So, what else is new?

Tucked away on page E3 of the Ottawa Citizen today, is a nasty little tidbit. The government's on-going practice of lending money to foreign corporations (some none too stable) to ease the export of Canadian products, makes me wince. There go my tax dollars again.

New Bombardier Loan
"International Trade Minister Jim Peterson announced a $230-million loan [actually, the paper said "load", which ....] to Delta Airlines subsidiaries Comair and Atlantic Southeast Airlines under the $1.2-billion financing agreement set up in July 2003 to support export sales of Bombardier regional jets."