{"id":2422,"date":"2009-09-22T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2009-09-22T07:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T11:46:00","slug":"ask-and-ye-shall-receive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2422","title":{"rendered":"Ask and ye shall receive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since everyone has been clamouring for Ignatieff to let Canadians know a bit more about his vision for the country, it&#8217;s great to see him giving speeches <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberal.ca\/en\/michael-ignatieff\/speeches\/16363_speech-to-the-toronto-board-of-trade\">like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Coles Notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><strong>Champion Canadian business and technology<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Improve upon Canada\u2019s 13 out of 30 ranking in research and development by driving strategic investment to job-creating innovation throughout the economy, including clean energy, high-tech, advanced manufacturing, health sciences, forestry and farming.<br \/>\u2022 Support manufacturing research and commercialization to help businesses get new technologies to the factory floor and bring new products to market<br \/>\u2022 Investing in clean energy research and renewables to become the most efficient users of energy in the world<br \/>\u2022 Stand up for flagship Canadian companies, technology and jobs with an investment review process that guarantees our national interests<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invest in people and communities in every region<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Increase the gas transfer to flow money directly to municipalities, relieving pressure on property taxes, and enabling cities and towns to invest in transit and water systems<br \/>\u2022 Support the success of rural, remote and northern communities by completing Canada\u2019s broadband network and building roads and bridges<br \/>\u2022 Create incentives for small and medium businesses to hire and train workers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open new international markets<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Re-establish Team Canada missions to India and to China to reverse our shrinking exports to these growing markets<br \/>\u2022 Enhance the commitment to the Atlantic and Pacific trade gateways and key border crossings to improve our export performance<br \/>\u2022 Provide federal leadership to engage the United States at all levels to bring down non-tariff barriers such as Country of Origin Labelling that are costing Canadian beef and pork producers their livelihoods<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since everyone has been clamouring for Ignatieff to let Canadians know a bit more about his vision for the country, it&#8217;s great to see him giving speeches like this. Here are the Coles Notes: Champion Canadian business and technology\u2022 Improve upon Canada\u2019s 13 out of 30 ranking in research and development by driving strategic investment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}