigrant provision of $20,000 to every individual and/or surviving spouses who paid the head tax plus a $24 million towards an”historical recognition program”
(13) Community Development Trust — $1 billion to help communities suffering from manufacturing and forestry industry slowdowns and unemployment
(14) Debt reduction of $10.2 billion in 07/08 budget
(15) Environmental plan “Turning the Corner” released on April 26, 2007 to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants while balancing the needs of the environment and the economy, plus update on March 10, 2008 following public consultation
(16) Fixed Election Dates — An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act (Bill C-16), passed May 3, 2007 is an Act primarily for majority governments since minority governments can fall at almost any time when the opposition express a lack of confidence in the government.
(17) Food Labelling Initiative — to clarify and modernize labelling on food products, including “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” claims – to be fully in effect following consultations by December 31, 2008
(18) GIS — Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors changed to allow for higher earned income
(19) GST — Goods & services tax cut from 7% to 6% and then to 5%
(20) Health Canada Website launched for parents on food and children’s products that have been recalled
(21) Hep C compensation redressed
(22) Homelessness Partnering Strategy – $269.6 million over two years from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009
(23) Homeless Research Demonstration Projects — In February 2008, Harper government allocated $110 million to the Mental Health Commission of Canada to find ways to help the growing number of homeless people who have a mental illness.
(24) Hydrogen Highway — Created a $1.5 billon trust as part of a network of partners for hydrogen fuelling stations for fuel celled buses and vehicles in British Columbia
(25) Immigration & Refugee Protection Act changes — to shorten time taken to immigrate to Canada — fully approved by parliament on June 18, 2008
(26) Income splitting for Canadian seniors and pensioners
(27) Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement
(28) Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission established (IRSTRC) with Justice Harry Laforme as Chair — with commission to begin on June 1st, 2008
(29) Kid’s sport tax credit (up to $500 per child)
(30) Land Claim Agreements — a total of 54 were settled up to and including 2008
(31) Lobbying Act — passed July 2, 2008
(32) Manley Report approved
(33) Medical Alert Bracelets for Children — free of charge
(34) Mental Health Commission of Canada — established and incorporated as a non-profit corporation in March of 2007
(35) Military spending increased to a post-war peak, including the delivery of four C-17 Globe Master strategic airlift aircraft
(36) Money laundering crack down on organized crime and terrorists
(37) Nahanni National Park expanded by 5000 square kilometers
(38) National Museums — $98 million for capital infrastructure projects over five years, with some urgent repairs starting immediately
(39) National Vehicle Scrappage — an environmental program by “EcoAction” to get vehicles 1995 or older off the road — started immediately and to be fully in effect by January 1st, 2009
(40) Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement
(41) Ombudsman for Victims of Crime established
(42) Ontario-Canada Infrastructure Agreement for $6.2 billion starting immediately
(43) Poland — Youth Mobility Agreement signed on July 14, 2008 that allows youth from either country to work and travel for up to one year
(44) Public transit tax credits
(45) Quebecois as a nation — a motion to confirm Quebec within a united Canada
(46) Randle Reef Clean-up
(47) Restored citizenship for last Canadian involved in WW1
(48) Saskatchewan Carbon Capture Storage Project
(49) “Save a Million Lives” international program for people affected by poverty
(50) Savings Account that is tax free
(51) Softwood Lumber Agreement (Bill C-24)
(52) Street racing crack down
(53) Students exempted from taxation for scholarships, bursaries and fellowships
(54) Student improvements to financing programs with 2008 budget of $123 million with 2008, starting in 2009 following the expiration of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
(55) Tackling Violent Crime Act
(56) Tax Back Guarantee — a plan to use interest sayings from national debt repayments to reduce personal income taxes, each and every year
(57) Taxpayers Bill of Rights
(58) Taxpayers Ombudsman
(59) Ukranian & Eastern European immigants — $10 million to educate Canadians about the internment in Canadian work camps during WWI
(60) Universal Child Care Benefit — $1200.00 per year for every child under age six
(61) Universal Child Care Plan
(62) Visa requirements lifted for up to six month visits — to Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania and Hungary
I haven't heard of any Adscams, Shawinigates, and stuff yet so it appears that Harpy has a slightly better set of principles than the last batch of Gliberals anyway.
(1) Accountability Act — passed April 11, 2006
(2) Afghanistan mission extended to 2011
(3) Age of consent from 14 to 16 effective May 1, 2008
(4) Agent Orange compensation package of $96 million –$20,000 to all veterans and civilians who lived within 5 kilometers of CFB Gagetown in N.B. between 1966 and 1967 with illnesses associated with exposure
(5) Apology to Native people by Government of Canada on June 11, 2008 for residential school abuses
(6) Automative Innovation Fund of $250 million over five years (or $50 million a year) to developing greener, more fuel efficient vehicles
(7) Border guards armed
(8) B’nai Brith International President’s Gold Medallion awarded to PM Stephen Harper
(9) Canada Employment Credit of $1000.00
(10) Child Tax Credit ($2000 for every child under 18) (Link to all tax credits)
(11) Chinese Head Tax — government apology on June 22, 2006
(12) Chinese immigrant provision of $20,000 to every individual and/or surviving spouses who paid the head tax plus a $24 million towards an”historical recognition program”
(13) Community Development Trust — $1 billion to help communities suffering from manufacturing and forestry industry slowdowns and unemployment
(14) Debt reduction of $10.2 billion in 07/08 budget
(15) Environmental plan “Turning the Corner” released on April 26, 2007 to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants while balancing the needs of the environment and the economy, plus update on March 10, 2008 following public consultation
(16) Fixed Election Dates — An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act (Bill C-16), passed May 3, 2007 is an Act primarily for majority governments since minority governments can fall at almost any time when the opposition express a lack of confidence in the government.
