Hyacinth

2016-12-31 17:09:20 -0500

Peter Netterville commented 4 hours ago“Cameron Robock, the Conservatives did not spend any where as much as the Liberals are now.You are either woefully misinformed, intentionally being disingenuous, or a liar. Which is it?”He is all three.Let’s just toss a few facts at the Dipper as a reality check:“In its first 100 days in office, the majority government of Stephen Harper handed out about $4 billion worth of grants, loans, or other spending commitments..”1)2) Hired 2 nannies paid for by the taxpayer.3)7)8) He began discussions on decreasing the MP’s workweek by 20% by dropping the Friday sitting of Parliament. The reason? To make Parliament a more family-friendly workplace.9) He paid $32.9-million (U.S.) to maintain Canada’s membership in the F-35 buyers’ pool, despite his election promise to exclude the aircraft when selecting this country’s next warplane. So how does he answer to that? He creates a new secretive government committee tasked with overseeing defence purchases.“The federal government has spent millions on online advertising since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to power and is getting increasingly sophisticated in its ability to target its messages to Canadians.A study by iPolitics of 682 pages of documents tabled recently in the House of Commons reveals that government departments spent more than $3.3 million between the time Trudeau’s government was sworn in and April 22, 2016. Of that amount, Google pocketed $1 million, with government promotions for everything from getting Canadians to help support Syrian refugees to recruiting candidates for the Canadian Armed Forces. Government departments also “liked” Facebook, spending more than $904,822 to get their message out on the popular social media platform during that time frame. Yahoo was next at $406,920 followed by Twitter at $364,090. The government also spent more than $161,847 on YouTube, $96,051 on Bing and $17,608 on advertising on Huffington Post.”“Trudeau’s Spending Priorities Send Too Many Tax Dollars Overseas… The National Bank has already predicted that Trudeau’s spending could result in a $90 billion deficit by the time the next election comes around.”