Emails show safety board was told to ‘hold’ report during election- Politics – Canoe.ca

A series of government emails shows an arms-length investigatory body was told that the Prime Minister’s Office wanted it to “hold off” on releasing a safety report into the high-seas death of Laura Gainey.

The emails – which the Opposition argues show inappropriate interference in the independent agency – surround the release of the report by the Transportation Safety Board into Gainey’s death after she was swept overboard from a tall ship in December 2006.

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Emails show safety board was told to ‘hold’ report during election- Politics – Canoe.ca

 

CANOE — CNEWS – Politics: Ignatieff more favourable: Poll

A recent poll by The Canadian Press Harris-Decima shows Michael Ignatieff is viewed more favourably than either Stephen Harper or Jack Layton.

Leader	Favourable	Unfavourable	Net
Michael Ignatieff, Lib	43%	32%	+11%
Stephen Harper, PC	43%	49%	-6%
Jack Layton, NDP	37%	49%	-12%
Elizabeth May, Green	37%	33%	+4%

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CANOE — CNEWS – Politics: Ignatieff more favourable: Poll

 

Stimulus for Homeless?

Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Pierre Duguay says Canada should be prepared to hear a string of alarming economic news in the next the next few months. And he says that justifies a “sense of urgency” in putting the federal government’s stimulus spending to work in the economy quickly. 

The Conservative government has proposed spending $40 billion over two years to stimulate the economy, but no money will start to flow until April at the earliest.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has called for a free hand in spending $3 billion of the stimulus starting April 1, but opposition parties are asking for some oversight.

I have a wonderful idea that should make everyone happy. Direct the $3 billion to create new homeless shelters and low-cost housing. That would restart our woeful construction sector creating thousands of jobs across Canada. It would be easily tracked as Michael Ignatieff wants the stimulus to be transparent.