Ontario NDP infighting is all over the news this week, as we saw sharp divides between Andrea Horwath’s office and others in the party. Long-time Ontario NDP’er and front-bench critic MPP Paul Miller was booted to the backbench this weekend, after a dispute between himself and Horwath boiled over The
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Alberta Diary: Ontario’s by-elections: potentially a perfectly acceptable result for Premier Kathleen Wynne
Ontario Conservative Tim Hudak’s Vandal horde sacks Rome Upon Lake Ontario, the media narrative for last Thursday’s Ontario by-elections that was sensibly ignored by the province’s voters. Below, Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne. Was she taking a page from the Book of Alison Redford, also below? One can read too
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The NDP – Just Another Political Machine
Although I will likely vote NDP federally in the next election, I am under no illusion that the party is much different from its two major competitors. Indeed, I see it as occupying the middle ground that the Liberals once laid claim to, and quite frankly, compared to the latter’s
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Oops: AM640 ‘s Lou Schizas calls Andrea Horwath a ‘whore’ | canada.com o.canada.com/2013/06/12/and… via @natnewswatch— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) June 13, 2013 @mistervermin @natnewswatch Exactly.— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) June 13, 2013 Filed under: Canadian politics Tagged: AM640, Andrea Horwath, Lorrie Goldstein, Lou Schizas, Ontario NDP, Ontario Politics, Sun Media, The Happy
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Oops: AM640 ‘s Lou Schizas calls Andrea Horwath a ‘whore’ | canada.com o.canada.com/2013/06/12/and… via @natnewswatch— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) June 13, 2013 @mistervermin @natnewswatch Exactly.— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) June 13, 2013 h/t Justin Stayshyn Filed under: Canadian politics Tagged: AM640, Andrea Horwath, Lorrie Goldstein, Lou Schizas, Ontario NDP, Ontario Politics, Sun
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Two-time NDP candidate and environmentalist quits Ontario NDP over Horwath adopting Rob Ford’s transit policy
This is Trevor Hache earlier today, quitting the Ontario NDP over their rejection of revenue models to expand transit options for families in the Greater Toronto and Greater Hamilton Area. Hache twice ran for the NDP in Ottawa-Vanier, and as Policy Director for Ecology Ottawa, a major Ottawa-area environmental organization
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Ombudsman would be ideal party to resolve London’s toilet cleaning claims
Oh come on now. Attending question period at Queen’s Park can be an exercise in frustration as the opposition’s questions and the government’s answers seldom align. You can ask anything you want, but it doesn’t necessarily mean the government will … Continue reading →
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Ontario NDP gets ‘competing’ advice on Ontario Budget
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has a decision to make soon on whether or not to support the Ontario Liberal government’s budget; failure to support it (or at least an actual vote against versus an abstain) plunges the province back into an election campaign. She’s been given competing advice on
Continue readingDriving 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: 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: 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 a coalition government.
Currently, in Ontario, the Progressive Conservative party under Tim Hudak has been chomping at the bit for an election. They have been uncooperative for some time, looking to gain power for themselves instead of looking to get things done for the people of Ontario.
So, the governing minority Liberals, now under Kathleen Wynne, have been appearing to be willing to work with the NDP to pass legislation. With this in mind, Andrea Horwath’s NDP have asked for some things to be added/changed in the upcoming Ontario Budget.
Here is what the NDP demands include:
- 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
At first, it seemed, for a while, that the Liberals were going to meet the NDP demands and get a budget passed. However, Horwath has said that recent meetings over the budget have been “unproductive” and that the Liberals have not offered a clear agenda.
The most recent item proposed to meet the NDP demand was a relatively insignificant amount to improve support for home care for seniors.
From the Toronto Star:
It seems apparent that the Ontario Liberals are purposely dragging their feet when it comes to trying to make the government work for Ontarians. This would point to them actually wanting an election, but not wanting to be the ones to seem to bring about an election.
If there is an election in Ontario soon, people should realize it will be the fault of the parties unwilling to make the government work for Ontarians (The PCs for being totally unwilling to negotiate for things for Ontarians, and the Liberals, for being unwilling to work with the only opposition party remaining who IS willing to negotiate for the good of Ontarians).
Driving 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 readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Andrea Horwath Will Scream Coverup
…but not bring down the OLP government over the discovery of more gas-plant cancellation related docs, because, she claims, she’s so damn straight. Her party has also fallen into 3rd place in the polls. Make of all this what you will.
Continue readingImpolitical: Big day in Ontario
As Kathleen Wynne is sworn in as Ontario’s first female Premier and generally awesome individual: Meanwhile, Andrea Horwath miscalculated and inexplicably missed a big moment: Busy day in #tbay – roundtable on home care, meeting with Grand Chief Beardy, Mayor & speaking with local media. — Andrea Horwath (@andreahorwath) February
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
I have a confession to make: I am a lifelong Beach Boys’ fan. Their harmonies and their idyllic representation of the West Coast lifestyle captivated me as a youth, and still have a hold on me today. One of their signature songs, and certainly one of my favorites, is Wouldn’t
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Cynical Politics – Ontario Style
It is likely a truism to observe that the value burning brightest in the hearts of most political parties is the passion to get and retain power. Concern for the public good is at best but a very distant secondary concern. We are reminded of this fact by the reaction
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: In Brief: Hospital cuts as transfers, Pupatello’s ego gets the better of her
Pop quiz: who wrote this: “Our government expects – as do health care providers – that this change will exacerbate the health conditions of patients with chronic conditions and those who are at risk of developing such conditions. In addition, … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Andrea Horwath: “We’re not interested in a coalition government”
Earlier this week, someone suggested that, if chosen to succeed Dalton McGuinty as Ontario premier next weekend, Liberal leadership front-runner Kathleen Wynne would invite the Ontario New Democrats to form a coalition government. NDP leader, Andrea Horwath, has dismissed the idea. In a letter recently mailed to supporters, she said the coalition government talk is “a distraction from
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