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Diesel Cuts Bad for Economy (and Planet)
aggregated from: DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds
What do you do to win an election? Roll out the pork of course. And so Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces a proposed cut taxes on diesel fuel, even if it will dig Canada even deeper into an economic and climate hole. Canada already emits more carbon per capita than almost any other country on Earth. Our total carbon emissions are number seven worldwide more than the United Kingdom, which has almost twice our population. Harper's solution: make fuel even cheaper.While this might play well in an election campaign it is the exactly the wrong direction to be taking our nation ...
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aggregated: 12 weeks 1 day ago
topics: economy, election, emissions, federal-government, tax

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Our election is about which party can manage the economy
aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog
Jayson Myers, Special to the SunJayson Myers is president of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters.onlinePoll question: Should Canadians vote for the party that can best manage the economy in the forthcoming federal election? Vote Yes or No at vanco...

37 views | aggregated: 13 weeks 1 hour ago
topics: climate-change, economy, election, emissions, environment
The Federal Tories: The Gang That Can't Think Straight
aggregated from: VanRamblings
No matter how much money the federal Tories have in their coffers heading into the federal election expected to be called on Thursday no matter that, over the course of the next six weeks, they'll outspend the Liberals, the NDP and the Green ...

26 views | aggregated: 13 weeks 2 days ago
topics: arts, elected, election, federal-government, liberal
Transport minister cancels federal road toll study
aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog
CTV TorontoWell, of course.The Transport Canada study would have examined how pricing can be used as a tool to induce greater efficiency and sustainability in urban transportation, according to a funding request document.The document says that ...

30 views | aggregated: 12 weeks 4 days ago
topics: election, federal-government, ndp, political, politician

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