Bloc

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INSTAUPDATE: WHOOPS, just noticed Phil already blogged this. What he said.

Each party leader has picked their favourite speech. Read the full text here.

While campaigning on April 10 in Métabetchouan-Lac-à-La-Croix, QC, Bloc québécois leader Gilles Duceppe promised to usher in a five-step strategy aimed at supporting Quebec’s farmers:

The Bloc Quebecois has promised to amend Canada’s Employment Insurance Act by eliminating the two-week waiting period and increasing the benefit rate to 60 per cent of wages earned. The Bloc will also look into extending the EI program to the self-employed.

The Bloc Québécois is asking the federal government to pay Quebec $2.2 billion in compensation for having harmonized the federal and provincial sales taxes in 1992. Ontario and British Columbia received similar compensation for introducing the HST.

The Bloc Québécois wants the federal government to reduce the eligibility requirements for employment insurance for forestry workers, as well as implement a system of tax credits and economic stimulus to help Quebec’s struggling forestry industry.

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