Mississauga Liberals Want a Fair Economy, Fiscal Accountability
MISSISSAUGA – Omar Alghabra and Liberal Party Finance Critic John McCallum stood up for the middle class and decried the Conservative Party’s wasteful spending Thursday at a Mississauga-Erindale town hall meeting.
“Here in Mississauga, we’ve seen unemployment above the national average – more than 9.5 per cent at the [...]

Last year, when the economic recovery was at its earlier uncertain stages, I was discussing economic policies with a friend of mine. During the conversation, we discussed whether economic indicators are the most important measures to evaluate the progress of any country. He reminded me that “quality of life” indicators are more important than just [...]

The Conservative government tabled their 5th budget since taking power. This one was no different than the previous ones. It lacked vision and forward looking ambition.
During their reign, the Conservatives have proven that they are incapable of thinking big and that they have a narrow understanding of what the role of the government is. Their [...]

November 5th is the annual students’ Day of Action where students gather to express their grievances and aspirations. This is a suitable occasion for us as a country to have a meaningful conversation about the status of our post-secondary education and its future.
We have one of the highest quality post-secondary education systems in the world. [...]

For the last couple of weeks, there have been stories about how the Conservatives appear to be using the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund (ISF) as a Conservative reward program. The Conservative government appears to have been disproportionately directing taxpayers’ money to cities with Conservative MPs or ministers instead of where it is needed the most. Reports [...]

Now that the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has reported to Canadians that the latest economic report card issued by the Conservative government didn’t accomplish or inform much, I think it’s only fair that the government include that indictment in their commercials that we are seeing on a daily basis. Or better yet, may be [...]