Archive for the 'Budgets' Category

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

No new military funding in Budget 2009

Just a quick comment…. Today’s federal budget released by the Conservative Government touts an approximately $84 billion deficit over the next over four years, as the government moves to provide significant economic stimulus to the Canadian economy. Yet, the Government seems to have ignored one of the best ways to provide economic stimulus to the [...]

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Budget 2008: national defence/sovereignty highlights

While the 2008 Budget has brought very modest goals for the upcoming fiscal year, the Government of Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made some small investments in national defence/sovereignty initiatives this year, though these investments are multi-year in nature. The major commitment this year by the Government is the funding of a replacement [...]