Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Immigration

Canadian Municipalities Dept: The needs of Canadian municipalities have, until recently, figured less than prominently as a factor in federal election campaigns. Entities that answer directly to the provincial government, cities and towns appear on federal campaign managers' radar only as sources of votes. The courtship of Quebec City - or, more particularly, the ridings contained in its metropolitan area that might change hands during next month's election - is an indicator of how hard strategists will push at a vote to get it to swing, according to Montreal Gazette. If it seems that the federal politicians who will soon be candidates aren't spending too much time talking about Montreal, that's only because they aren't - Liberal and Bloc Qu b cois seats on the island are far from wobbly, much less up for grabs. And while that may make for one less reason for campaign managers to lie awake at night, it doesn't give local politicians much reason to expect a shower of electoral largesse to fall locally between now and voting day and the placards are up, the prime minister will visit the Governor General Saturday morning to pull the trigger on a general election, and federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is promising Quebec City more than sidewalks. This month, Prime Minister Stephen Harper raised eyebrows when he announced $50 million in federal aid to expand Quebec City's Jean Lesage airport - hardly a transportation hub. And after dithering over then refusing to put federal money into Quebec City mayor R gis Labeaume's sports arena project, the Conservatives have since been making noises about funding the infrastructure around the arena - an attempt at damage control that led Ignatieff to promise federal involvement in the project, "and I'm not talking about sidewalks." As reported in the news.
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