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SmartVote: Conservatives’ TFSA policy rewards only the wealthy, finds economist
April 7, 2011
“Raising the limit to $10,000 simply reinforces what Harper has been saying for the past two weeks: public policy should reward those who are already affluent. What if you can’t save at all? Stephen Harper’s just not that into you.”
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U.S. Defence Expert Says Government’s and PBO’s F-35 Cost Estimates Are Too Low
April 5, 2011
(Ottawa, ON) The cost of the F-35 stealth fighters will be much higher than the government’s figures, and will even exceed the cost announced last month by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), according to a U.S. defence expert and former U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) official.
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U.S. Defence Expert to Give “Reality Check” on the F-35 Stealth Fighter
April 3, 2011
Winslow T. Wheeler is Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information in Washington, D.C.
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Staples op-ed: Defence spending must be brought under control
April 1, 2011
Year after year defence spending has been rising. Increases brought in by the Paul Martin Liberals, and later boosted by the Stephen Harper Conservatives, have created a lucrative market for Canadian and international (especially U.S.) defence contractors.
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