there is a conservation vision in model, conservation finance, and on the groundwork for transactions and park design and development. with conservation visiting, this is mostly work that we help cities around the country map parks and open space deficiencies and to fund conservation priorities for new parks and open space. we identify lance to be protected and help plan networks of conserve plan that meets public need. something we have not done too much with the city of san francisco i think is an opportunity for us as we move forward. for conservation finance, will help agencies identify and generate funds for conservation from federal, state, and local sources. hear, cpo was the sponsor of the neighborhood safe and clean park fun. we were the sponsor of the park development and revitalization act and responsible of making sure that $400 billion was in proposition 84 for urban parks statewide. actually, we have the city, and we have all gotten some grants as part of that. our federal staff is now working in washington with the obama administration to create similar programs at the

under a new contract with the conservation corps that brought the number from 50 to 20. last year, working with the budget and finance committee, the port notably expanded on this program to include several other aspects. the california maritime academy internship program, also won reserved. the interns at the heron's had parked, apprenticeship program, and building enhancement training programs at pier 70. the collaboration between the committee and port staff resulted in the program expanding from 150,000 in 2005 to a budget proposal $700,000 serving low-income and young adults and disadvantaged residents. skill sets offered range from landscaping and recycling to ship repair. budget analysts recommended that we prepare an overview of youth employment and workforce development programs, which we have done and handed out today. specifically to the reserve programs for the sheriff's garden project, this would be expanded for the earth stored program to hire two apprentices and one senior apprentice to provide enhanced park maintenance on the southern waterfront and do native plantings for parks. the requested funds f

conservative moneys are remaining silent. why didn't quebec receive a single penny from the federal government to set in place it's own hydroelectric network? doesn't the president realizing by funding the underwater cable, it's financing quebec's competition. it's unfair to quebec. >> the honorable foreign affairs. >> i say to my colleague that conservative party members stand up. they will make sure is contrary to what the block is stating there will be no unfairness between quebec taxpayers and taxpayers from the east or west or anyone in the country. we will support the demands of quebec. the honorable member. in order to get a larger part of the old harry mine, newfoundland refuses to acknowledge the borders of the gulf of st. lorens. newfoundland said since the agreement was not signed by the land, it is not valid 37 since the government is in settlement mode, will it ratify the 1964 agreement so that quebec can have full jurisdiction over it's territory rather than once again favor newfoundland? >> the honorable minister of foreign affairs? >> mr. speaker, again, this is a clear demonstration of the blocks inability to do anything. of course, by forcing a pointless election, they were ensuring that they were del

. >> i will also add that within the direct area of housing finance, the important steps have been taken by the conservative of the gse's to improve their current lending. it would also allow them to make good on their commitment to repay the american taxpayer through their agreements they have with treasury. and on the fha said, we have taken a broad set of steps to improve our finances to the point where we will contrary to the taxpayer in the range of $10 billion this year -- contribute to the taxpayer in the range of $10 billion this year. these are critical areas where we can get our own fiscal house in order by responsibly managing on a bipartisan basis, just as you said, to improve government in no way the president laid out in the state of the union. we have to improve the performance of government. that is an important part of getting our fiscal house in order. >> senator hagen. >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> could you turn on your microphone? >> is it on now? thank you. i would expect that the guarantees provided by ready in fannie are wound down that the government involvement being out, they w

conservative members are remaining silent. why did quebec not receive a single penny from the federal government to set in place its own hydroelectric plant? it is financing quebec competition. that is unfair to quebec. >> conservative party members stand up. they will make sure, contrary to what the block is saying, but there will be no and fairness between quebec taxpayers and tax pairs from the ease, the west, or anywhere in the country. we will support the demands of quebec. the armorer -- in order to get a larger jet, newfoundland refuses to recognize an agreement on sharing the borders of the gulf of st. lawrence. newfoundland says that, since the agreement was not enshrined by the federal berman, they're not bound by it. when it ratified the 1964 agreement so that quebec could have holsters tension over secretary rather than -- have whole control over its territory. they are ensuring that they will delay many projects and many agreements that are important to quebec. that was settled by my colleagues, the minister for financial resources and the government of quebec. this is intangible evidence of the concrete success of our government. >> quebec i

senate finance committee to release the first comprehensive analysis of what the states themselves expect to spend as a result of the health care law and the results are sobering. even using conservative estimates states while phase $118 billion in 2023 as a result of the loss band-aid. today's governors cannot afford to continue offering the same benefit the same way other medicaid populations. however the health care law put us between a rock and a hard place. economic eligibility changes in their options and programs because the health care law freezes or current programs in place for years. there'll be an opportunity to hear from three of the nations most awful governors. although his governors you have roadmaps with health care reform and believe you can always print date innovation and flexibility are key and a guilt now one minute to mr. barbour. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i welcome mark governors here. i'm sure they'll be here at the appropriate time. i'm going for my entire statement into the record simply. this is the same old story, just a new chapter we have heard year after year that we need more flexibility for medicaid partners at the state level. my governor of texas

