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.
I’ve spent the last few days trying to find out where the Ontario Conservatives stand on pension reforms. I’m a bit surprised that I haven’t found much.
Pensions have been getting a lot of attention of late – Canada’s Finance ministers met in December in Whitehorse to talk about how best to encourage Canadians to save [...]
It is fitting that the weekend after the running of NASCAR’s Daytona 500, engines are revving up around Ottawa as Parliament prepares to return with a throne speech on March 3 and a budget on March 4.
Over the last few days, the NDP and Liberal caucuses have sent a list of their priorities to the [...]
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 [...]
A couple of takeaways from President Obama’s speech last night:
First on climate change. With a nod to his opponents, Obama argued that while there is serious disagreement on the science, working on clean energy is still good policy. As he put it, “even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficiency and clean energy [...]
There was an interesting poll out over the weekend from Ipsos- Reid’s Darrell Bricker. The horserace numbers are in keeping with other recent polls that show a considerable tightening of the race between the Conservatives and the Liberals, with the Liberals rising at the expense of the NDP/Greens/other voter pool. If these numbers hold it [...]
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