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Gosh, is there an election on or something?

Quebec, Ottawa announce $4 billion infrastructure deal
Tories pledge $80M for reopening of Ford…

by Andrew Coyne on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 9:40pm - 7 Comments

Just in case you thought there was anything still left of conservatism.

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  • madeyoulook

    What do they call it? Retail politics.

    Ptooie.

  • SD

    Quebec gets McGuinty’s money.

  • http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=122506677 Aidan

    My favourite line from Harper on the $80 million: “This is not money being thrown around on the eve of an election…”.

    Um, okay, what is it then? I mean, I know it was loosely allocated in the last budget, but c’mon.

  • http://economics.about.com Mike Moffatt

    “Um, okay, what is it then?”

    Money being gently tossed around the fortnight prior to an election.

    But should we be surprised, given Canada’s farm policies, that an overwhelming rural party isn’t exactly a bastion of Chicago-style free market economics?

  • http://economics.about.com Mike Moffatt

    Make that:

    But should we be surprised, given Canada’s farm policies, that an overwhelmingly rural party isn’t exactly a bastion of Chicago-style free market economics?

  • Sisyphus

    Don’t despair,Andrew. Dig Tom Flanagan’s road map out of your files.

  • Shenping

    Gee, $80 million for 547 jobs. That works out to about $150,000 per employee to run a factory that’s already built. That’s six years take home pay for my little university-educated skilled worker butt.

    The Conservative Green Shift: shift our green from taxpayers to big American companies.

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