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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>
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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>A Missed Chance to Fix EI</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hercules</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the near-death experience for the Harper Conservatives in November, I expected Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to table a budget that would be responsive to growing concerns about the state of the Canadian economy. And I admit, many of the budget leaks leading up to the official announcement made it seem [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/16/harper-talks-budget-and-stimulus-plan/' rel='bookmark' title='Harper Talks Budget and Stimulus Plan'>Harper Talks Budget and Stimulus Plan</a> <small>Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced some preliminary information on the...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/05/finance-minister-jim-flahertys-economic-policy-of-deficit-reduction-is-not-what-it-seems/' rel='bookmark' title='Finance Minister Jim Flaherty&#8217;s Economic Policy of Deficit Reduction is Not What it Seems'>Finance Minister Jim Flaherty&#8217;s Economic Policy of Deficit Reduction is Not What it Seems</a> <small>Let’s get straight to the point. The deficit is an...</small></li>
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		<title>Michael Ignatieff is Playing the Waiting Game</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/29/michael-ignatieff-is-playing-the-waiting-game/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=michael-ignatieff-is-playing-the-waiting-game</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamir Birk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://informedvote.ca/?p=637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we’re all probably aware of by now, (since NOTHING else has really happened in Canadian politics for the past month…yawn) Michael Ignatieff has decided to support the Conservative budget that was unveiled 2 days ago. But not without an interesting twist: The Liberal party will only support the minority Conservative government&#8217;s federal budget if [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/18/ignatieff-blames-harper-for-upcoming-budget-deficit/' rel='bookmark' title='Ignatieff Blames Harper for Upcoming Budget Deficit'>Ignatieff Blames Harper for Upcoming Budget Deficit</a> <small>Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff lashed out at Harper for the...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/28/liberals-support-conservative-budget/' rel='bookmark' title='Liberals Support Conservative Budget'>Liberals Support Conservative Budget</a> <small>Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced today that he would support...</small></li>
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		<title>Conservatives Unveil Budget, Pump Money into Economy</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/27/conservatives-unveil-budget-pump-money-into-economy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=conservatives-unveil-budget-pump-money-into-economy</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamir Birk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the federal government revealed its highly anticipated budget and stimulus plan for pulling our sagging economy out of recession. To sum up in one sentence, the Tories are going to spend tens of billions of dollars to try and pump money into the economy, and Canada will have to weather large deficits along the [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/02/02/harper-bites-liberal-budget-bullet/' rel='bookmark' title='Harper Bites Liberal Budget Bullet'>Harper Bites Liberal Budget Bullet</a> <small>MPs voted 214 to 84 in favour of the Liberal...</small></li>
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		<title>Today’s Throne Speech: Who Knew?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Bucciachio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what was the big news of the day? &#8220;Canadians face a difficult year — perhaps several difficult years,&#8221; declared Governor General Michaëlle Jean in today’s throne speech from Parliament Hill. Are you kidding me?!!?! I would have never thought. Although, now that I think about it, there have been some warning signs. #5. The [...]


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		<title>Speech From the Throne, Budget, Stimulus Plan &amp; More</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/26/speech-from-the-throne-budget-stimulus-plan-more/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=speech-from-the-throne-budget-stimulus-plan-more</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamir Birk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no doubt the last few weeks in Canadian politics have been fairly boring and uneventful, especially relative to the recent coalition fiasco. But things sure look like they’ll be picking up again, fast. Today’s Speech From the Throne paved the way for what is sure to be an exciting week in Canadian politics. Although [...]


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		<title>Budget Boogie Fever</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/23/budget-boogie-fever/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=budget-boogie-fever</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Camozzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honourable Iggy thinks our PM is playing games again.  According to Lord Ig, Mr. Harper has no respect for Parliament because he’s letting a few choice budget details slip out beforehand. Before we all get our shorts in a knot, let’s not forget that this budget slippage scenario was I believe (correct me if I’m [...]


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