Todays promises
http://www.canada.com/news/Leaders+f...307/story.html
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"Every child deserves the best start in life," Ignatieff said on Day 6 of the federal election campaign in announcing $500 million a year for the provinces to create new childcare spaces. The amount would rise to $1 billion annually by the fourth year, he said. "Our party believes passionately that the most important thing a government is investing in is child care."
Details of the pledge were vague, but the Liberals said they were "not ruling out" any plans the provinces suggested.
The money could go toward public or private spaces; it would be up to the provinces to make proposals.
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So Liberal spending if my math is right is up to between 2.2 and 2.6 billion
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Harper, meanwhile, was focused on a proposed hydroelectric project in Newfoundland and Labrador. But during the morning he was silent on whether the federal government will back it with a loan guarantee.
Harper was to travel to St. John's later in the day, amid reports that the province has reached a deal with the federal government on federal assistance.
If so, that could affect the campaign in Quebec, where the provincial government has had long-standing opposition to the funding because it believes it should also get help with hydroelectric projects.
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia have been seeking federal loan guarantees for the $6.2-billion project that would send power from Labrador's Lower Churchill River to Newfoundland, and on to Nova Scotia via underwater cables across the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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That could cost them in Quebec but help them gain seats in the Maritimes. I'm not sure of the spending increases on the Con side as this is a loan guarantee and the income splitting is 5 years from now. Yesterday they announced new equipment purchase write off incentives to manufacturing
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Greener jobs was Jack Layton's theme Thursday. He said he wanted to cancel some $2 billion in subsidies to oil producers and to invest that money into renewable energy projects and green jobs.
Under Layton's plan, $1 billion would go toward projects such as providing Aboriginal communities with solar hot water heaters and helping bring clean technology ideas to market.
Another $500 million will go toward job training for renewable energy researchers, technologists, designers and energy auditors, leaving a surplus of $500 million.
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Not a good strategy for the NDP to roll out to oil producing provinces