. >> britain's finance minister has just presented the 2011 annual budget to parliament. even with the deficit reaching a record 10% of gdp, britain's conservative liberal democratic coalition is sticking to plans for a 1.3 billion euros tax break for low earners. >> the economic situation in britain looks grim. growth remains sluggish in the fourth quarter, and unemployment is at its highest level since 1994. at the same time, inflation in february was double what had previously been forecast. morale among its public sector workers is low after sweeping job cuts. >> the cuts are simply an ideological attack on the welfare state, and really, this government is using the banking crisis to do what it would have loved to do anyway. >> the chancellor of the exchequer, as britain's finance minister is known, has already postponed a fuel tax hike. george osborn also wants to provide more support for first- time homebuyers, and 50,000 apprenticeships for young people. >> let's take a quick look at some of the market numbers now. we start first in frankfurt where it was green across the board today. the eurostock 50 at 2066. dutch industrial average tra

conservative government. this is what canadians expect of us in parliament, all of us. the budget table this week by the minister of finance, the next phase of canada's economic action plan is critically important to complete canada's economic recovery. it seeks to support growth, create jobs, and help those in need with affordable measures and to do all of these things without raising taxes. it's content not only reflected the wide input of canadians, including the input of other political parties. it has the strong support of canadians. indeed, there was nothing, absolutely nothing in the budget that the opposition could not and should not have supported. unfortunately, the coalition partners in the ndp made abundantly clear they already decided they wanted to force an election instead. canada's fourth election in seven years, an election canadians told them clearly that they do not want. thus, the vote today which obviously disappoint the me, will, i suspect, disappoint most canadians. as a consequence, i have to meet with the general tomorrow to advise him of the situation and take the only course of action that remain

. >> members of canada's ruling conservative government took questions yesterday in the house of commons. this comes a day after the finance minute stir presented the government's annual budget, which all three opposition parties said they'll vote against. from the canadian house of commons in ottawa, this is 45 minutes. >> the honorable leader of the opposition. [applause] >> there's nothing support our health system, and these are the priorities of canadian families. why is this prime minister out of touch and out of control? [applause] >> the honorable government house leader. >> mr. speaker, this focuses on the priorities of canadians. whether it's our most vulnerable senior citizens living inport, there's help for them. whether it's support for health care which will have risen by 36%, mr. speaker, an unprecedented -- you will not know because he was not here, cut health care by $25 million. and i know -- [inaudible] >> honorable leaders of the opposition. >> mr. speaker, the priorities of this government make no sense to canadians. they spent more in a single day at the g-20 than they spend on seniors in a year. they

earlier today, cabinet members who make up the government of the conservative prime minister took questions. the finance minister presented at the budget but soon after that, leaders of the opposition parties announced they would oppose it. with the prime minister leading a minority government, you will need support least one of the opposition parties to get the budget passed. right now, at looks like the debate will lead to a parliamentary election in canada. this is 45 minutes. >> the hon. leader of the opposition. [applause] >> mr. speaker, spending billions of dollars on stealth fighters for tax cuts and mega prisons means you have to shortchange the canadian family. there is nothing in this budget on affordable housing. there is nothing here on child care. there's nothing to support the health system. these are the priorities of canadian families. why is this prime minister out of touch and out of control? >> the hon. government house leader? >> the budget presented yesterday focused on the priority -- focuses on the priorities of canadians. whether it is support for volunteer firefighters to do an

