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Tracked on January 22, 2006 12:11 PM

WTF??? What's in the annexed schedule?

I wonder what's in the "annexed schedules"?
Emergency advertising?
Seed money for the handgun registration/confiscation program?
Dingwall's severence package?
Kyoto credits payable to Russia?
Payroll for all those government workers/liberal campaign workers that supposedly went back to work over the Christmas holidays?
More of the same?

Well this indeed requires closer scrutinizing. Paid out in $25,000 chunks no doubt.

This is just sickening! Maybe this is for the Liberal's entitlements? One thing when there is a new government and it was the GG that signed off on these funds, IF THERE IS ANYTHING MISSED PLACED OR UNACCOUNTED FOR THE GG SHOULD BE FIRED!
That would be justice! This is just amzing s*#*#!

small bills only please...

paper bag, or manila envelope?

This explains why PMPM is saying anything for a vote, and Landslide Annie has dead people votin for her, they have to get back and hide the bodies.

Change the locks now!

Remember how Trudeau screwed Turner?

Hey this is month early. Imagine what'll happen the night of.

Treasury Board ?? Isn't that Reg Alcock ?

Maybe he can produce the details from that unattached annex.

I am sure Alcock would be upfront and honest about what that money was used for. He would never lie about anything, just ask him about the Wheat Board sometime and listen to his answers.

(Too bad he never really answers a question put to him without redirecting into some obscure attack on the other parties)

DON'T SIGN OFF ON IT GG JEANNIE!!!

what page of the Liberal campaign book is this on ??

"what page of the Liberal campaign book is this on ??"

... I think you're in the section before

Evidence Shredding and Electromagnetic Storage Erasing... 24 hours IS enough time.

Yup...thats Reggie boy's portfolio. You should have seen him go ballistic at a all canidits forum in Winnpeg, when he was asked by a corrections officer, when he was going to settle they're contract, that they have been without for four years. He damm near came off the stage to attack him and then accused him of harrassing his kids when they where picketing outside his home in the city. It was shown on CKND TV's nightly news. He got boo'd pretty bad.

A little OT, but has anyone seen this site?

http://www.betterchoice.ca/en/index.html

Awk! I just wanna phreakin puke! I love how they say in their little graph that the Conservatives don't have anything in their platform regarding health care, pension, blah blah. Come on!

Then they recommend NDP for working families. Geez, just like the new commercial. And then you look it up and find out it is registered by "Canadian Labour Congress".

Geez, blatant marketing should not masquerade under the guise of 'genuine research'.

The spending estimates - scheduled to be voted in early December 2005 - could not be passed due to the no-confidence vote.

My guess is that this special warrant applies to essential departmental spending for Jan/Feb 2006 until the new government officially takes charge.

It would be very unlikely that items not in the original estimate - and already reviewed in Committee - would be included in the special warrant.

No conspiracy here, folks.

I have already voted Conservative and I hope the liberals don't win a single seat, however.....
With parliment being disolved at the end of November, If I remember correctly, the only way that money can be released to the treasury in December to pay for everything that is already in place, such as wages, etc. is through special warrant. No time to dig up the background, as the boy has hockey, but I'm sure the info isn't to far from your keyboard. At least check it out and prove me wrong if I am so that we're not being overly sensitive and getting off message by looking like we'll jump on anything without some research.

One billion for two months?

Add that to $9 Billion that's disappeared into the, so called, Private Foundations, the $1 Billion that went missing under Pettigrew's watch as Minister for the HRDC Job Training Grants, Chretien's Shawinigate, the $162 million that went to Paul Martin's CSL(no audit there either), the Earnscliffe contracts, the Sponsorship Scandal, the $2 Billion on Rock's Gun Registry Fiasco, the emerging Technology Partnerships Scandal, DINGWALL(scum of the lowest form), INCOME TRUSTS (eh Ralphie!, do not pass go, go directly to jail!!!), Options Canada(retired Justice Bernard Grenier appointed to investigate, formerly special advisor to Irwin Cotler!!!).
Auditor General blocked from investigating the books of many crown corps and agencies including Canada Post, Via Rail, CIDA, EDC, CWB, etc.

