The economy in Newfoundland and Quebec must be recovering.
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, online June 8,
“Search-and-rescue co-ordination currently run out of regional offices in St. John's and Quebec City will be shifted to Halifax and Trenton, Ont., as Fisheries and Oceans seeks to come up with $56 million in savings this year... the cuts would involve 12 "call centre" employees in St. John's and 12 in Quebec City.”
The cuts are just one of the many, many difficult choices MP Clement, president of the Treasury Board and Minister of ALL THAT ISN’T NAILED DOWN, was talking about.
And Newfoundland, with only 1 Conservative MP (out of 7), and Quebec, with only 5 Conservative MPs (out of 75), shouldn’t be expecting any sugarcoating any time soon.
Across Canada, corporations, big business have nothing to fear. Even if the economy doesn’t recover, they will receive another tax cut in 2011.
This from the same Winnipeg Free Press online article:
“NDP fisheries critic Jack Harris made a direct link between the safety of Canadians and continuing Conservative corporate tax cuts worth billions of dollars in lost revenue.
"We've got governments trying to save money on the backs of services to the people," said Harris.
"You know when this government decides to spend a billion-plus dollars on the corporate tax cuts — and then says we have to balance the budget — well, this is what they're doing. Their corporate tax cuts are being paid for by the reduction in services."
Conservative PM Harper and “Cement Hands” Clement would have something to say about that.
“Welcome to Harperville, the land of smoke and fire down your pants.”
Surely, there will be more to follow.
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