To make a minority government work, the party in power needs the support of enough members of parliament to pass confidence-vote legislation like the budget. This can be done on an issue by issue basis, or, by coming to an on-going agreement with one or more opposition parties to form
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario Liberals On The Verge of Forcing An Election
- Close corporate tax loopholes (while running a deficit, it makes no sense to allow so much potential income to escape)
- Reduce car insurance rates by 15 per cent (Ontario has the highest rates in Canada)
- Introduce new measures to help reduce youth unemployment
- Strengthen health care
- Improve Welfare rules
- Improve support for home care for seniors
- Generally make life more affordable for Ontarians
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario Liberals On The Verge of Forcing An Election
To make a minority government work, the party in power needs the support of enough members of parliament to pass confidence-vote legislation like the budget. This can be done on an issue by issue basis, or, by coming to an on-going agreement with one or more opposition parties to form
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford Attempts To Keep Toronto From Having Input On Transit Funding
Rob Ford and his council lackeys want to differ discussing transit funding until AFTER Metrolinx’ deadline to agree on what they will present to the province – in other words, until after it is too late to have their input considered by Metrolinx in their recommendations to the province. Typical
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford Attempts To Keep Toronto From Having Input On Transit Funding
Rob Ford and his council lackeys want to differ discussing transit funding until AFTER Metrolinx’ deadline to agree on what they will present to the province – in other words, until after it is too late to have their input considered by Metrolinx in th…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford Attempts To Keep Toronto From Having Input On Transit Funding
Rob Ford and his council lackeys want to differ discussing transit funding until AFTER Metrolinx’ deadline to agree on what they will present to the province – in other words, until after it is too late to have their input considered by Metrolinx in their recommendations to the province. Typical
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists Say This article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and the corporate parties (Conservatives and Liberals in Canada) prey on this weakness of the populace in order to sway the
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists Say This article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and the corporate parties (Conservatives and Liberals in Canada) prey on this weakness of the populace in order to sway the
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists SayThis article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and the corporate parties (Conservatives and Liberals in Canada) prey on this we…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: ON NDP Stance on Funding for Public Transit
The other day, Martin Regg Cohn wrote a horribly twisted piece of anti-NDP propaganda in the Toronto Star. Andrea Horwath and the ON NDP are not changing their stance on any of this. They are still looking at the root cause of the money problems for public transit – the
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: ON NDP Stance on Funding for Public Transit
The other day, Martin Regg Cohn wrote a horribly twisted piece of anti-NDP propaganda in the Toronto Star. Andrea Horwath and the ON NDP are not changing their stance on any of this. They are still looking at the root cause of the money problems for public transit – the
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: ON NDP Stance on Funding for Public Transit
The other day, Martin Regg Cohn wrote a horribly twisted piece of anti-NDP propaganda in the Toronto Star. Andrea Horwath and the ON NDP are not changing their stance on any of this. They are still looking at the root cause of the money problems…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Three Tory Nutters Escape
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/01/31/three_tory_mps_ask_rcmp_to_investigate_some_abortions_as_homicides.html What can I say? How did these 3 get loose from their leash? How can this be a good thing for the Conservatives? They know that abortion is not homicide by law in this country. Hopefully the RCMP will tell them so and this will end there.
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Three Tory Nutters Escape
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/01/31/three_tory_mps_ask_rcmp_to_investigate_some_abortions_as_homicides.htmlWhat can I say? How did these 3 get loose from their leash? How can this be a good thing for the Conservatives?They know that abortion …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Three Tory Nutters Escape
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/01/31/three_tory_mps_ask_rcmp_to_investigate_some_abortions_as_homicides.html What can I say? How did these 3 get loose from their leash? How can this be a good thing for the Conservatives? They know that abortion is not homicide by law in this country. Hopefully the RCMP will tell them so and this will end there.
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Mayor Rob Ford Countdown Clock
Instead of checking the news to see when the exact time and date of Rob Ford’s removal from office is, just bookmark the Mayor Rob Ford Countdown Clock page! Stock up and champagne and party horns as the time is fast approaching. Start the betting pool on whether he will
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Israel-Gaza conflict – Summary of Cease Fire Demands
Summary of demands: Which seem more reasonable? By Israel: – No fighting (well, you can’t attack us, but we can attack you) – We continue to cut off all your trade and travel by water and land with Israel and the rest of the world (except for through Egypt) (but
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario NDP virtually tied with PCs
A new Forum Research Ontario tracking poll is out. The results show the NDP and PCs in a virtual tie, with the Liberal support continuing to plummet. Horwath’s and Hudak’s popularity remains about the same with Horwath way in the lead, but McGuinty’s popularity has dropped significantly. Results of the
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Conservatives and Their Media
Earlier today a friend and I were discussing how the Conservatives get away with telling lies all the time. My answer was this: The Conservatives have confidence in the mainstream media and their ability to help pull the wool over the eyes of so many Canadians. The fact that we
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Poll Predicts A Comfortable Win For The NDP’s Catherine Fife In Kitchener-Waterloo
In a Forum Research poll, conducted Tues. Sept. 4, 2012, support for the NDP was at 42%, while the Liberal and Conservative support had dropped to 26% each. In their previous poll early in August, the NDP and Liberals were at 30% and the Conservatives were at 34%. Story from
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