Congratulations to Free Enterprise and Porter Airlines

Free enterprise strikes again! I was thrilled to see Porter Airlines is  being revitalized with more staff, more jobs and more flights. Imagine that, a company with a proper business structure and a great market is expanding its services even during this economic recession. Read an article on Porter and Mayor Miller’s history here.
A ceremony […]

Posted on April 27th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Say No to Big Government Campaign Goes to Ottawa

I arrived in Ottawa yesterday for a couple of days of meetings to discuss our Say No to Big Government Campaign with media and various other Ottawa folks. The NCC is seen as one of the very few organizations in this country that continues to push for some fiscal sanity. I was amazed watching clips […]

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Canada Needs its own Version of the American Tea Party

We watched with great amusement the media coverage yesterday of the “Tea Party” events that were going on all across the United States. April 15 is tax filing date in the States and rallies were set up in many cities to protest the big spending and outrageous stimulus package. Some of the left wing media […]

Posted on April 16th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Ignatieff and Tax hikes

When asked a question at a Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday about how we are going to pay the federal debt back, Michael Ignatieff indicated that “we will have to raise taxes”. You can read the full article here. It was interesting to see Michael O’Shaughnessy, Mr. Ignatieff’s press secretary, go into full damage control […]

Posted on April 15th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Miller Strikes Again!

Toronto city councilors voted on April 7th to eliminate cost-of-living and merit increases for non-union city staff this year. One hour later, they voted to keep their own 2.42 per cent raise. Including this year’s increase councilors “earn” $99,153.
This is simply unacceptable. Obviously they recognize that in these times of economic uncertainty, when businesses […]

Posted on April 9th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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