I am glad to see some people not going off the dep end and seeing this for what it is. The govt fell before a large part of the governments budgets could be approved by parliament. If it was not for this warrant, thousands of people would not be paid their salaries. In fact, there would have been even more spending if the govt did not fall!

Not saying you won't find some howlers in there, after all we are talking about spending made under this wacky, directionless govt....but lets all take a deep breath before descending into wild uninformed speculation!

Vote ABP....Anybody But Paul.

It's quite consistent, just like their forecasting of surpluses.

Last March, Goodale pegged the surplus at $1.9 billion. By November - some 7+ months later - the surplus was $9 billion. An average increase of a billion dollars per month in "newly found" monies.

Those monies should be immediately returned taxpayers.

And as it relates to Martin saying how much he's cut taxes in his tenure as finance minister, how is that the case?

The GST has brought the Liberals 1/4 of a TRILLION dollars over the past 12 years. And any tax cut promise that is not delivered - such as the Libs' promise to get rid of the GST - is a de facto tax increase.

The GST ceases to be Mulroney's tax when the government elected to defeat him renages on their promise to do away with it.

So when the Libs say that they have cut taxes by $100 billion, the fact is that they have increased taxes by $150 billion over that time.

I wonder if they put anything in there for jet fuel?? I'd hate to see them run out over the Rockies.

Syncro

We need to see the BOOK's, The AG has been stonewalled at every turn folks, Just think about it?, If monies were redirected in the ADSCAM!, what about all the trust's that she is not allowed to look at? "FOR LIBERAL EYES ONLY". The liberal special interest group's CANNOT AFFORD FOR THE CONSERVATIVE's to get a look at these book's. So in the final day's their will be more increased slash & dash, GET OUT & VOTE MONDAY!

I'll bet the shredders are working full tilt right now. Never mind waiting for the election results, can't leave incriminating evidence lying around....

"No conspiracy here, folks."

Nuts. I was just working the edges of my tinfoil hat.

That's OK, we still have PMPM to entertain us.

Let's hope some of that money goes towards more police and stricter enforcement/prosecution of criminals.

Or more likely, the libs would have it go to registering then confiscating all firearms from the honest folks across Canada, so that they can say they are addressing this problem:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1137799507644&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News

Jon: and we won't even mention "bracket-creep" thru income tax. Only indexed to inflation if it hits 3%.... it rarely if ever hits that, so they're still gouging it unseen, not to be confused with the "Gouge n Screw Tax".

A BILLION here, a BILLION there; pretty soon it adds up to real money.

steve-O said "Vote ABP....Anybody But Paul."

I hope you mean "Vote AFBP....Any Federal but Paul"

Carry on.

Oops. I mean "Vote AFBP...Any federalist but Paul"

Those speculating that the shredders are now working, no. The staff in the Ministers Offices are out on the campaign trail, and civil servants have record retention requirements. Keep in mind, however, that the transition to a new government takes several days. I suspect the shredding companies will be working overtime starting Monday.

...where do I sign up to get these special gifts?

Oh, right here, mark X beside Liberal candidate...

Brown bags are just fine thank you, don't like plastic.

This may or may not be a conspiracy, it DOES look like it would need further investigation due to the timing. I still want to know what David Dingwall got, and if the CPC gets in on Monday, if they can do anything to stop whatever sweet deal they have cooked up.

For detailed info on this Order in Council see http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060121/html/house-e.html as set out below

ol. 140, No. 3 — January 21, 2006
GOVERNMENT HOUSE

SPECIAL WARRANT

Pursuant to Order in Council P.C. 2005-2337 of December 20, 2005, the President of the Treasury Board is hereby authorized to pay out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, effective December 22, 2005, the amount of $1,130,433,505 for the purposes set out in the annexed schedule.

