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	<title>Political News and blogs on Stephen Harper, Canadian Politics and Voting on Informed Vote &#124; InformedVote.ca &#187; Economy</title>
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	<description>Informed Vote (informedvote.ca) will keep Canadian voters informed on Canadian Politics such as Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green, as well as foreign issues like the Israel palestine conflict and local issues like the CUPE strike</description>
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		<title>Occupy Everything. The Occupy Movement in Canada and The Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2012/01/06/occupy-everything-the-occupy-movement-in-canada-and-the-tea-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=occupy-everything-the-occupy-movement-in-canada-and-the-tea-party</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Milne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Occupy protest movement has established itself in Canada. Born against the backdrop of our current economic crisis and claiming to speak for the “99%” of the population who the Occupiers say have been hurt by the policies of many of the world’s governments, financial institutions and the richest“1%” of the population, the Occupy movement [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/03/canada%e2%80%99s-fading-forests-a-place-to-hang-the-green-party-hat/' rel='bookmark' title='Canada’s Fading Forests; a Place to Hang the Green Party Hat?'>Canada’s Fading Forests; a Place to Hang the Green Party Hat?</a> <small>In what will surely become a political issue, at least...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/18/populist-party-stephen-harpers-conservatives-criminal-justice-policy/' rel='bookmark' title='Populist Party: Stephen Harper&#8217;s Conservative Criminal Justice Policy'>Populist Party: Stephen Harper&#8217;s Conservative Criminal Justice Policy</a> <small>I am going to steer away from prorogation for a...</small></li>
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		<title>Feds Sell Provinces to World Trade Organization Under Cover of “Buy American”</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/03/01/feds-sell-provinces-to-world-trade-organization-under-cover-of-%e2%80%9cbuy-american%e2%80%9d/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feds-sell-provinces-to-world-trade-organization-under-cover-of-%25e2%2580%259cbuy-american%25e2%2580%259d</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Griffiths</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united states]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seemingly lost amidst the Olympic shuffle last week was an announcement by the Harper government on reaching an agreement with the United States that allowed for Canadian exceptions to the highly contentious “Buy American” regulations. The regulations, imposed last-year by the U.S. government, blocked Canadian manufacturers from bidding on almost $800-billion worth of contracts tied [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/03/01/a-re-examination-of-american-protectionism/' rel='bookmark' title='A Re-examination of American Protectionism'>A Re-examination of American Protectionism</a> <small>&#8220;Buy American&#8221; provisions in the U.S. stimulus package have become...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/03/24/ill-trade-you-how-global-bartering-might-bail-us-out-of-this-recession/' rel='bookmark' title='I&#8217;ll Trade You! How Global Bartering Might Bail Us Out of This Recession'>I&#8217;ll Trade You! How Global Bartering Might Bail Us Out of This Recession</a> <small>Remember when you used to trade marbles? Or baseball cards?...</small></li>
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		<title>Finance Minister Jim Flaherty&#8217;s Economic Policy of Deficit Reduction is Not What it Seems</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/05/finance-minister-jim-flahertys-economic-policy-of-deficit-reduction-is-not-what-it-seems/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=finance-minister-jim-flahertys-economic-policy-of-deficit-reduction-is-not-what-it-seems</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim flaherty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neo-conservative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s get straight to the point. The deficit is an economic problem, but it is not as serious as many make it out to be. What may surprise many people is the fact that many business leaders and almost all neo-conservative politicians secretly agree. Don’t be fooled by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s recent rumblings about [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/27/conservatives-unveil-budget-pump-money-into-economy/' rel='bookmark' title='Conservatives Unveil Budget, Pump Money into Economy'>Conservatives Unveil Budget, Pump Money into Economy</a> <small>Today, the federal government revealed its highly anticipated budget and...</small></li>
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		<title>Copenhagen COP15: Not the Climate Change Summit We Were Hoping to Reach</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/03/copenhagen-cop15-not-the-climate-change-summit-we-were-hoping-to-reach/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=copenhagen-cop15-not-the-climate-change-summit-we-were-hoping-to-reach</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Melnick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copenhagen summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s finally the end of the Copenhagen climate change summit. I don’t know about anyone else, but I had my hopes up. After almost two weeks of high-level collaborative teamwork you’d expect something more to show for it than the sooty remains of a huge carbon footprint. To be fair, our world leaders have come [...]


