When Dalton McGuinty released his party platform, one item had Federal Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro in a flap.The $10,000 incentive to employers who hire immigrants.For Del Mastro it brought back chilling reminders of Bob Rae and affirmative action,…
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Progressive Proselytizing: McGuinty’s immigrant pledge is simply bad politics
McGuinty has recently made an election pledge to provide $10,000 dollars in support for businesses that hire immigrants. Regardless of what one might think about the policy itself, it is a tactical error in a political campaign and will almost certainl…
Continue readingImpolitical: Challenging the politics of division
That’s a good explanation of the much discussed proposal from the last 24 hours involving job training for new Canadians. Nice to see a politician stand up to the right wing nonsense, just flat out.
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Leadership for Ontario
“You want the politics of anger, resentment and division? That makes you feel good? Then Mr. