elections matter

The Conservatives are cutting $1B in spending over 2 years, including:

• $78.8 million: Elimination of program that gave GST rebates to tourists (An easy choice - uptake was 3%)
• $50 million: Elimination of unused funding for Northwest Territories devolution
• $46.8 million: Smaller cabinet announced in February
• $45 million: "Efficiencies" in Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• $15 million: Elimination of residual funding for softwood-lumber trade litigation
• $13.9 million: Cancellation of National Defence High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar Project
• $11.7 million: Removal of unused funds for mountain pine beetle initiative
• $6.5 million: Elimination of funding for the Centre for Research and Information on Canada
• $6 million: Operational efficiencies at the Canada Firearms Centre
• $5.6 million: Elimination of Court Challenges Program (outstanding call on this rediculous program)
• $5 million: Administrative reductions to Status of Women Canada
• $4.6 million: Cuts to museum assistance
• $4.6 million: Elimination of the RCMP drug-impaired-driving program's training budget
• $4.25 million: Consolidation of foreign missions
• $4.2 million: Cuts to Law Commission of Canada
• $4 million: End to medical-marijuana science funding (nice)