CP: Key Tory ridings in Quebec showered in stimulus money: study

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Two Conservative ridings were the biggest Quebec beneficiaries of a federal stimulus program set aside for rural areas, while other Tory-held areas received a considerable share of funds reserved for the province.

Numbers compiled by The Canadian Press reveal that in the initial wave of stimulus spending under the Community Adjustment Fund — a program that exists across the country — the two Quebec ridings that received the most were key electoral battlegrounds held by the Tories.

The calculations also reveal that of the 10 ridings to receive the most money in Quebec, four were Conservative — even though the party only holds 11, or 15 per cent, of the province's 75 seats.

The riding to receive the most money under the program was Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Riviere-du-Loup, which Conservative Bernard Genereux wrestled from the Bloc Quebecois in a 2009 by-election.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/key-tory-ridings-in-quebec-showered-in-stimulus-money-study/article1665981/