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This morning, I woke up to see the default Kubrick theme on this blog. And, I know that *I* didn’t change it. I think it’s time to beef up the security in this blog!

Fortunately, everything is here. Nothing is missing. Everything works .. as far as I can tell!

I wonder what happened? If somebody did this to me .. please fess up! Thanks!

The following Economy In Brief has just been posted on the Finance Canada Site.

Overview

In the third quarter of 2006 real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.7% following a 2.0% gain in the second quarter.

Real final domestic demand growth slowed to 2.8% in the third quarter from 3.6% in the second quarter. Residential investment declined 8.2%. Growth in government spending on goods and services slowed, mainly reflecting a winding down of census-related expenditures. Also, business inventory accumulation weakened.

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Last week I received an email asking why I post 100% of certain government news items and other times I don’t. There was also a comment implied that I’m “STEALING CONTENT” when I post the article in its entirety. Naturally, I trashed that email and tried to forget all about, and figured the person would just show up on one of my posts and leave a comment - but, has not done so.

Firstly, around my sites I do post a lot of other people’s content .. in the form of Ezine articles and news releases.

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The following News Release or Speech has just been posted on the Finance Canada Site.

Ottawa, December 22, 2006
2006-088

Canadian families, students, workers and seniors will be able to keep more of their hard-earned money in 2006 and 2007. Canada’s New Government is providing substantial and immediate tax relief in every way the government collects taxes.

“Within the first 100 days of taking office, our government moved swiftly to lower taxes in order to create the right conditions and opportunities for families and businesses to be successful,” said Minister Flaherty. “While we have made great strides, Canadians still pay too much tax, and our government will continue to look at new ways to ease the tax burden and create a real Canadian tax advantage.”

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