Do Christy Clark’s boasts on job creation hold up? Nope. Nada. Not even close.
On Saturday, BC Premier Christy Clark spoke to her party’s convention in Whistler, B.C. During the speech, she mentioned several times that B.C. was leading the country when it came to job creation....
View ArticleLatest job numbers: BC is number one — in job losses
“I’m going to run on (being) number one in job creation,” BC Premier Christy Clark told the Liberal Party of BC convention last Saturday, boasting at one point that BC had created 57,000 jobs and that...
View ArticleNo other way to say it: The BC Government is fudging its job creation record
While Clark campaigns to be number one on job creation, BC is actually the worst in the West and 4th worst in Canada BC government is making false claims about the performance of the BC Jobs Plan The...
View ArticleHarper no longer go-to pick for Canadians concerned about the economy
Our friends at Abacus Data are out with an interesting poll that takes a look at how Canadians feel about the economy and about the ability of federal political parties to manage current and future...
View ArticleOn economic growth, Liberals rank PMs from first to worst
Prime Minister Harper has overseen the worst economic growth since R.B. Bennett in the Great Depression. 1/2 — Justin Trudeau, MP (@JustinTrudeau) February 7, 2014 It may not be a fair comparison but...
View ArticleFlaherty poised to eliminate deficit but what about the $135 billion in new...
Conservatives, if you ask them, believe, above all else, in smaller government. U.S. conservative Grover Norquist once said government should be small enough you could strangle it in a bathtub, a line...
View ArticleTrudeau on the economy. Economists on Trudeau
The video here was released today by the Liberal Party of Canada. It’s just over 7 minutes an in it, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau uses charts and figures to present his diagnosis of what’s wrong with...
View ArticleRalph Goodale: A focus on the economy and a strong democracy go hand in hand
Tonight on my program, Battleground on Sun News Network, I talk to the last Liberal finance minister the country has known, Ralph Goodale about some of the issues I raise in my weekend newspaper column.
View ArticleJobs and politics: Devastating data for the incumbent in Quebec
Selon les nouvelles données de Statistique Canada, le Québec a perdu 49800 emplois à temps plein depuis 1 an. — François Legault (@francoislegault) March 7, 2014 For this tweet, CAQ Leader François...
View ArticleHousing Bubble? Bunk!
Is the bursting of a housing bubble in Canada about to blow away the value of your home? Bunk, says the Conference Board of Canada. In a report to be released Monday, the Ottawa-based independent think...
View ArticleThe Alward jobs record: Not good
Campaigning with Justin Trudeau on the weekend, New Brunswick Liberal Leader Brian Gallant told reporters, “The plan of David Alward and the Conservatives is not at all concrete. When you look at their...
View ArticleHow do we measure a politician’s job record?
Today on the campaign trail, New Brunswick Liberal Leader Brian Gallant was talking about his job creation plan and hammering the government of incumbent Progressive Conservative Premier David Alward...
View ArticleDid Canada’s central bank governor tell young people to work for free?
listen to ‘Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz: Should out-of-work young people work for free?’ on audioBoom Yesterday, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, spoke in Toronto and when Bloomberg’s...
View ArticleOn economic growth, Liberals rank PMs from first to worst
Prime Minister Harper has overseen the worst economic growth since R.B. Bennett in the Great Depression. 1/2 — Justin Trudeau, MP (@JustinTrudeau) February 7, 2014 It may not be a fair comparison but...
View ArticleFlaherty poised to eliminate deficit but what about the $135 billion in new...
Conservatives, if you ask them, believe, above all else, in smaller government. U.S. conservative Grover Norquist once said government should be small enough you could strangle it in a bathtub, a line...
View ArticleTrudeau on the economy. Economists on Trudeau
The video here was released today by the Liberal Party of Canada. It’s just over 7 minutes an in it, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau uses charts and figures to present his diagnosis of what’s wrong with...
View ArticleRalph Goodale: A focus on the economy and a strong democracy go hand in hand
Tonight on my program, Battleground on Sun News Network, I talk to the last Liberal finance minister the country has known, Ralph Goodale about some of the issues I raise in my weekend newspaper column.
View ArticleJobs and politics: Devastating data for the incumbent in Quebec
Selon les nouvelles données de Statistique Canada, le Québec a perdu 49800 emplois à temps plein depuis 1 an. — François Legault (@francoislegault) March 7, 2014 For this tweet, CAQ Leader François...
View ArticleHousing Bubble? Bunk!
Is the bursting of a housing bubble in Canada about to blow away the value of your home? Bunk, says the Conference Board of Canada. In a report to be released Monday, the Ottawa-based independent think...
View ArticleThe Alward jobs record: Not good
Campaigning with Justin Trudeau on the weekend, New Brunswick Liberal Leader Brian Gallant told reporters, “The plan of David Alward and the Conservatives is not at all concrete. When you look at their...
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