No one knows who will win the Ontario election, two of the three leaders remain virtual unknowns, and the campaign still lacks a ballot question. Yet somehow, without warning, Ontario finds itself just 9 sleeps away from Voting Day.So tonight’s debate …
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the reeves report: Taking election polls with a grain of salt
In advance of the leader’s debate tonight, two competing polls have come out in recent days that indicate both PC leader Tim Hudak and Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty are leading in voter intentions. This means two things: that this race is likely closer than anyone anticipated two months ago, and that polls are worth what … Continue reading »
Continue readingthe reeves report: Parking taxes and road tolls: the politics of misdirection
I have an important announcement for all political parties – not every comment made by every individual opposition candidate can or should be used as a stand-in for opposition policy as a whole. Because people are not dumb, they see through it, and you end up looking silly. Case in point: a press release came … Continue reading »
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: PCPO Campaign In A Nutshell
…tearing down stuff they don’t like.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: More Dirty Business: Who Funds Wind Concerns Ontario, Part II
According to Elections Ontario, if you want to spend over $500 getting word out on your issues during a provincial election, you have to register as a third party advertiser. We know that Wind Concerns Ontario, the anti-wind-energy group wit…
Continue readingthe reeves report: TVO is taking election coverage to impressive new levels
TVOntario has decided it won’t take voter apathy lying down. Not when Steve Paikin can do something about it. That’s why Ontario’s own TVO has ramped up its coverage of the 2011 provincial election to be the most comprehensive the network has ever attempted. Alongside Paikin’s nightly news show The Agenda with Steve Paikin is … Continue reading »
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Gerry Nicholls: Full Metal Wingnut?
All that matters [to David Suzuki] is his almost mystical need to stop climate change, even if that’s an impossible task. And this perhaps is why Suzuki is endorsing McGuinty. It actually has nothing to do with those giant wind-turbines ( McGuin…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Horwath downplays coalition talk; asks Toronto Council to halt TTC cuts
Anyone hoping that a recent plea from provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath to Toronto City Council to hold off on transit cuts will make a difference is kidding themselves. Or the have a lot more faith in Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s desire to listen to left-wing politicians than I do. According to Horwath as reported … Continue reading »
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Tory Turmoil Up Kanata Way
It didn’t take long for community members to come out swinging at a Carleton-Mississippi Mills all-candidate’s debate on Sept. 19 held by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce and Metroland Media Group at Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Kanata. In th…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun Smears Suzuki
When you read this story about the “controversy” David Suzuki and his foundation have found themselves in for endorsing Dalton McGuinty’s Green Energy initiatives, you have to read between the lines. What’s between the lines can be found in…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Ontario Green vote projected to drop – but it doesn’t have to
Just about the only thing that all parties and observers can agree upon about the upcoming Ontario election is that the high vote percentage gained by the Green Party of Ontario (GPO) in 2007 will not be maintained in 2011. And it is expected to drop for a number of reasons, but not all of … Continue reading »
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Download This Video!
WK has dug up the much suppressed video footage of Stephen Harper calling for a “hat trick”: Torys at the municipal, federal, and provincial level. Tim Hudak’s gang have been trying to make footage disappear ever since. Meanwhile…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: David Suzuki Confirms That NDP Is No Longer The Party Of Environmentalists
Dear NDPers,When I was young and growing up in B.C. I used to vote for you people. Then, Mike Harcourt sold out over Clayoquot Sound, went from being a Green to a hippy kicker as soon as he came into power and had to choose between the unionistas…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Complete This Sentence: Bad News For The Ford Regime
is bad news for…
Continue readingthe reeves report: AMO hopes to move waste discussion beyond eco fees
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) has released a special insert into newspapers across Ontario that stresses the importance of having a proper debate and discussion on the future of waste management in the province. They stress the importance of “safe disposal of our increasingly complex, and potentially toxic, garbage.” AMO argues that after … Continue reading »
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Vote For Hudak, And This Little Fellow Gets It
Seriously. Or at least Carleton-Mississippi Mills Tory candidate Jack MacLaren would allow roads to be built into the provincially endangered species’ habitat. Useful, I think, to remind people of the words of Norm Sterling–the…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ontario PCs: For Tim…
…safety comes first.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Torys Tank In T.O.
…in this new Forumn Poll.I’ll be away from the computer until this evening, so this may be it for the day. Meanwhile, team Hudak, straight from telling the good folks of London that he will grow the local economy by killing the Samsu…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Hillier: A 2 Hillier Day!
From his Facebook page today:Seems like Randy hasn’t got the ixnay on the mudfolksway message from Hudak Central; as of this morning he was still claiming that the McGuinty No Skills Left Behind tax credit was aimed at foreigners, rather than…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: On Top
Yes, we all had a good snicker at last week’s Decima poll which showed the Liberals 11 points up in Ontario. But lo and behold, a double dose of polls last night, both showing Dalton McGuinty back on top:Nanos (Sep 10-11, n = 507 phone)Lib 38%PC 35%N…
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