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Week ending 25 Sep 2009 Vol 24, No 6
Feature Article: Leaked minutes of meetings on continuing care policies offer far more information than was contained in headlines about potential cuts to the number of long-term care beds:
Also in this week's edition:
- The municipal affairs minister tries to keep regional planning on track in Calgary after three rural municipalities drop out; concerns are also cropping up in the Edmonton region. (Calgary regional partnership, Edmonton region board, Municipal Affairs - documents on Edmonton region planning)
- About 50 bills that were approved by the legislature in recent years have not gone into effect; some never will.
- The New Democrats give lessons in how to play political hardball.
- New websites offer useful information about current public consultations (as well as international issues). (Casino review website, Electoral boundaries commission website, McKinsey Quarterly - interview with Jeroen van der Veer, former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, Chinese economists in video interview on McKinsey Quarterly website).
- The government's failure to require candidates in the 2006 PC leadership contest to file information about contributions is still having an effect - now Wildrose Alliance leadership candidates are refusing to release information. (Canadian Taxpayers Federation - survey of Wildrose Alliance leadership candidates, PDF, 988 KB, Mark Dyrholm website, Danielle Smith website)
- The review of how to split casino proceeds quietly gets a new chairman several days after it starts.
- Finance Minister Iris Evans has many fans; it appears some people also feel far less warmly about her.
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