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		<title>Where Has All The Money Gone?  Fraudulent Canadian Politics Continue to Deliver Empty Promises</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/17/where-has-all-the-money-gone-fraudulent-canadian-politics-continue-to-deliver-empty-promises/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=where-has-all-the-money-gone-fraudulent-canadian-politics-continue-to-deliver-empty-promises</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Trigg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canadian politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can’t tell right off the bat, I’m blatantly plagiarizing the not-yet-late and great Bob Dylan. But whereas Bob was talking about peace and love, I’m talking about pure old cash. That’s right. The evil force that makes our world go round (second most powerful force after gravity). You see, I’m getting exasperated folks. [...]


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		<title>HST Virus Introduced to British Columbia&#8217;s Economy Already Sick With Olympic Fever and Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/19/hst-virus-introduced-to-british-columbias-economy-already-sick-with-olympic-fever-and-swine-flu/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hst-virus-introduced-to-british-columbias-economy-already-sick-with-olympic-fever-and-swine-flu</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Trigg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[british columbia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recently used her Facebook status to pose the following question: Can some one please explain the harmonized sales tax in layman&#8217;s terms? The first comment she attracted was a sincere attempt to explain the details of BC’s newest tax structure without any criticism of the hike. My irritated brain immediately commanded [...]


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		<title>Bill 139 Will Finally Regulate Temporary Employment Agencies</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/18/bill-139-will-finally-regulate-temporary-employment-agencies/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bill-139-will-finally-regulate-temporary-employment-agencies</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geordie Gibbon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temp agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temporary employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For decades the growth of temporary employment agencies has had a real impact on how rural job markets are taking shape. A 2006 study highlights a consistent rise in part time, low wage jobs over the last several years. It claims that 11 percent of all rural workers hold temporary jobs. These jobs are often [...]


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		<title>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited to Receive Bailout From the Harper Government &#8211; They Just Ate More of Your Food and Haven&#8217;t Done Their Dishes, Again</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/18/atomic-energy-of-canada-limited-to-receive-bailout-from-the-harper-government-they-just-ate-more-of-your-food-and-havent-done-their-dishes-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=atomic-energy-of-canada-limited-to-receive-bailout-from-the-harper-government-they-just-ate-more-of-your-food-and-havent-done-their-dishes-again</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Cornwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a bad roommate stereotype? For me, The Bad Roommate is constantly in a bathrobe that I&#8217;m sure belongs to me, has just, without even enjoying it, finished off the leftovers I was counting on, and isn&#8217;t sure what they did today, yet certainly created an unfathomable mess in the kitchen. Among other [...]


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		<title>Challenges Facing Nortel Employees &amp; Canadian Pension Plans</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/05/pension-protection-challenge/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pension-protection-challenge</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Simon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[michael ignatieff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nortel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension plan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saving money for one’s golden years, when working is no longer possible or desirable, is a goal rightfully pursued by many Canadians. One does not expect to be working their entire lives just to survive. Nobody wishes to become an imposed burden on their family or friends during their later years. Yet, a flawed system [...]


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		<title>The HST Is Not Evil</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/01/the-hst-is-not-evil/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-hst-is-not-evil</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonja Dupor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harmonized Sales Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago, if anyone had asked me what I thought about the proposed HST in British Columbia, I would have told them that Gordo, the little weasel, had screwed over British Columbians once again. But that was before I actually took the time to learn everything I could about the new Harmonized Sales Tax. [...]


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