December 20, 2005

MICHAËLLE JEAN

GOVERNOR GENERAL SPECIAL WARRANT
PROVIDING FOR EXPENDITURES

Ministry
Budgetary
$ Non-
Budgetary
$
Total
$
Agriculture and Agri-Food 69,932,278 0 69,932,278
Health 59,809,660 0 59,809,660
Industry 76,633,112 0 76,633,112
National Defence 825,396,303 0 825,396,303
Office of Infrastructure of Canada 9,158,260 0 9,158,260
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness 89,503,892 0 89,503,892
Grand Total 1,130,433,505 0 1,130,433,505

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD

SCHEDULE

DEPARTMENT
Vote
No. Amount
$
1 Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received from, and to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year for, collaborative research agreements and research services, the grazing and breeding activities of the Community Pastures Program and the administration of the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization program 65,819,078
5 Capital expenditures 563,200
10 The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions 3,550,000
69,932,278

HEALTH

SCHEDULE

PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA
Vote
No. Amount
$
30 Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to spend revenues to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year arising from the sale of products 59,164,660
35 The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions 645,000
59,809,660

INDUSTRY

SCHEDULE

DEPARTMENT
Vote
No. Amount
$
5 Capital expenditures 5,000,000

CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION
Vote
No. Amount
$
40 Program expenditures 10,001,000

COMPETITION TRIBUNAL
Vote
No. Amount
$
45 Program expenditures 118,750

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
Vote
No. Amount
$
55 Operating expenditures 23,385,374
60 Capital expenditures 11,907,988
65 The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions 26,220,000
61,513,362

NATIONAL DEFENCE

SCHEDULE

DEPARTMENT
Vote
No. Amount
$
1 Operating expenditures and authority for total commitments, subject to allotment by the Treasury Board, of $22,798,216,658 for the purposes of Votes 1, 5 and 10 of the Department regardless of the year in which the payment of those commitments comes due (of which it is estimated that $10,100,000,000 will come due for payment in future years), authority to make payments from any of those Votes to provinces or municipalities as contributions toward construction done by those bodies, authority, subject to the direction of the Treasury Board, to make recoverable expenditures or advances from any of those Votes in respect of materials supplied to or services performed on behalf of individuals, corporations, outside agencies, other government departments and agencies and other governments and authority to expend revenue, as authorized by the Treasury Board, received during the fiscal year for the purposes of any of those Votes 825,396,303

OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF CANADA

SCHEDULE

OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF CANADA
Vote
No. Amount
$
1 Operating expenditures 9,158,260

PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

SCHEDULE

CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
Vote
No. Amount
$
35 Program expenditures 32,863,246

CORRECTIONAL SERVICE
Vote
No. Amount
$
40 Penitentiary Service and National Parole Service — Operating expenditures, the grants listed in the Estimates, contributions, and
(a) authority to pay into the Inmate Welfare Fund revenue derived during the year from projects
operated by inmates and financed by that Fund;
(b) authority to operate canteens in federal
institutions and to deposit revenue from
sales into the Inmate Welfare Fund;
(c) payments, in accordance with terms and conditions prescribed by the Governor in Council, to or on behalf of discharged inmates who suffer physical disability caused by participation in normal program activity in federal institutions, and to dependants of deceased inmates and ex-inmates whose death resulted from participation in normal program activity in federal institutions; and
(d) authority for the Solicitor General of Canada, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, to enter into an agreement with any province for the confinement in institutions of that province of any persons sentenced or committed to a penitentiary, for compensation for the maintenance of such persons and for payment in respect of the construction and related costs of such institutions 56,630,130

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSION
Vote
No. Amount
$
85 Program expenditures 10,516

Hey guys...just a suggestion. PLEASE stop putting full examples up, when a link will do quite nicely, unless, of course, you are helping Kate pay for her bandwidth :)

DemandMore; I think you're right in part. Can we forget that the Liberal volunteers had to return to work over Christmas (to shred paper) because the LPC couldn't afford to pay them?

"I must have another $10,000. Will be the last time of calling. Do not fail me. Answer today."

-The telegram that forced John A. MacDonald to resign as PM in 1872.

Some things never change in Ottawa, huh?