jdobbin Posted October 3, 2008 Report Posted October 3, 2008 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...G5hcTf8ctdkONiQ The Conservative party was playing down concerns Thursday about how one of its Vancouver candidates got a lucrative federal contract.Vancouver South candidate Wai Young's consulting firm received $578,590 from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to stage a Toronto conference last June on teaching English to new immigrants. The publicly tendered six-month contract was awarded in April, three months after Young was nominated to run for the Tories in the Liberal stronghold. What is it about Tory candidates and big government contracts? Quote
Alta4ever Posted October 3, 2008 Report Posted October 3, 2008 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...G5hcTf8ctdkONiQWhat is it about Tory candidates and big government contracts? Where there pther bidders? Quote "What about the legitimacy of the democratic process, yeah, what about it?" Jack Layton and his coup against the people of Canada “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” President Ronald Reagan
jdobbin Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Posted October 3, 2008 Where there pther bidders? I'm more concerned with the deciders. Quote
Alta4ever Posted October 3, 2008 Report Posted October 3, 2008 I'm more concerned with the deciders. I would like to know if there where other bidders and why they decided on this fellows company. In other words was this handled properly, I sure it was, but I'd still like to know. Quote "What about the legitimacy of the democratic process, yeah, what about it?" Jack Layton and his coup against the people of Canada “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” President Ronald Reagan
Who's Doing What? Posted October 3, 2008 Report Posted October 3, 2008 Vancouver company - Toronto conference, ok I get it. Quote Harper differed with his party on some key policy issues; in 1995, for example, he was one of only two Reform MPs to vote in favour of federal legislation requiring owners to register their guns. http://www.mapleleafweb.com/election/bio/harper.html "You've got to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants from eastern Canada: people who live in ghettoes and who are not integrated into western Canadian society." (Stephen Harper, Report Newsmagazine, January 22, 2001)
OddSox Posted October 3, 2008 Report Posted October 3, 2008 Public tender - what's the problem? These follow stringent rules and guidelines that were specifically developed to prevent any political or other interference in the process. I'm more curious about why they're spending 1/2 million dollars on a language conference? When my parents first came to Canada they couldn't speak a word of English. They learned it the same way everybody else does - watching TV. Quote
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