Daphne and I were holding onto a post for our blog that we'd prepared earlier, waiting for the right moment to publish it. This is that moment. Michael Ignatieff has declared that the Liberals will accept the Harper budget, under the proviso the Conservatives issue progress reports. This condition does not speak to the issues we raised in one post after another after another on our popular blog. With Budget 2009, there'll still be nothing for those already desperately poor, nothing for those who are the most vulnerable to the economic downturn, the other poor to those deserving "vulnerable" who the neocons favour will get any assistance. (And even that will be too little to make a difference.) Here's the post we've been saving: http://tinyurl.com/c78tcx Ocean -- Book: Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the front Podcast Channel: http://bcseawalker.podbean.com/ Blog: Challenging the Commonplace - and other irreverent activities http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/ If you live in BC, help promote the May 12 referendum on electoral reform - visit http://www.stv.ca/ To manage your subscription (and create a password)or view archives go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html . CLICK4HP is run in collaboration with Health Nexus (formerly Ontario Prevention Clearing House). See: http://www.healthnexus.ca/index_eng.php