Well it’s the day after the release of the 2010 budget and the question on everyone’s mind is what will the opposition do? The papers today are dominated by coverage of the budget – so I thought I would do something a little different.
Yesterday’s Speech from the Throne marked a significant change of direction for the Government. Less evident is the highly tactical, transactional focus of previous priority setting throne speeches, intended to appeal to various segments of the population. The government now seems to be signalling it is prepared to follow a longer term approach – some might argue a more visionary approach – as it unveils a longer term economic policy agenda.
Four o’clock today will indeed be the witching hour, when reporters, senior government officials, interest groups and associations, and the odd communications adviser or two, will emerge from a day-long “lock up” in Ottawa to release to Canadians details of the federal budget.
I really liked the way my old Washington colleague John Ibbitson summed up [...]
Finance Minister Hon. Colin Hansen, unveiled the BC 2010/2011 Budget and Fiscal plan today in Victoria. Budget 2010 projects a deficit of $1.7 billion in 2010/11, and a return to fiscal balance by 2013/2014.
Today’s Budget marks a reversal of declining revenue growth. Revenue growth is expected to average 4.9% annually over the next three years. Projected [...]
The second session of the 40th Parliament was prorogued on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. The third session of the 40th Parliament is now scheduled to reopen tomorrow March 3rd at 2:00 pm with a Speech from the Throne. This is an important event because the Speech from the Throne will present the Government’s broad priorities [...]
With the Grammy Awards being handed out last Sunday in Los Angeles, it got me thinking, what are federal politicians listening to these days on their iPod or Zune during this time of prorogation? No doubt many are rocking out to Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers in the privacy of their own homes, but would [...]
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