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Ralph Goodale announced today that Canada’s surplus is projected to be $8.9-billion. Here’s how The Globe And Mail has tracked the federal surplus/deficit over the years. 1991-92 -$32.3 1992-93 -$39 1993-94 -$38.5 1994-95 -$36.6 1995-96 -$30 1996-97 -$8.6 1997-98 $2.1 1998-99 $2.8 1999-00 $13.1 2000-01 $20.2 2001-02 $7 2002-03 $6.9 2003-04 $9 In one my… Continue Reading Ralph Goodale announces $9.1-billion surplus for 2003-2004

I went to Brock’s Remembrance Day ceremony today. It was a powerful tribute. Last post was played, there where readings from the Bible and the Koran. ‘Our Vet’ for the ceremonies made the observation that it’s getting harder to find a vet from WWII: ‘There’s not many of us left, so you get to people… Continue Reading Remembrance Day

The imputes for my blog was all the blogsforbush.com posts I was reading in the run up to the US election. I can’t understand that xenophobic far right found in the states, and how foreigners and gay people make the average American feeling icky. So I read some of the blogs for George Bush, and… Continue Reading What this blog is not