conservative-run at bromley council is setting 13 of 16 children's centers? >> yes, we have made reductions in local government grant, because, frankly, we inherited a complete mess in the nation's finances. what we have done is ask every single local authority to make public every single bit of spending they do so that members of the public can make sure that they're cutting bureaucracy, cutting counselor allowances, and cutting pay, rather than cutting services. when the right hon. gentleman gets to his feet, perhaps you can tell us why only one authority in the entire country, labor-run nottingham, refuses to do so. >> you know he is losing the argument when he starts asking me the questions, mr. speaker. why are the cuts being made in sure start children's centers? we are getting used to the prime minister's question time you turn parent we have seen it on school's board, housing benefit, and, most recently, on forests. he has the capacity to ditch a policy and adopt a colleague in it. so when he returns to the dispatch box, why does he not done this policy, too, and why does he not reinstate the insured start ring fence? >> in a minute, and he will give me a lesson on family loyalty

conservative government of prime minister steven harper in contempt of parliament for failing to provide the estimated costs for a number of spending programs. >> the budget table this week by the minister of finance, the next phase of canada's economic action plan is critically important to complete canada's economic recovery. its contents not only reflected the wide input of canadians including the input of other political parties. it has the strong support of canadians. >> all that needs to happen now is for canada's parliament to be officially dissolved and an election date set. having led two minority governments, mr. harper is hoping his party will win a majority. >> the honorable -- >> coming from behind in the opinion polls, former author and broadcaster michael ignaceius will fight his first election as the leader of the main opposition liberal party. >> it's time to change canada's direction. time to get us on the right path. after five years of conservative government, it's time to say enough is enough. enough of the politics of fear. enough of the politics of division. enough of the politics of personal destruction. >> the state of the recovering canadian economy along with ethics and

the closest perhaps we can do that is the big campaign finance case in which the conservatives on theourt held their own, drawing a blank on the name of it now. citizens united of course. and there of course they didn't stand the ground even is a popular way that came from congress and from mccain-feingold. i will just respond to two of the points that neera made in her -- personal, she said that we have lived with 30 or 40 years of conservative supreme court, and they haven't done much to upset what she called the loughner era court. well, that is because the jurisprudence of the right has evolved for the last four years. it was initially a reaction by people like atkins can you to the judicial activism of the warren and burger courts of the late '50s, the '60s and '70s. but that reaction was only tepid. it went after the rights activism that the conservatives sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly saw on the part of the warren and burger courts. it did not go back to the first principles of the matter, name of the doctrine of enumerated powers which had been lost in 37. and so when i

. >> britain's finance minister has just presented the 2011 annual budget to parliament. even with the deficit reaching a record 10% of gdp, britain's conservative liberal democratic coalition is sticking to plans for a 1.3 billion euros tax break for low earners. >> the economic situation in britain looks grim. growth remains sluggish in the fourth quarter, and unemployment is at its highest level since 1994. at the same time, inflation in february was double what had previously been forecast. morale among its public sector workers is low after sweeping job cuts. >> the cuts are simply an ideological attack on the welfare state, and really, this government is using the banking crisis to do what it would have loved to do anyway. >> the chancellor of the exchequer, as britain's finance minister is known, has already postponed a fuel tax hike. george osborn also wants to provide more support for first- time homebuyers, and 50,000 apprenticeships for young people. >> let's take a quick look at some of the market numbers now. we start first in frankfurt where it was green across the board today. the eurostock 50 at 2066. dutch industrial average tra

the closest perhaps we could come is the big campaign finance case which -- in which the conservatives on the court held their own, drawing a blank on it now -- let's see -- citizens united, of course. there, of course, they did stand their ground even against the popular wave that came from congress and from mccain feingold, but to return -- i'll just respond to two of the points that neera made. first of all, she said we lived with 30-40 years of conservative supreme court, and they haven't done much to upset what she called the lockner era court. that's because the court evolved. it was initially a reaction by people like scalia to the judicial activism of the late 50s, 60s, and 70s, but that reaction was only tepid. it went after the rights activism that the conservatives sometimes rightly and sometimes wrongly saw on the war and in the courts. it did not go back to the first prifns pls of the matter, mainly the doctrine of enumerated powers that had been lost in 37, and so when i move from the justice department to the cato institute in 1988, one of my main goals was to establish

