The “50 Billion Man”, Liberal Hypocrisy and the Media

In previous blogs and press releases we indicated our organizations displeasure with the rapidly increasing size of the federal deficit. We understand that there will be deficits because it would be tough to balance the books when revenue has dropped so much. We are pushing hard to try and bring some fiscal sanity back to […]

Posted on May 28th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Liberals Senators want to end pre election spending

The hypocrisy of this proposed bill by Liberal Senator Dennis Dawson is truly astounding. Imagine an unelected senator, who has never had run a political campaign, proposing a bill to eliminate political party spending three months BEFORE an election is called. You can read an article on it here.
As an organization, we have long advocated […]

Posted on May 27th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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The Deficit Grows

Yesterday, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty commented on how the federal deficit may be “significantly more” than originally projected. According to Flaherty this is due to the economic slowdown that is “more severe” than expected. You can read a full article on the growing deficit here.
Kevin Page, Ottawa’s Parliamentary Budget Officer, estimates that the deficit for […]

Posted on May 26th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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A Great Victory For Workers

We were thrilled to see that the Supreme Court dismissed the application for leave to appeal by the PSAC against two brave freedom fighters. The fact that the Supreme Court judges refused to hear the appeal of the Ontario court decision is a great victory for hardworking Canadians who just want to earn a living […]

Posted on May 11th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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The Question Period Joke

Question period should be an effective debate between opposing political views to develop a consensus on policies that would benefit all Canadians.  Unfortunately, our question period has eroded into a joke that is very similar to immature hockey banter.
Question period’s normal behavior would not be tolerated in most high schools but has somehow come to […]

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Another Election?

The Liberal Party is threatening a third election in less than four years if Stephen Harper and the Conservatives do not ease restrictions on the number of hours people have to work to qualify for Employment Insurance. Is this just a threat or are the liberals ready to take the plunge (again)? 
The Conservatives currently […]

Posted on May 5th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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