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Ontario Votes (?): Ontario voters should get a do-over
My 2 cents: Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty had withheld the truth about the economic and fiscal state of the province before having himself re-elected on a lie. With the provincial Tories already having decided that they will vote against the new budget, it’s now up to the NDP to follow through and vote against it too. Ontarians deserve a do-over of last fall’s election – only this time they will know the full truth, thanks to the Drummond report.
Oh, the left’s hypocrisy is endless
Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty recently attacked Alberta and its oil sands, blaming his own province’s troubles on the “petrodollar”, instead of his own incompetence. In so many words, the Ontario premier would rather see all of Alberta be shut down, have the Canadian dollar returned to just 65 cents US or so, and thus boost the ailing manufacturing sector in Ontario.
Dalton McGuinty, a textbook example of “eastern varmint”
“Intellectually dishonest” and “intellectually challenged” are two of the more polite descriptions people have used for Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty in the last 24 hours. The premier, whose abysmal track record in office was recently laid bare by the “Drummond report“, expertly and objectively compiled by reputable economist Don Drummond, is looking for a scapegoat – because lefties or Liberals never accept responsibility for their own actions or mistakes – and so he now seems to think that Alberta and its oil sands are the right target.
There’s nothing to be done about ‘global warming’
Ontario’s premier Dalton McGuinty, whose biggest achievement has been to turn his province, once Canada’s powerhouse, into another version of Greece (or soon Zimbabwe), believes in alternative energy. So much so that he’s done virtually everything possible to ensure that Ontario consumers pay truckloads of money for electricity, the supply of which will be anything but reliable in years and decades to come. Ontario’s economic woes will be aggravated further by companies and factories having to work around rolling blackouts – expect many more businesses to up sticks and relocate elsewhere.
McGuinty guilty of criminal and reckless voter fraud and mismanagement
From the title of this column, the reader may rightly be prompted to ask, “‘Criminal’? Isn’t that a bit too harsh?” No, it isn’t. Not only did Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty squander precious tax dollars over his first two terms in office in a manner that in the corporate world would entail a prison sentence, but he also lied and thus committed fraud going into last fall’s election. As Rex Murphy recently wrote, there should be a “do-over” for the election, as voters had been lied to, rather than “merely” having had facts withheld from them, which means they were in no position to enter into another “contract” with their premier and the Ontario Liberals.
The truth about corporate taxes
Canada’s finance minister Jim Flaherty wants Canada to become a 25-percent zone for corporate taxes. The federal rate is to be dropped to 15%, and the provinces are required to make the necessary cuts to their provincial rates. But Ontario, which is quickly becoming Canada’s own Greece, probably won’t have the room to follow through on the decrease as it battles its own debt and deficit.
TTC cuts are a really bad idea
Toronto is the last place in North America that should cut public transit service. Its highways and roads have been parking lots for years, and the planned public transit cuts that will take effect on Jan. 8, including to extremely busy routes during rush hour, will aggravate the city’s gridlock even further (already worse than even Los Angeles!).
Need a brain surgeon? According to OHRC, anyone, even non-doctors, must be allowed to apply
In his column today, Ezra Levant regales us with the latest stupidity coming from one of Canada’s kangaroo courts staffed with ne’er-do-wells and good-for-nothings, who owe their positions to political connections, but never ever to skills or competence. The OHRC, Ontario’s kangaroo court of fools, has decided that apartment ads calling for “students only”, etc. are discriminatory. By contrast, an ad stating “only Muslims need apply” is deemed perfectly above-board by the OHRC.
My column in the Prince Arthur Herald
Ontario Votes: Another term for McGuinty Liberals would be a disaster
Having lived in Toronto for many years before packing it in and relocating to the “promised land” of Calgary, I still feel a natural bond with the province that I once called home. There are, indeed, many things to love and enjoy about Ontario, but its politics have always been a source of frustration for me. Generally, provincial and municipal politicians in Ontario never quite seem to get it right – that is, they disappoint friends and foes alike.
Ontario Votes: McGuinty pursues divisive and discriminatory policy
This column has a long track record of speaking up in favour of skilled immigrants who can’t get a break in Canada. It is an established facts that most of our skilled immigrants end up in menial jobs, driving taxies, delivering pizzas or cleaning toilets. For years, this column has railed against this abuse, as neither immigrants nor Canadian taxpayers get their money’s worth out of the immigration system.
Canada Votes: First Sunday of the campaign
The party leaders are criss-crossing this great country of ours, but they all seem to be spending more time slagging off opponents rather than telling people what they actually stand for.
Time for Toronto elite to point fingers at itself
It’s become a parlour game of sorts over recent years for the Toronto left-wing elite to criticize others over their environmental records. Alberta, especially, has been a target because of its oil sands (the proper term, as opposed to the biased “tar sands”).