Religious zealots like the Charles McVetys of this world are getting more certifiable by the day as they pervert religion further. Well, now some of these zealots have really outdone themselves this time around as they are opposing an anti-bullying bill tabled by the McGuinty government, as they think it’s
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Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stephen Maher points out the type of government that we’ve come to count on under the ultra-controlling Harper political model: This presidentialization of the Canadian system is worrying, not because of some fetishistic attachment to the trappings of Parliament, but because it
Continue readingthe reeves report: Ontario’s Auditor General slams McGuinty for ‘hasty’ green energy investments
Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter. Ontario’s Auditor General, Jim McCarter, released his Annual Report to the legislature earlier this morning, and the 460-page document has some troubling findings about the hasty way in which Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty approved green energy investments in his second term. “While this helped these
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
Great message. Update (11:55 p.m.): Also a great message.
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Dalton McGuinty says "It gets better", and backs it up
McGuinty puts words into action here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/11/30/toronto-mcguinty-bullying.html?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=DTN+Canada Just another reason why I am proud to have Dalton McGuinty as my Premier and my Ontario Liberal leader.
Continue readingthe reeves report: ON Premier Dalton McGuinty rumoured for federal Liberal leadership
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty may be publicly dismissing any interest he may have in running for the federal Liberal top job, but sources close to the Premier told Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin last week that McGuinty has not ruled out the possibility of moving
Continue readingthe reeves report: Ontario should brace for cuts ahead of March 2012 budget
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. Matt Gurney in the National Post lays it on a little thick when he calls the Ontario Liberals – and Premier Dalton McGuinty and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan in particular – “financially illiterate” for their recent announcement that the province will
Continue readingPushed 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 readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Linda McQuaig points out how the Occupy movement has at least started to shift the terms of our political debate: Rather than hanging out at malls or zoning out on Facebook, these young people have endured real hardship in the Canadian near-winter
Continue readingthe reeves report: Don Drummond predicts health care will consume Ontario budget by 2030
Don Drummond speaking at the CD Howe Institute Therapy or Surgery? A Prescription for Canada’s Health System examines the state of health care provision in Canada, and offers a staunch defence of the public model. And while the report does indicate that many facets of the current system should remain
Continue readingImpolitical: More Mustard please
Dalton McGuinty on Fraser Mustard: Dr. Fraser Mustard’s impassioned campaign calling attention to the crucial first years of life — and how brain development during that time sets the stage for health and wellbeing — inspired economists, educators and politicians around the globe. Closer to home, the Ontario government’s recent
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Jeffrey Sachs muses that the Occupy movement may just be the beginning of a sea change in American politics:Both parties have joined in crippling the government in response to the demands of their wealthy ca…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Toronto G20 and the Vindication of Michael Puddy
Kafkaesque is a term loosely and regularly bandied about, usually denoting a process whereby an innocent person is subjected to unfathomable persecution/arrest. It seems an apt word to describe what Michael Puddy endured in Toronto during the G20 prot…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: New McGuinty cabinet is a strong, experienced team for Ontario
If you haven’t seen it, here is the new Ontario cabinet:Duncan – Deputy Premier, Minister of FinanceBentley – Minister of EnergyBroten – Minister of EducationMatthews – Minister of HealthMeilleur – Community Safety/Corrections/Francophone AffairsGerret…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: New McGuinty cabinet is a strong, experienced team for Ontario
If you haven’t seen it, here is the new Ontario cabinet:Duncan – Deputy Premier, Minister of FinanceBentley – Minister of EnergyBroten – Minister of EducationMatthews – Minister of HealthMeilleur – Community Safety/Corrections/Francophone AffairsGerret…
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 »
Blunt Objects: Ontario Election Maps
I’ve created two maps of the results. First a map showing the results straight-upNot much to say at this time, similar to maps you can find elsewhere.Secondly, and perhaps more interestingly, I’ve combined the recent Provincial and Federal results into…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Quick Ontario Election Post-Mortem
I just want to point out a few things quickly, and I’ll go more in-depth later on tonight.First off, while the projection failed, it didn’t fail too spectacularly – it got 16 ridings wrong, five of them which went Liberal, nine which went PC, and two w…
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