Link from thebitterguy:

[pyat]

"Canada has the world’s soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found as financial crisis and bank failures shake world markets."

Well... that's nice, I guess.

Comments

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

In this case, handing out glad-handy money just before an election in order to shore up declining support in the polls. You are correct that it's hard to really call it "pork barrel" as it doesn't really provide any solid regional benefit to a geographical area.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I think the bailout is unpopular enough here that Harper doing something that looked like it wasn't his motivation.