(17) Food Labelling Initiative — to clarify and modernize labelling on food products, including “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” claims – to be fully in effect following consultations by December 31, 2008
(18) GIS — Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors changed to allow for higher earned income
(19) GST — Goods & services tax cut from 7% to 6% and then to 5%
(20) Health Canada Website launched for parents on food and children’s products that have been recalled
(21) Hep C compensation redressed
(22) Homelessness Partnering Strategy – $269.6 million over two years from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009
(23) Homeless Research Demonstration Projects — In February 2008, Harper government allocated $110 million to the Mental Health Commission of Canada to find ways to help the growing number of homeless people who have a mental illness.
(24) Hydrogen Highway — Created a $1.5 billon trust as part of a network of partners for hydrogen fuelling stations for fuel celled buses and vehicles in British Columbia
(25) Immigration & Refugee Protection Act changes — to shorten time taken to immigrate to Canada — fully approved by parliament on June 18, 2008
(26) Income splitting for Canadian seniors and pensioners
(27) Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement
(28) Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission established (IRSTRC) with Justice Harry Laforme as Chair — with commission to begin on June 1st, 2008
(29) Kid’s sport tax credit (up to $500 per child)
(30) Land Claim Agreements — a total of 54 were settled up to and including 2008
(31) Lobbying Act — passed July 2, 2008
(32) Manley Report approved
(33) Medical Alert Bracelets for Children — free of charge
(34) Mental Health Commission of Canada — established and incorporated as a non-profit corporation in March of 2007
(35) Military spending increased to a post-war peak, including the delivery of four C-17 Globe Master strategic airlift aircraft
(36) Money laundering crack down on organized crime and terrorists
(37) Nahanni National Park expanded by 5000 square kilometers
(38) National Museums — $98 million for capital infrastructure projects over five years, with some urgent repairs starting immediately
(39) National Vehicle Scrappage — an environmental program by “EcoAction” to get vehicles 1995 or older off the road — started immediately and to be fully in effect by January 1st, 2009
(40) Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement
(41) Ombudsman for Victims of Crime established
(42) Ontario-Canada Infrastructure Agreement for $6.2 billion starting immediately
(43) Poland — Youth Mobility Agreement signed on July 14, 2008 that allows youth from either country to work and travel for up to one year
(44) Public transit tax credits
(45) Quebecois as a nation — a motion to confirm Quebec within a united Canada
(46) Randle Reef Clean-up
(47) Restored citizenship for last Canadian involved in WW1
(48) Saskatchewan Carbon Capture Storage Project
(49) “Save a Million Lives” international program for people affected by poverty
(50) Savings Account that is tax free
(51) Softwood Lumber Agreement (Bill C-24)
(52) Street racing crack down
(53) Students exempted from taxation for scholarships, bursaries and fellowships
(54) Student improvements to financing programs with 2008 budget of $123 million with 2008, starting in 2009 following the expiration of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
(55) Tackling Violent Crime Act
(56) Tax Back Guarantee — a plan to use interest sayings from national debt repayments to reduce personal income taxes, each and every year
(57) Taxpayers Bill of Rights
(58) Taxpayers Ombudsman
(59) Ukranian & Eastern European immigants — $10 million to educate Canadians about the internment in Canadian work camps during WWI
(60) Universal Child Care Benefit — $1200.00 per year for every child under age six
(61) Universal Child Care Plan
(62) Visa requirements lifted for up to six month visits — to Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania and Hungary
I haven't heard of any Adscams, Shawinigates, and stuff yet so it appears that Harpy has a slightly better set of principles than the last batch of Gliberals anyway.
Dusting of sugar, load of syrup, dollop of whipped cream, mashed spuds, brussel sprouts, etc. Whatever you want to call it is irrelevant. Those are only Harper's accomplishments.
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Funny, I can't find a list of accomplishments on Martin or Chretien other than the few items mentioned beside their names here: List of Prime Ministers of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia but it doesn't matter, as this thread is about the Conservative legacy and the conservative legacy is pretty long considering there've only been about 15 conservative PMs.
And 6 out of the 15 staid in power for less then a year due to a poor election platform, a general election took place and they were shown the door. Great legacy.
What crap..........................................
I believe they're called INTERIM..... Please avail yourself to the services of a dictionary.
The only difference is Tories jump ship and Liberals ride waves of popularity. Otherwise, both become disappointments because they both do the same things: look out for their interests.
Says the stooge who thinks the Libs deserve to be crowned dictators and rulers for life.:roll:
Hey if the Conservatives were anything worth voting for, let History speak for it self. If you think the word majority consists of stooges, you don’t think much of your country.Since Confederation Canada has shown who is fit to rule and who is a phoney.Liberalism was chosen with out force, don’t forget that , this is not Russia where the tanks roll in and you vote for me. The people long ago realised that Conservativism is a second choice not first. :roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:
They sure are worth more than whatever the Libs are....and the results show that. Pray Ontario doesn't show them the door like every other Province has.
Plus....very few governments get 50 plus % of the votes dear fellow therefore the majority do not vote Liberal or any other way...but you can keep believing otherwise.:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:.
More eyerolls....I win.
Harper has done a fairly decent job and is a brilliant tactician in politics which is why he burns the Libs at almost every turn.:lol:
I'd vote for the cons if I didn't hate my local candidate so much.:angryfire:
Longevity means dick.
Exactly. Forget merit or anything worthwhile, if they last a long time that's the important thing. :roll: Quantity over quality. yup.:roll: