This and that for your Thursday reading… – No, we shouldn’t read too much into the first wave of polling following Thomas Mulcair’s election as NDP leader. But there are a couple of points where the early returns are far enough out of line with expectations to be worth pointing
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Dalton McGuinty’s Mama Didn’t Raise no Fools
Part of the Ontario Liberal campaign Forward Together was a promised cut to tuition fees for post-secondary education. I’m sure many students thought they’d heard that before, but last week, McGuinty kept his campaign promise and announced that tuition fees would be slashed by 30% for any student whose parents
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Andrea Horwath, Tim Hudak: Unlikely Allies
“Outrageous proposals for new spending and reckless tax giveaways like these are unacceptable.” So says Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, in high dudgeon over the intention of NDP leader Andrea Horwath, and supported by Progressive Conservati…
Continue readingTimmy Hudak Says That Liberal Dominated Toronto is “Not Healthy”! Also Doesn’t Seem To Acknowledge The NDP’s Existence
Oh dear! Poor Timmy never learned to be a good sport, did he? Poor young Miller, what a poor example she has for a parent! Poor loser speeches from Cons is nothing new, but Timmy has gone beyond outrageous here:
Tory Leader Tim Hudak says the Liberal minority government is too Toronto . . . → Read More: Timmy Hudak Says That Liberal Dominated Toronto is “Not Healthy”! Also Doesn’t Seem To Acknowledge The NDP’s Existence
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: The Fall and Rise of Dalton McGuinty
If I told you a few months ago there would be a picture of Dalton McGuinty waving on newspaper front pages October 7th, you’d have assumed it would be on the Sun, directly below a “GOODBYE! GOOD RIDDANCE!” headline .After all, when the unofficial campa…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Ontario votes to amble into the twenty-tens
For an election that was about as little as an election can possibly be about, last nights results brought more change to Ontario than many anticipated. And despite the set election dates we have in Ontario, Ontarians should not expect to wait until 2015 before casting their next provincial ballot. But they can be forgiven … Continue reading »
politics on CAPS LOCK: THE BIG SHOW
YAH I KNOW I STARTED LIVE BLOGGING JUST AS ITS ALL OVER. SORRY BUSY EVENING, WHAT WITH THE BOY COMING HOME AND BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. WATCHING SUNTV FOR THE TRASH FACTOR. WILL UPDATE IN BETWEEN BREAKES COOKING SUPPER 9:04 TIM HUDAK’S OPPOSITE OF VICTORY SPEECH. LONGER THAN PETER MACKAY’S
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Ontario Votes
Ontarians head to the polls today, with the two parties deadlocked a Liberal majority looming a PC victory likely the outcome still up in the air.I’ll be voting for Dalton McGuinty. No surprise there. But I still want to take a moment to explain why, b…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Reasons to vote NDP in Ontario on Oct. 6, 2011
Here is what the NDP will do for the people of Ontario:Economy, Taxation, JobsRolling back corporate tax cuts. History has shown that lowering corporate taxes does nothing to create jobs. In fact, often, what happens is the corporation uses the new mon…
Continue readingMaybe It’s Just Me, But Isn’t The (O)NDP Supposed To Be a Forward Thinking Party?
I did see this pic of the orange stiletto on some of my facebook friends’ profile pics and wondered what it was. For them, I thought it was amusing; they were celebrating fall; the advent of Halloween; stuff like that. After all, I’m in Quebec and not privy to all . . . → Read More: Maybe It’s Just Me, But Isn’t The (O)NDP Supposed To Be a Forward Thinking Party?
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario’s Next Premier: Andrea Horwath
The media gave her scant attention. But that didn’t stop Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath from proving that she’s the best person to lead Canada’s economic and social heartbeat after October 6. Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath
A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath – YouTubeNDP momentum is spreading. Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done. Put people first, vote NDP! A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: "The best choice for Ontario’s challenges"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dalton-mcguintys-liberals-the-best-choice-for-ontarios-challenges/article2188213/That’s what The Globe & Mail says Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario Liberal team is in this election. With the global e…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Ontario election: NDP Horwath blows it
With polls showing a minority government possible after this Thursday’s election, Hudak has started a Harper-clone drumbeat of “the socialists are coming” by talking about a vote for the Tories versus a vote for “the two of them” (being the Liberal and…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Andrea Horwath Lied
And if she’s lying about her son’s visit to the hospital – something involving a member of her family – then how can we expect to believe anything else she says?We can’t, simple as that.h/t GritChik
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Andrea Horwath has a Complaint about the Health Care System.
For my American friends and readers, we’re having a provincial election here in Ontario. Since health care is deemed a provincial responsibility (though funded extensively by the federal government), it’s naturally a hot topic of discussion. At the televised leader’s debate a couple of days ago, New Democrat leader Andrea Horwath managed to step in […]
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Andrea Horwath the real winner of the debate
Horwath Wins Ontario Debate: MSM Miss the Boat | rabble.ca
Ethan Cox writes about what the MSM missed – that there was a large improvement of opinion regarding Andrea Horwath’s performance in the debate by those who were interviewed before and after. …
CalgaryGrit: The Morning After
Last night was the lone televised debate of the Ontario election campaign. With the vote too close to call, a lot was riding on it, and after last night……not a heck of a lot changed. I have a hard time seeing how anyone would actually change their …
Continue readingImpolitical: Cancelling contracts in the Ontario election
It’s a theme in this election. Seen most recently in the Liberal move to cancel the power plant in Mississauga. A few points on that here…First, it should be noted that this is not something that was cooked up 11 days before the election, as it was p…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Andrea Horwath gets $200,000 of your tax dollars for nothing?
http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/09/27/ndp-gets-cash-for-accessibility-work-not-done According to this report, the corporate fundraising arm of the ONDP has received $200,000 of your tax dollars for upgrades for making party HQ more accessible for Ontaria…
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