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Tag: Canada (page 3)

All Tags

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Jun 01, 2011 at 10:51:19 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Snyder, DRIC, NITC, $5.5Billion, $3.8Billion, $2.2Billion, $1.025Billion, $550Billion, 20000 Daily Fares, $8 Truck Fares, $4 Car Fares, Maintenance, Employees, Debt Service, Canada, Unions, Math, More Math, Taxpayers, Liability, 100 years, Taxes (all tags)

There is enough right there.

The post writes itself.

Questions?

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The Tea Party Is Alive And Well

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue May 03, 2011 at 08:26:00 PM EST
Tags: Canada, Michigan Health care, Conservatism, Government, Elections (all tags)

In Canada?

Well, maybe not the tea party, but shades of it in the conservative juggernaut that has gripped Michigan's bordering neighbor. It seems that conservative values are becoming universally more popular as the failure of neo liberalism, (progressivism) become more evident with failing economies worldwide.

In recent elections, Canada's conservative party headed by Stephen Harper has not only gained power but has done so with prejudice:

" ... Mr. Harper would stage a comeback, bringing the Conservatives to power first in 2006 and again in 2008 as leader of minority governments. Finally, on Monday, he scored the first non-Liberal majority in 23 years."

While conservatives here might be even less inclined to some of the social meandering than their Canadian counterparts, this still represents a major shift in consideration of governments role, and might also offer hope for those who think conservatives here might be demoralized enough by certain media reports to abandon the movement that will further repair the political environment in 2012.

Pay attention MR Snyder. While you are accepting money from the federal government for the implementation of the unconstitutional health care mandate, you should note what one of Canada's early leading socialized medicine advocates had already said years ago.

"We thought we could resolve the system's problems by rationing services or injecting massive amounts of new money into it," says Castonguay. But now he prescribes a radical overhaul: "We are proposing to give a greater role to the private sector so that people can exercise freedom of choice."

And that was merely the first hint that the liberalism run rampant in Canada was destroying an overall quality of life many had become accustomed to.

Medicine, once available to all, deteriorated in the progressive/leftist/liberal health care "rights" model that developed, and the man considered its father said "mmm maybe not such a grand idea."

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Nothing Has Changed

By JGillman, Section Multimedia
Posted on Tue Mar 29, 2011 at 06:44:13 PM EST
Tags: Canada, Michigan DRIC, Snyder, Bridge (all tags)

So WHY does our governor want the new DRIC?

Questions to ask:

Who will be building it?
Who will be providing materials for it?
What is the motivation?
Why would we be building it when traffic has been down for the last few years?
Why should we believe that Michigan would not be on the hook for approaches, exits, infrastructure or any failure of the bridge fares to pay for the billions of "investment"?

In the meantime, enjoy a little seen video from the other side of the stream. (H/T Mackinac Center)