Author: Ron Waller

When Harper won a fake majority on 39.6% of the vote, many Liberals claimed it was an outrage and affront to democracy. Now that Wynne won one on 38.7%, they say she earned a mandate from the people. Partisan corruption Major party partisans will always be opposed to voting reform

This election in Ontario, the Liberal party’s campaign strategy was to out-left the NDP and win the majority they missed by one seat in 2011. They did this with a bullshit progressive budget and outrageous attacks against NDP leader Andrea Horwath claiming she was a right-wing Rob Ford clone. Ironically,

Here are a few political observations I have made over the years: Politics and sports Politics and sports are colossal wastes of time. But people seem to enjoy the latter. Politics and sports are similar: everything’s about your team winning. If your team wins you either pretend good is being

An article form the CP suggests that the Ontario election was pointless because it might not lead to any major change. They are wrong. Democracy is never a waste of time. Of course, in Canada we have a distorted version of democracy because of our primitive, 19th-century voting system, First-Past-the-Post.

This election, Tim Hudak is another Mike Harris. That’s obvious. But although Kathleen Wynne is pretending to be the “social justice” leader, as Bloomberg points out, she’s actually a “less draconian Harris” planning the “biggest Ontario cuts since 1995” when Harris came to power. Great Depression austerity mistake John Keynes

Apparently, Kathleen Wynne has become the champion of the poor and huddled masses this election. According to her, she has picked up the NDP torch left behind when Andrea Horwath abandoned her principles to become the “right-wing Rob Ford party.” Of course it turns out Wynne wants left-leaning votes a

Wynne says the NDP turned down the “most progressive budget in decades.” Of course, this implies there was two decades of regressive PC and Liberal government. None of it was close to the left side of the political spectrum, that’s for sure. But it gets even better. Progressive regression According

This Ontario election, the Liberal party and Toronto Star have used the most outrageous partisan rhetoric trying to weasel Left votes for a fake majority. They are calling NDP leader Andrea Horwath a right-wing Margaret Thatcher and Rob Ford clone. This isn’t stretching the truth a little. It’s outright lying.

For decades, the NDP has sat on the sidelines watching Conservative and Liberal governments tear down a Just Society. The neo-cons come in with reckless tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich: Mulroney, Harris and Harper. Then “Liberals” get power and cement them in place: Chretien, Martin, McGuinty, Wynne and

I consider myself a non-partisan centrist liberal. Although I support the NDP this election in Ontario, I’m not a blind partisan married to any party. This election, for me, is not about my team winning. It’s about moving the pendulum from the right-wing back towards the center where it was

To Kathleen Wynne, democracy and personal voting rights mean nothing. Power means everything. In a Toronto Star editorial, she tries to pull a fast one by telling Ontarians, “a vote for Horwath is a vote for Hudak.” Of course, the real reason she wants left-leaning votes? The real reason she

In the 2011 federal election, 400,000 Greens voted strategically to stop Harper. But it had no effect. He still won a fake majority on 39.6% of the vote. Why? Green voters are left-leaning and all of Harper’s 40% came from the right side: blue Liberals, red Tories and hard-core cons.

Since we have a primitive, 19-century voting system — First-Past-the-Post — a minority party wins all the power on 40% of the vote due to vote splitting. In 2011, Harper won dozens of center-left ridings because of center-left vote splitting, which turned 40% of the vote into 54% of the

This election in Ontario, the red-Tory editorial board of the Globe and Mail reluctantly endorsed a Tim Hudak minority. How did Kathleen Wynne blow the endorsement Dalton McGuinty got in 2011? In trying to out-left the NDP, she ended up alienating right-leaning voters. As far as Liberal campaign strategies go,

Here’s a little Machiavellian theatre of the absurd. Back on May 28, Wynne surprised journalists by not ruling out a coalition with the NDP. I thought: finally, a politician with some integrity willing to stand up for our democracy and constitution. Turned out I spoke too soon. Stage is set

If you were to believe the Toronto Star, Kathleen Wynne is the left-wing leader this election, and Andrea Horwath a “right-wing populist”: just another Margaret Thatcher, Mike Harris and Rob Ford… Certainly the campaign strategy of the Liberals — and the Toronto Star — is to fool enough left-leaning voters

I’ve always been critical of the Sun Media and it’s corrupt agenda to promote conservative ideology and parties, and get involved in partisan politics. It’s an outright betrayal of the fourth estate and democracy. Crypto-fascism My theory is that it’s a form of crypto-fascism. The first thing military fascist dictatorships

Just before advanced polls opened, Kathleen Wynne railed against Andrea Horwath’s “unprincipled stance” by not ruling out supporting the Tories in a minority government. It is shocking that the party of Jack Layton and Stephen Lewis … would be thinking about supporting Tim Hudak. A vote right now for Andrea

After more than a decade of corporate tax cuts, Canada has the lowest effective corporate tax rate of ALL major economies. The Chretian-Martin Liberals and Harper Conservatives cut corporate taxes by 50%. Harper’s 25-point cut cost $14.9-billion a year according his 2009 budget. NDP leader Jack Layton stopped Paul Martin

Calculate how much the Wynne Government will end up gouging you every year thanks to: More delisted services Increased user fees Improved eco fees More regressive taxes Regressive pension plan: low-income pay $2 for every $1 in benefits 33% hydro rate hike My score I figure if my family cuts