Ontario farmers face Liberal campaign pledges and Tory plan
Ontario politicians frame farm funding as the election looms. John Tory unveils a Conservative agricultural plan at the Wagner farm promising 150 million dollars in year one and 300 million annually by year four, while Liberal leaders promise 55 million in one-time aid and talks on a three year crop insurance scheme.
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Breslau
Ont
Ontario
John Tory
Tory
Fred
Heidi Wagner
Dalton McGuinty
McGuinty
Wagners
Ottawa
Quebec
Liberals
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Alberta faces $1 billion hit as dollar strengthens and wage fights loom
Alberta politicians warn that a stronger Canadian dollar reduces energy royalties and could double losses to $2 billion if it reaches par. They urge restraint while unions demand double digit raises for 30,000 teachers and 20,000 nurses amid a surge in living costs and a large 7 billion dollar surplus.
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Iberia
Lyle Oberg
Alberta
U.S
Frank Bruseker
Alberta Teachers Association
May proposes carbon taxes to avert global catastrophe
Green Party leader Elizabeth May unveils A New Energy Revolution plan proposing a carbon tax rising to 100 per tonne by 2020, arguing it would curb emissions and fund tax cuts elsewhere. Harper, Baird and Liberals critique and present alternative carbon budget approach. May also urges Prime Minister Harper to steal her ideas.
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Ottawa
Green Party
Elizabeth May
Green Party of Canada
May
Joe Clark
Environment
John Baird
Berlin
Stephen Harper
Baird
Stephane Dion
Liberals
Canada
Dion
Harper
Friend testifies about sex act linked to Pickton case
Pat Casanova, a friend of Robert Pickton, testified he paid for sex with a woman referred to as Angel brought to Pickton’s farm. He identified Angel as Andrea Joesbury, one of six women Pickton is charged with murdering, under cross examination by defense counsel Adrian Brooks.
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New Westminster
B.C
Robert Pickton
Pickton
Pat Casanova
Casanova
No. 3
Angel
B.C. Supreme Court
Andrea Joesbury
Adrian Brooks
Pickton’s
Dinah Taylor
Taylor
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Southern Alberta
MedicAir Society
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