Perhaps NDP leader Andrea Horwath will be, for forcing an unnecessary Ontario election, if the results of a new Forum Research Poll hold throughout the campaign. The survey of 1,845 people across Ontario, conducted on Friday and Saturday, yielded the following reuslts: – 48 per cent of respondents approved of
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Politics and its Discontents: Ontario Politics
While I realize that the politics of Ontario is likely not a riveting subject for those living in other jurisdictions, I nonetheless offer this brief post on the election that has been called here for June 12. Given that the Wynne government presented a budget that by anyone’s standards would
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Libs say budget “platform for next 30 days” after NDP vows to pull the plug
Well that was quick. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath told the media this morning that she cannot support the Wynne budget, or more specifically, the Wynne government. Horwath’s remarks suggested it wasn’t so much about the content of yesterday’s budget, but … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: While Horwath is silent, labour and progressive speak: The Ontario Budget deserves support
While Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was silent on Ontario’s Budget today, continuing her approach that saw her take no position on the minimum wage and pensions, labour and other progressive are speaking loud and clear that Ontario’s 2014 Budget deserves support for the people of Ontario. JERRY DIAS, NATIONAL
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: While Horwath is silent, labour and progressive speak: The Ontario Budget deserves support
While Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was silent on Ontario’s Budget today, continuing her approach that saw her take no position on the minimum wage and pensions, labour and other progressive are speaking loud and clear that Ontario’s 2014 Budget deserves support for the people of Ontario.
“Today’s budget will make a positive difference in the lives of working families in Ontario – and should be supported by the NDP…We hope the NDP will work with the Liberals to pass the budget.”
GAIL NYBERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK
“Keeping poverty reduction on the table is always the right thing to do…Daily Bread has always been a strong proponent of the Ontario Child Benefit. Indexing it will allow low-income families with children to keep up with the rising costs of living such as food.”
ONTARIO HEALTH COALITION
“The good news: An Ontario pension plan that will provide an enhanced public pension for those with no private pensions.”
The Liberal Scarf: While Horwath is silent, labour and progressive speak: The Ontario Budget deserves support
While Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was silent on Ontario’s Budget today, continuing her approach that saw her take no position on the minimum wage and pensions, labour and other progressive are speaking loud and clear that Ontario’s 2014 Budget deserves support for the people of Ontario. JERRY DIAS, NATIONAL
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Victory Of Valhalla!
Is The NDP set to force a provincial election? Maybe. The evidence cited is: An e-mail has gone out to riding associations offering them insurance for their campaign offices – a routine election procedure that is not usually done until a party has decided it is definitely going to the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: New Ontario Poll
From Innovative Research. Looks like the gas plant fiasco has run out of steam. And its hard to suggest with numbers like these that Andrea Horwath’s NDP has any kind of “momentum”. Therefore: a budget deal in the works? A Spring election averted? That’s how I’m starting to lean.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ontario Election…Or No? Which is it?
The Star is bullish on an election call: The minority Liberal government doesn’t intend to negotiate with the New Democrats in order to get their support for the spring budget, a senior Liberal insider says.That could set the stage for a provincial election in June and also puts the spotlight
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: She Speaks!
But unfortunately, the politically timid (opportunistic?) leader of the Ontario NDP, Andrea Horwath, doesn’t really have much to say as she finally figures out what her political ambitions will permit her to state about the minimum wage. Recommend this Post
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rick Smith hopes that the Cons’ backtracking on income splitting means that they won’t go quite as far out of their way to exacerbate income inequality in the future: (T)he unfortunate reality is that we are still becoming ever more unequal, a trend
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Guest Post From ThinkingManNeil
A frequent contributor of commentary, ThinkingManNeil, responding to my post earlier today, left an insightful and incisive analysis of Andrea Horwath. In order to provide wider readership than is usually the case with readers’ comments, I am presenting it as a separate entry. As well, at the end I am
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Andrea Again
Sorry for the provincialism of some of my recent posts, but I can’t quite ignore political hypocrisy on any level. Three recent entries have attempted to chronicle the sad devolution of Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Howath from that of principled politician to political opportunist; with the tantalizing prospect of power,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Invitation To The Dance Party
What dance party is that, you ask? Why, the one being hosted by the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party whose name, it is rumoured, is in the process of being rejigged into the New Dance Party. At least, that is how it appears to this political observer. As
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Andrea Horwath: Labour’s Fair-Weather Friend?
In light of her refusal to say much about anything, a political disease she may have caught from her federal cousins, Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath is being viewed increasingly as little more than a political opportunist. Probably the most recent example of this sad state is her reticence to
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Ontario Byelections: The change that really counts
It seems that the leaders of all three poltical parties in the province of Ontario sense that voters want change. Premier Wynne, leading a minority Liberal government, was rejected by voters in the two byelections, but says change is wanted: Real Change Wynne? After writing off the byelections as “skirmishes”
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: By-Election Analysis And A Look Ahead
Let the NDP crow for a day. They’ve earned it. As for a Spring election, its about as likely/unlikely as it was yesterday morning, which means we’ll probably have one. And as to the likely result, well, Kathleen will be dogged by anti-wind protesters at her rural events. Our wild
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Andrea’s Dilemma: Whither Blowest The Wind?
Were I a gifted artist (or any kind of artist, for that matter) I would draw Andrea Horwath in a two-panel caricature. In the first panel, index finger raised, she would be turning to her left, and in the second, to her right, testing the prevailing winds. That would, I
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Doing politics differently? NDP break campaign laws in Niagara Falls by-election
Is breaking the law to try and win Andrea Horwath’s idea of “leadership”?
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Ontario’s NDP lines up behind Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
Here’s an example of some pretty cynical political pandering from Ontario’s NDP, as it decides to sidle up to Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford in a misguided attempt to score political points. Back in November, when there was discussion about whether the province should intervene in the drama surrounding Ford
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