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Quebec budget 2004

Romney Should Seek a Big Win

American Thinker -
Second, he needs to take Florida and Ohio, two states that George W. Bush won in both 2000 and 2004 and that were relatively close in 2008.

Quebec students mark 100 days of tuition protests

WGME -
The protest comes after Quebec's provincial government passed emergency legislation to end Canada's most sustained student demonstrations ever.

Alexis to Refocus Exploration in Quebec With Rouyn-Noranda Properties Placed ...

DigitalJournal.com (press release) -
The project in Rouyn-Noranda, which covers approximately 728 square kilometers, was originally added to Alexis' portfolio of properties in 2004 when the Company entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Noranda Inc. on 784 square kilometers.

Chris Selley: The Conservatives send in the clowns

National Post -
have supported the separatist left-wing party Québec Solidaire; that Charlie Angus and Nikki Ashton were against the long-gun registry before they were for it; that Matthew Kellaway “believes that digital recording devices such as iPods should be ...

Money needed to fill health-care wish list, agency's new chief says

Montreal Gazette -
Quebec is failing to provide its seniors with help they need to stay at home despite a 2003 policy that favours home care for the elderly and the disabled over institutionalized care, said Saint-Germain, who blamed budget cuts for the lack of resources ...

Lawsuit divides Hemmingford

Montreal Gazette -
It started in 2004. A farmer asked that the nearby Prévost stream be dredged so water wouldn't pool on his land. The MRC des Jardins de Napierville, the body that governs the municipalities of that region, agreed and a contractor brought tractors and ...

Try as you might, you can't budgit

The Independent News -
(8) percent of the budget (or $664 million) to develop a project that hasn't been approved yet. There's also the long running issue of the bloated budget itself, having grown nearly 70% since the “Tories” took office in 2004, with no heritage fund or ...

What Liberals and RIM shareholders have in common

Globe and Mail -
Quebec exited the “government coalition” game with the failure of Meech in 1990. Earlier, Quebec voters wisely waited to see how the rest of Canada was voting and then jumped into large majorities at the last minute to remain on the government side.

Reality check: Refugee health benefits

Ottawa Citizen -
In 2004, for example, the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Nurses Association lobbied for a national drug plan, and the Canadian Pharmacists Association is actively pushing for the same.

Today in History - May 25

mysask.com (press release) -
In 1940, women in Quebec were given the right to vote. In 1945, delegates from 45 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

An elected Senate would ruin BC

Vancouver Sun -
Every financial and other measure coming up from the House of Commons - most importantly the budget, but other matters such as Employment Insurance and trade policy that so heavily favour Quebec and the east - every such measure would be twisted and ...

Something's fishy with Bill C-38

Ottawa Citizen -
It's an omnibus bill that purports to be a budget bill but isn't. It's a statutory juggernaut that introduces, amends, or repeals nearly 70 federal laws.

NOC President Wants Beunos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games to "Shape a Generation"

GamesBids.com -
Quebec City - The Buenos Aires bid for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games will help accelerate a grass-roots revolution of sport and culture across the nation, according to the Argentine National Olympic Committee President.

Moore returns as director of magical event

TheChronicleHerald.ca -
(CHRISTIAN LAFORCE / Staff) An actor, director and producer, Moore helped conceive the Liverpool International Theatre Festival and served as artistic director from the inaugural event in 1992 until her departure in 2004 when she moved to Newfoundland ...

Conservative government shutting down world-class freshwater research facility ...

Toronto Star -
“In our scientific community it's an international jewel,” said Yves Prairie, a professor in the biology department at L'Université du Québec à Montréal. “This is where some of the most significant advances in our science have occurred in the last 40 ...

Canadian childcare in crisis

Omega -
According to that same study, the growth in the total number of childcare spaces available had gone down from 50831 per year (average) between 2001-2004 to only 29791 in 2007-2008. While these statistics alone would indicate a major problem, ...

How companies are capitalizing on teamwork, turnover, and a growing youth ...

This Magazine -
Wal-Mart shut down its Jonquière, six months Quebec store in 2005 after workers voted to unionize (and failed to reach a collective agreement).

La sous-classe de chômeurs

LaPresse.ca -
Nous savions depuis le dépôt du budget Flaherty à la fin mars, et donc dans le cadre du projet de loi C-38, que le gouvernement conservateur avait l'intention d'abroger l'article 27 de la loi de l'assurance-emploi ayant trait à la définition de ...

If Harper Isn't Reducing Debt, What Is He Doing?

Huffington Post Canada (blog) -
... Quebec at the expense of tackling fiscal and economic challenges. Compromising meant not only attempts to weed out the radical fringe -- a fringe whose outspokenness cost Harper the 2004 election -- but also moving away from fiscal conservatism.

NHL Playoff Capsules: Coyotes edge Predators, go up 3-1

Brownsville Herald -
Smith, the low-budget replacement for Ilya Bryzgalov after the Russian left the desert for a big contract with Philadelphia, credited his teammates with pressuring the Predators into making some bad shots.
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