Whoo Hoo! Harper Plays Sugar-Daddy To Ontario!

From today's G&M, Harper is spreading around the financial Love in advance of his Spring election call, and not coincidentally helping Dalton McGuinty's re-election bid:

Not only did Mr. Harper promise Mr. McGuinty at least $1.3-billion in federal funding for climate-change and rapid-transit initiatives, he also used the meeting to set a new, more cordial tone in their often fractious relationship.

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The money for Ontario includes its $586-million per capita share of a $1.5-billion fund to help the provinces reduce greenhouse gases, the sources said. Mr. Harper allocated the first $350-million from the Canada EcoTrust Fund to Quebec last month.

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The money for Ontario includes its $586-million per capita share of a $1.5-billion fund to help the provinces reduce greenhouse gases, the sources said. Mr. Harper allocated the first $350-million from the Canada EcoTrust Fund to Quebec last month.

An announcement about Ontario's share could come as early as tomorrow, the sources said.

Ontario will also receive $700-million in federal funding to extend the Spadina subway line in Toronto into the rapidly growing York Region, said sources close to the Ontario government. The subway extension was a key part of the Ontario budget last year.

I've already examined some of the new bills we're getting, and you know what? They smell faintly of Oil! Just like the old days; Harper'll be slipping rolls of Western money through my mail-slot, the way Chretien used to do! Not like I'm gonna vote for him, but thank you Prime Minister SUKKA!