Shard

Makes sense. A useful summary for me. ThanKs.

orly

Totally ignoring the use of metre... https://www.trudeaumetre.ca/

Shard

What a good idea.

Confusedmum

As someone desperate to leave the awful town of Barrow (as mentioned in previous posts) I was very relieved to hear the defense budget in particular the marine side isn't getting cut. Just hope he follows through on what he is saying.

Former Lancastrian

My prediction on the 1st promise to be broken though there seems to be some confusion on how this promise is worded.
On the TrudeaMetre the promise is worded as this

Welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees through immediate government sponsorships with a $100 million investment by April 2016.
However it has widely been reported that he said he would promise to bring in the 25,000 by the end of 2015. This is being reported by CTV news in an exclusive interview airing this Saturday on W5

Justin Trudeau says he will deliver on his promise to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of 2015, in an exclusive television interview airing this Saturday on W5.
Trudeau spoke to CTV News Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme.
Trudeau stands by refugees promise in exclusive interview | CTV News

My bet is that 25,000 Syrian refugees don't arrive by the end of 2015.

Pulaski

If I worked in the military equioment/defence sector I wouldn't be looking to move to Canada.

Confusedmum

Why is that? For us the move is a lifestyle choice rather than job..... well for me anyway my husband may not agree with that completely as his career is very important to him.

Pulaski

Expect more cuts in the defence budget. .... If you don't believe in deploying your armed forces, you aren't going to prioritize spending on military equipment.

Former Lancastrian

Unless you are a dab hand at fixing the subs that the Canadians bought off the Brits or fixing our state of the art Sea King helicopters or CF18 fighters.

Pulaski

Duck tape and string are cheap.

Former Lancastrian

We had enough in the budget to buy a large case Gorilla tape and glue.
Gorilla Tape | Duct Tape that Sticks to Rough and Uneven Surfaces | Weatherproof Tape

magnumpi

So the PM moves back to his mums place lol Just sounds odd I guess, but, his spokesMUM says they having a few repairs done first. (I admit it is long overdue repairs) Maybe Wynne will fund the repairs by stealing school children's lunch money?

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/new-...rive-1.3285314

scrubbedexpat091

Ill be happy if he doesnt raise GST. We wont benefit from any income tax cut since we are below his income range, but would be affected by a raise in GST.

Former Lancastrian

So was it a promise broken or a play on words which was amended.

The promise to bring in 25,000 refugees by 31 December 2015.

We have learnt today that only 10,000 will arrive by 31 December 2015. The other 15,000 by the end of February 2016.
Also to be noted that the Liberals promised the 25,000 would be Govt sponsored refugees but we also found out that 10,000 of these are in fact privately sponsored refugees.

leith

Hope Former Lancastrian sends a copy of all the Liberal platform promises to Trudeau - probably have forgotten most of them by Christmas and is hoping that we will have, too.