Cutting waste should begin with unnecessary business handouts

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was elected with a mandate to reduce waste and clean up government. Nowhere is this more needed than with business subsidies.

While it made business press headlines, Bombardier's recent announcement that it was cancelling its C-Series passenger jet program went virtually unnoticed in Ottawa. But it is a clear sign that with the election of the Conservatives, the climate for federal bailouts for Liberal-friendly companie...

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