. >> within the direct area of housing finance, and corn steps have been taken by the conservatives of the gse's to improve lending and allow them to make good on their commitments to repay the american taxpayer to the agreements they have with the treasury. we have taken a broad set of steps to improve our finances to where we're likely contribute to the taxpayer in the range of $10 billion this year because of the improvements we have made in rest -- risk-management. these are critical areas where we can get our own fiscal house in order irresponsibly managing to improve government and we have to improve the performance of government. >> senator hagan? [inaudible] [microphone not on] >> i expect the guarantees provided by fannie mae and -- >> can you turn on your microphone? >> sorry about that. is it on now? thank you. i would expect us that the guarantees provided by fannie mae and freddie mac are wound down and that mortgages will be viewed as riskier for purposes of capital standards. but how would you expect mortgages and mortgage related securities to be viewed for risk rating

conservatives are not acting. >> the honorable member. >> the prime minister, gives billions for stealth fighters, corporations, but only transfer for families. the families, the finance minister has ruled that any compromise and the conservatives have new attacks add on the air that prove they wanted the budget to fail all alone. by hiding the cost of their still fighting some parliament the conservatives have been sold out in the canadians, and it means we can't trust their budget members. [speaking in french] >> translator: the charges and jail time for breaking election laws as well as the investigations. now he wants an election to avoid scrutiny from the auditor general on his disgraceful $1 billion g20 photo op. tricky liberals can no longer support and out of touch and out of control that deceit committees and attacks our democracy. the prime minister doesn't make the rules. canadian to do. >> the next stage of canada's economic action plan is critically important for candidates economic recovery. it is a low tax plan of critical importance to the finance the security of canadian families. however, the liberal leader has united once again as a coalition prepar

conservative government. this is what canadians expect from us in parliament, all of us. the budget tabled this week by the minister of finance, the next phase of the action plan is critically important to complete canada's economic recovery. it seeks to support growth, create jobs, and help those in need with affordable measures. to do all these things without raising taxes. its contents not only reflected the input of canadians, including the input of other political parties. it has the strong support of canadians. there was nothing, absolutely nothing in the budget that the opposition could not or should not have supported. unfortunately, the coalition partners made abundantly clear that they had already decided that they wanted to force an election instead. the fourth election in seven years, an election canadians told them they did not want. that me assure you that our priority will remain to ensure stability and security for canadians in what remains extremely challenging global circumstances. after i have met with the governor general tomorrow, i will be in a position to take your questions. thank you. >> prime ministe

conservative underwriting standards. homeowners will hold more equity in their homes. the security markets will play a major role in housing financehe subjects to risk retention. we propose a three part plan. we propose to wind it down fannie mae and freddie. as you know, private capital retreated and is not yet returned, leaving the government to lead nine out of 10 new mortgages today. that has been essential in helping bring the measures to the housing market and help ensure that the americans have continued access. it is not a long-term solution. we recommend using a combination of tools to wind it down over time. we also support a continued one down of investment portfolios. it to shrink the government's footprint. we are not going to get private capital to come back. unless we fix the remaining problems in the private mortgage market. we will make the necessary reforms to provide better once fort them. this means helping consumers make informed decisions and providing them better protection. it reminds the securitization change. it means requiring banks to hold more capital including high-risk mortgages. there any better cha

conservative government. this is what canadians expect of us in parliament, all of us. the budget tabled by, -- this week by the minister of financee next phase of canada's economic action plan is critical to promote economic recovery. it seeks to promote growth, create jobs, and help those in need with affordable measures and to do all of these things without raising taxes. its contents not only reflected the wide input of canadians, including the input of other political parties, it has the strong support of canadians. indeed, there was nothing, absolutely nothing in the budget that the opposition could not or should not have supported. unfortunately, mr. ignatief and his coalition partners made it abundantly clear that they wanted to force an election instead. canada's fourth election in seven years, and election canadians had told them clearly that they do not want. thus, the vote today, which obviously disappoints me, will, i suspect might disappoint most canadians. as a consequence, i will have to meet with the governor general tomorrow to advise him of the situation and to take the only course of action that remains. let me

conservative underwriting standards. homeowners will hold more equity in their homes and the security markets will play a major role in housing financeubject to risk retention and other reforms and requirements. we propose a three part plan. we want to wind down fannie and freddie and helping private capital back to the market. private capital has retreated and not yet returned. that assistance has been the essential in helping bring in measures to the housing market and ensure americans have access to mortgage credit. it is not a long-term solution. we recommend a combination of tools to wind down fannie and freddie overtimes such as guarantees to load limits and underwriting standards. we need to wind down the investment portfolio and shrink our footprint in the housing market. we're not going to get private capital to come back and replace the government unless we fix the remaining problems in the private mortgage market. the second part of our plan is to make the necessary reforms to provide better protection for lenders and investors and help restore confidence in the market. this means helping consumers making informed decision