Nearly two out of five Canadians who could bother to show up at the polls voted for them so that explains why 75% of federal infrastructure spending since 2007 has gone to ridings held by Conservative MPs. From CBC News:
The Opposition party's analysis of the $1 billion dispensed from the Building Canada fund found 21 of 26 projects receiving money are in ridings that elected Conservative MPs, Liberal infrastructure critic Gerard Kennedy said.
Kennedy told the House of Commons during Thursday's question period that it leaves the majority of Canadians living in opposition ridings "massively shortchanged."
"Will the minister agree to stop punishing people who did not vote Conservative and to use infrastructure funds to create jobs fairly for all Canadians?" Kennedy said.
Not to be outdone by the likes of Gerard Kennedy, Liberal interim leader Michael Ignatieff puffed himself up, leapt to his feet, and went after Stephen Harper, claiming, "I'm an impatient man." Oh dear.
"I can't help but find I'm an impatient man," Ignatieff told the House. "Can the prime minister assure us that his infrastructure spending will benefit all Canadians, no matter where they live or who they vote for?"
The Opposition party's analysis of the $1 billion dispensed from the Building Canada fund found 21 of 26 projects receiving money are in ridings that elected Conservative MPs, Liberal infrastructure critic Gerard Kennedy said.
Kennedy told the House of Commons during Thursday's question period that it leaves the majority of Canadians living in opposition ridings "massively shortchanged."
"Will the minister agree to stop punishing people who did not vote Conservative and to use infrastructure funds to create jobs fairly for all Canadians?" Kennedy said.
Not to be outdone by the likes of Gerard Kennedy, Liberal interim leader Michael Ignatieff puffed himself up, leapt to his feet, and went after Stephen Harper, claiming, "I'm an impatient man." Oh dear.
"I can't help but find I'm an impatient man," Ignatieff told the House. "Can the prime minister assure us that his infrastructure spending will benefit all Canadians, no matter where they live or who they vote for?"
The Tories suck. If only we had a way to get rid of them and replace them with something else.
ReplyDeleteIsn't his homework a little late?
ReplyDeleteWould like to know to which ridings the other projects went. Were they, by chance, ridings in which the race for the Con candidate in 2006 was tight?
ReplyDeleteLibs probably did their homework before the vote, knowing all this. How could they not have? Either way one looks at it, it makes them look cheap. Think about, the day after each liberal stands up and gives Harper's govt the big thumbs up, they - surprise - reveal that they like just discovered most of the money was going to con projects.
ReplyDeleteNope they knew, so now they are trying to score cheap political points, but it's so juvenile. The time to reveal all was before they voted, and not after. It just makes them look stupid, now.
Jan,
ReplyDeleteAgree with you. During prorogue Ignatieff spent a month finishing up his latest book - instead of looking at the needs of the people & working on an alternative budget. It was pre-planned to accept this budget - no matter what - so Iggy could work on his image & get more funding, etc. for the next election.
Let the people suffer so that Harper et al can *wear* the recession & all the negativity so that he (Iggy) wins next time. It's sick.