Conservative political pundit and talk show host Tasha Kheiriddin stated in a CBC social media live chat this evening, that she believes the move by Premier Doug Ford to reduce Toronto City Council and interference in several municipal elections has less to do with saving money and fixing government,
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Mind Bending Politics: Doug Ford’s Plan To Fix Government – Kill Democracy
Doug Ford stood in front of cameras today, and used language I thought I would never see in Canada. Ford suggested that less democratic representation is needed to fix regional and municipal governments and save tax payers money. The problem with politicians – Ford stated – was that the more
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: CTV Responds To Allegations That It Defamed Patrick Brown
With the political weaponization of the #metoo movement for partisan purposes, and questions surrounding the media’s active role in it, CTV has filed a statement of defense against a lawsuit former Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown launched on the network. Brown claims that the network didn’t do it’s due
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ford Government Downloads Resettlement of Asylum Seekers To Municipalities
The Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Lisa MacLeod told her federal counterparts last night that the province is withdrawing support for the resettlement of migrants entering into Canada from the US. The Ford Government instead is insisting that municipalities deal with the crisis. The federal government has
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Cuts Are Coming To Social Services in Ontario
Newly Elected Premier Doug Ford said during the election campaign that caregivers and parents with children with disabilities would never have to march on Queen’s Park again if he was elected Premier. A new opt ed written by Stuart Trew from the Canadian Center of Policy Alternatives warns that one
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Canadian Top 40 Political Blog Award
Mind Bending Politics has been presented with an award by the site feedspot as being one of the Top 40 Canadian Political Blogs for 2018. I am very humbled by this award and to be included in a list of other outstanding political sites like Rabble, IPolitics, and Macleans. To
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ford Nation Gets Sued by Ford Nation
The widow of PC leader Doug Ford’s brother Rob is suing Doug for $16.5 million. Doug Ford is the trustee of the estate of his late brother Rob Ford. In a statement of claim filed Friday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Renata Ford (Rob’s widow) alleges that former
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: BREAKING: Ontario PC Candidate Facing Multiple Claims of Fraud
The PC candidate for Brampton North Ripudaman Dhillon is currently facing four lawsuits, and eight claims of fraud stemming from his immigration consultancy business. Former clients allege he duped them out of tens of thousands of dollars, court documents show. Dhillon’s candidacy was green lit under Ford. A PC party
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Wynne Falls on Own Sword: Let the Exodus Begin
In a surprising turn of events, Ontario Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne has conceded that the Liberals will not win the next election. Some recent projections have the party holding on to maybe one or two seats after the polls close on June 7th. This concession has effectively thrown most of
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Major Developments On 407 Fraud Could Be Imminent
There has been a lot of chatter over the past few days on social media that has been making the rounds with people who follow politics closely, that major developments regarding the 407 ETR fraud investigation could be inbound over the next few days. That chatter, seems to coincide with
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: PC Party Platform Still With Highest Deficits and Not Approved By The Party
The PC’s released a platform today outlining the costs associated on their campaign promises but failed to provide any information on how these promises would be paid for. Mike Moffatt who is a director at the independent think tank Canada 2020, and an associate professor at the Ivey Business School, has crunched
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: NDP Widens Its Base In Final Push To Election Day
A new EKOS poll released today shows the current election in Ontario in a dead heat with the NDP up slightly at 38.4%, PC’s 37.9%, Liberals at 19.1%, and the Greens at 3.3%. There is a lot of volatility with the millennial vote in this poll as the millennials
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ontario Election: Riding by Riding Poll Numbers
Whether you plan to vote strategically or you are curious to see how your riding is shaping up, the tooclosetocall site has an excellent Ontario Elections Simulator that crunches the numbers on a riding by riding basis. These numbers also factor in the undecided vote, voter efficiency and incumbency. The
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Doug Ford’s Lead Evaporates in Vote Rich 905
A new Ipsos poll shows for the first time the Ontario NDP in the lead. The poll also shows that the NDP have started to chip away at the Tory base in the 905. The NDP are now in a statistical tie with the PC’s in the 905 region, with
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ontario PC’s Running The Largest Deficit Projections in Current Platform
Mike Moffatt who is a director an the independent think tank Canada 2020, and an associate professor at the Ivey Business School, has come up with an interesting post comparing the platforms of each party in the Ontario election and how they compare to deficit projections. Moffatt’s deficit projections put
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Doug Ford Likely To Support Ontario as a Sanctuary Province If Elected
There has been a lot of hyperbole recently over the NDP Platform to make Ontario a sanctuary province by registered third party PC activists Ontario Proud. These activists are blatantly misleading their followers on this platform. The NDP platform is promising that regardless of immigration status it will not withhold “life
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: NDP and PC’s Neck and Neck as Millennials Engage
The latest poll from Abacus shows that the PC’s and NDP are now neck in neck with Ontario voters. The PC’s lead seems to have evaporated, and the progressive vote is moving from the Liberals over to the NDP. The PC campaign has been plagued with controversy over this past
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Refusal To Regulate Regional Autism Centres Has Opened The Door To Lawsuits
The Minister of Children and Youth Services Michael Coteau has actively refused to bring in regulation of the provinces regional autism centers despite major issues being reported to the government regarding the behaviors of these regional service providers. I’ve heard significant issues over the past few months with respect
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: BREAKING: Toronto Sun Could Be In Violation of Ontario’s Election Laws
A leaked document reportedly from the Toronto Sun has emerged. In the documents handed to independent media organization CANADALAND show a clear ideological advertising strategy geared towards “exposing the Liberal record during the campaign and advocating for change“. While it is normal for editorial boards to weigh in on the election,
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Austerity Looms As Parties Refuse To Come Clean on Autism Services in Ontario
(Current Platforms in Ontario’s 2018 Election Puts Province At Risk of a Credit Downgrade) Late Tuesday afternoon Moody’s downgraded the economic outlook for Ontario from stable to negative. In its press release Moody’s cited the recently tabled Liberal budget, and growing spending pressure from all parties that need to be
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