September 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 
Jack Layton has promised to increase corporate taxes by $50 billion to finance his election platform promises...Ouch!

Monday, September 29, 2008
Jack Layton has promised to spend $3.5 billion in new money on health care ...Ouch!

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Stephane Dion has pledged to pass the Kelowna Accord and spend $5 billion over 4 years...Ouch!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 
The Liberal platform pledges $55 billion in spending and an increase of $40 billion in taxes over the next four years...Ouch!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 
Stéphane Dion has promised $900 million to create a new plan for catastrophic drug coverage...Ouch!

Monday, September 22, 2008
The total cost of promised Liberal programs so far is $80.183-billion...Ouch!

Friday, September 19, 2008
Jack Layton has promised a $1 billion home-care program for seniors...Ouch!

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Jack Layton has pledged $1.45 billion in the first year towards a national child care plan that would create 150,000 spaces for children...Ouch!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Stéphane Dion pledged $420 million in new funding to combat the spread of the mountain pine beetle...Ouch!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Stephane Dion pledged $250 million to modernize the Canadian fishing industry ...Ouch!

Monday, September 15, 2008
Stephen Harper has pledged as much as $200 million towards the ailing Ontario auto sector...Ouch!

Friday, September 12, 2008
Jack Layton says an NDP government would spend $8.2 billion over four years to fuel the creation of "green-collar" jobs and industries. $4 Billion to the auto industry, $3 billion to retraining and $840 million towards research and development tax credits...Ouch!

Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Conservatives have promised $33,000 to help a baby food maker in Burnaby B.C. purchase new manufacturing equipment...Ouch!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Stephane Dion has promised to restore the court challenges program and double its previous budget to $6 million a year. Harper had eliminated the program in 2004 and saved the tax payers $3 million a year...Ouch!

Tuesday, September 09, 2008
3,119 advanced votes were wasted for the planned by-election when a general election was called on Sunday (September 7th). All for a cost of $982,000...Ouch!

Monday, September 8, 2008
The Conservative government has spent an extra $8.8 billion in the last three months in a pre-election blitz...Ouch!

Friday, September 5, 2008
Quebec City received $110 million for the 400th anniversary of French settlement and Newfoundland received $3 million for the 400th anniversary of English settlement ...Ouch!

Thursday, September 4, 2008
The City of Winnipeg spent $1,000,000 on a public toilet...Ouch!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Canadian Television Fund supports the production of "high quality Canadian television programs" and is funded by the Canadian federal government and cable companies. Last year the Canadian television fund gave $1,245,000 to "Webdreams III" that is a documentary that looks inside the world of internet pornography...Ouch!

Tuesday, September 2,  2008
Manitoba's Rockwood Penitentiary Institution ran a pilot project to open tattoo parlors in jails for $700,000...Ouch!

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