Other than the broken promise of reducing/eliminating the deficit that was a key part of the campaign promises by this Federal Liberal Government what exactly are the key provisions in the just released 2017 Federal Budget trotted out by Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau this past week. With all of the hoopla south of…
We are nearing the one year mark since Justin Trudeau put on the hat of prime minister. He did so with a lot of support and enthusiasm behind him. For the most part the general public has been very patient with allowing this young prime minister to settle into this important role as leader of…
In a move you would expect to happen in other countries with a longer history of corruption and cronyism the CRA has come under fire for the handling of a scandal involving accounting firm KPMG. It would appear that the Freedom of Information Act requests for details by CBC on alleged scandal the have been…
It was made perfectly clear on Friday that it will not be business as usual for transit in Toronto under the new Trudeau federal administration. An announcement was made that the Feds will kick in $840 million for Toronto to spend as they wish on existing or new public transportation initiatives. A welcome change from…
Another segment that the government is working towards when it comes to the middle class is through investment. Here the government is focusing on turning the economy around so that it will become stronger which in turn will strengthen the middle class Canadians. They are attempting to do this by putting money aside to…
As most of us have now become aware of the new government for Canada is focusing on the middle class. They have created a lot of promotional material and spoken a great deal about this through the election platform. It has also become evident of the ways that they are going about this with the…
The new government is placing a great deal of focus on Canada becoming more sustainable. In order to follow through with this they have developed a plan called the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy or FSDS for short. The first draft for this strategy was recently released in February. What it outlines is how…
We have just come through an election and there is no way that any of us want to think about anything to do with voting for a long time to come. However, there are rumblings in parliament that Mr. Trudeau wants to change the way the voting system is now. This is in reference…
One of the strongest areas in the Prime Minister’s platform when running for office was his intent to legalize marijuana. Many feel that this is one of the main reasons why he was successful at winning of the position of Prime Minister. For many they believe this is going to be a good thing…
As taxpayers it is a common habit of ours to sit back and complain as to what the government is doing with our tax dollars. Beyond this there isn’t many steps that we take to try and change matters. It is fair to say that we cannot be blamed for this type of attitude based…
