Provinces on the hook for Ottawa’s overpayment. OTTAWA and TORONTO — Finance Minister John Manley said yesterday that he will recover $1.3-billion in overpayments made to Ontario over the past decade and forgive another $3-billion given by mistake to all the provinces. I read this several times. Why stick Ontario with the bill if the other provinces are having their overpayments forgiven? I don’t get it.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
