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Reaction to the Speech from the Throne

The National Citizens Coalition has been campaigning hard for fiscal sense in this year’s budget, and we are being heard. As yesterday’s Speech from the Throne approached, citizens eagerly awaited to see what direction the country would be heading this year. Over the past several years, annual government spending has increased at an unsustainable pace, […]

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by swatson in NCC Blog
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NCC Blog: The most important budget in a decade

With the Olympics finished, our politicians are gearing up to resume the daily grind of Question Period.  Don’t let that turn you off of politics though, because the federal budget is set to be released now and it is the most important budget in a decade.
The National Citizens Coalition has been very clear about what […]

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by swatson in NCC Blog
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Olympic Update

I am sure most of you have spent some time watching various events over the past week or so. There have been many great surprises and lots of tough luck and heartbreakingly close finishes. Kudos to all of the athletes and the hard work they have put in. It has been fun to watch- other […]

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by swatson in NCC Blog
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Alberta Budget- is there fiscal sanity anywhere?

Alberta Finance Minister Ted Morton released the budget yesterday and indicated that there would be a $4.6 billion deficit. You can read about the budget here.
It has been a long time since fiscal sanity was the name of the game in Alberta- or anywhere else in Canada for that matter. There is an increasing disconnect […]

Posted on February 10th, 2010 by swatson in NCC Blog
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Prorogue Ontario Style

Did anyone else see the irony in Premier McGuinty announcing yesterday that he was proroguing Parliament until sometime after the Olympics? You can read the article here.
Proroguing is something that all Parliaments do from time to time and it has been done over 100 times at the Federal level. What was interesting this time is […]

Posted on February 10th, 2010 by swatson in NCC Blog
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