MPs vote in favour of Liberal budget amendment
However, there is growing backlash within the Liberal caucus. Ignatieff was scrambling Monday to appease at least four Liberal MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador, who say the budget singles out their province and robs it of an estimated $1.6 billion in federal transfer payments.
Ah, the Maritime Pirates, another Liberal Disaster waiting to put egg on their face.
Newfoundland and Labrador found oil off shore ! Cool ! Now they're rich !
But don't try and take away our welfare money ! Don't try and treat us as a Have province instead of a Have Not province ! Keep that money from Ontario and Alberta flowing AND we wanna keep the oil money too ! And we're gonna kick up a real big fuss about it too ! GIVE ME GIVE ME GIVE ME GIVE ME !!!!!
It's the soul of the Liberal Party , if you ask me. They have truely found their home, and are surrounded by people that totally agree with that attitude.
Welcome to the Liberal Party. Now fork over your wallet. Private individuals wait for the trickle down as we TAX TAX TAX them. Everyone else we give money to by the truck load.
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Just following your orders. Like the post. Noticed one source saying Danny is lessening the pressure on Iggy. Wonder if he discovered that we all know he was given the equalization numbers in Nov, not last week.
Conservatives are supposedly upset at the size of the deficit, how would they react to increasing it by 1.6 billon to make Danny happy.
If Iggy does not punish those liberals from NL, others will rebel on other votes.
They could just miss the vote.
Iggy has what , 77 votes ? He only needs 12 , maybe 13 , to vote with the Conservatives to pass a measure. Letting half the party vote against it is a real good pressure tactic actually.
And it works because the conservatives are *THAT* close to a majority. It's razor thin how close they are. Cracks me up some times.
This article may interest you. Maybe your post should be retitled - you know, in true Canadian fashion - to be more inclusive. ;-)
http://tinyurl.com/df7mcv
November paycheques up 2.7 per cent
CANWEST NEWS SERVICE JANUARY 28, 2009 10:40 AM
OTTAWA - Canadians’ paycheques were still growing in November, despite the economic threats that were forming all around them, according data from Statistics Canada on Wednesday.
The federal agency said weekly earnings for payroll employees averaged $804.58 in November. That was up 0.4 per cent from October, and a gain of 2.7 per cent from a year earlier.
Workers in the public sector or in oil-producing provinces were most likely to see the biggest gains.
By industry, educational-services workers saw an average annual increase of 4.8 per cent, health and social-services workers saw an average gain of 4.6 per cent, 1.6 per cent for retail trade, 1.3 per cent for manufacturing, and one per cent for accommodations and food services.
By province, the largest gains were seen in Alberta (5.8 per cent), Saskatchewan (4.2 per cent), and Newfoundland and Labrador (four per cent).
The number of payroll employees in November fell by 89,700, or 0.6 per cent, from October, but was up 96,000, or 0.7 per cent, from 96,000.
Average weekly earnings by province in November (annual % change):
Newfoundland and Labrador, $752.99 (4)
Prince Edward Island, $649.18 (2.1)
Nova Scotia, $692.73 (1.8)
New Brunswick, $741.61 (2.9)
Quebec, $746.68 (1.4)
Ontario, $835.82 (2.6)
Manitoba, $725.17 (1)
Saskatchewan, $770.06 (4.2)
Alberta, $901.12 (5.8)
British Columbia, $780.47 (1.3)
Yukon, $910.58 (1.1)
Northwest Territories, $1,086.08 (5.8)
Nunavut, $951.66 (-0.2)
Source: Statistics Canada
Congrats on your blog.
Hey, nice place you have here! And very good post.
Danny should be proud that his province is no longer a have-not; he is greedy and the rest of the country is getting really tired of him and his blackmailing, especially after paying their way for sooooo long.
Hey Gabby
The point of a blog is to add your own personal comment to a news article. Not just quote it and then stand back and say nothing but "Have a look at this"
*grins*
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