CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has poured cold water over a proposal by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a global tax on financial transactions to fund future bank bailouts.
SCSUScholars (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
No, no, not the health care vote this weekend in the House. That was all theater, after all; even the AP says the public option is dead, and it appears to have caused a major rift in the majority. No, the story that caught my eye over the weekend was Gordon Brown, the British PM, arguing for a tax on "day-to-day financial transactions" and getting it thrown back in his face by just about...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Found this in the Financial Times , on McSnotty being snubbed on the world stage. He really does come across as that kid that wants to be in the gang but is not wanted and the gang can't beat him up as their mum's will give them crap so have to tolerate him. McSnotty Brown threw his rather porky and overweight self behind a global financial transactions levy on Saturday morning, calling for “a...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chancellor insists Obama administration's refusal to back a 'day-to-day financial transaction tax' does not mean an end to plans Alistair Darling today pledged that the Government would step up its fight for a new international tax on banking despite an initially frosty response to the plan from Washington. The chancellor said there was broad agreement among Britain's partners in the G20 group of...
Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Image : hat tip to Banksy SHOCK NEWS, HOLD THE FRONT PAGE: Gordon is saying the right thing for once. Hi is calling for a Tobin Tax on financial dealings, the proceeds to go to help poorer countries and to fund future bank bailouts. Predictable opposition coming from the expected quarters. Timothy Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, said: "That's not something that we're prepared to support."...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
International levy on financial trading would help developing world deal with climate change A row blew up last night after Gordon Brown promoted plans for an international tax on City dealing that could raise funds for the world's poor and help developing countries tackle climate change . No sooner had the prime minister floated the idea of a tax on bank transactions than it was shot down by US treasury...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A pair of young journalists led Jack Layton’s scrum yesterday with questions about heckling in the House. They would seem to have followed up with a couple other MPs, similar exchanges showing up in the scrum transcripts. The last question posed to Jim Flaherty surely demonstrates a degree of chutzpah that bodes well for the [...]
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
When Liberals aren't accusing the government of deliberately sabotaging the H1N1 vaccine campaign, they apparently fill in the hours reading NDP policy manuals. NDP leader Jack Layton has spent many happy hours flaying credit card companies for their devious and dishonest practices. The credit card industry is a natural target for the NDP, since it makes much of its money by charging usurious interest...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty should bolster consumer and merchant protections in the multi-billion-dollar credit-and debit-card markets by rooting out a slew of controversial industry practices including "double-cycle billing," members of the Liberal caucus said Monday.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty should bolster consumer and merchant protections in the multi-billion-dollar credit-and debit-card markets by rooting out a slew of controversial industry practices including "double-cycle billing," members of the Liberal caucus said Monday.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's proposal to introduce a voluntary code of conduct to govern Canada's multi-billion dollar credit and debit card markets lacks teeth and offers no protection to either consumers or small businesses from being "gouged," members of the Liberal caucus said Monday.
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Leaders of Canada's largest forestry union (the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union) and senior officials of Canada's largest forest company, AbitibiBowater , are meeting today at 1pm with Ontario Forest Minister Mike Gravel and finance department officials to discuss protecting the pensions of thousands of workers. The delegation, which includes CEP President Dave Coles , Secretary-Treasurer...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The federal government is thinking about helping Ryerson University and Loblaws restore Maple Leaf Gardens, according to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
‘We are seeing some stability of late, which is to be desired,' finance minister says
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