Sorted by Month: May 2010

The Liberals focused on the cost of security at the upcoming G8 and G20 summits. The Bloc focused on the long-gun registry. The NDP focused on the upcoming G8 and G20 summits.Read Post »

With the news this morning that an Angus Reid poll found that a Liberal-NDP coalition government headed by Jack Layton would defeat the Tories by 43 – 37 per cent, I got to thinking about what a Layton prime ministership would look like.
A cursory stroll through their election platform shows that an NDP-led government will do a [...] Read Post »

The leaves have fallen, the snow has blown, the flowers have blossomed and the heat waves are back.  What better time to take a look back at the year-that-was at Queen’s Park as the legislature prepares to recess for yet another summer.
Here are but a few points of reflection – in numbers – from the [...] Read Post »

The Liberals focused on the cost of the upcoming G8 and G20 summits and visas for African leaders. The Bloc focused on the proposed national securities regulator. The NDP focused on the upcoming G8 and G20 summits.Read Post »

The Liberals focused on the cost of the G8 and G20 summits. The Bloc focused on abortion as part of maternal health in developing countries and funding cuts to organizations with differing ideologies. The NDP focused on the cost of the G8 and G20 summits and assistance for Canada’s banks.Read Post »

The Liberals focused on corporate tax cuts and the cost of security at the up-coming G8 and G20 summits. The Bloc focused on the proposed national securities regulator. The NDP focused on the inclusion of abortion as a maternal health initiative and the removal of tax subsidies for the oil industry.Read Post »

The Liberals focused on corporate tax cuts and funding for abortion as part of maternal health in developing countries. The Bloc focused on funding for abortion as part of maternal health in developing countries. The NDP focused on access to information regarding ministers and their staff and regulations to prevent an off shore drilling disaster in Canada.Read Post »

Rate hike not a certainty

In 2007, when the credit crisis hit, and began to broaden into a wide-spread meltdown affecting financial markets and the global economy – the world’s central bankers acted swiftly and in a coordinated fashion. It was this coordination that dampened the recession and limited the potential catastrophe, and it is [...] Read Post »

We can all appreciate a great headline and a catchy lead to a media story. Yesterday’s coverage of the latest protest at Queen’s Park against the HST provided some clever examples, some harking back to the Grease era. My favourites:
HST Protest Gets Physical:
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/05/19/con-hst-protest.html  
Protesters worked up over HST
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/05/19/fintess-hst.html  
Pumped-up gym owners fight HST
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2010/05/20/14016666.html   
Fitness protest [...] Read Post »

One of the things we sometimes don’t do as conscientiously as we should – besides posting to blogs, of course – is to publicly support government policy initiatives when they benefit our industry or our customers.
For everyone who works in Public Affairs, and for clients out there who want to be more successful in their [...] Read Post »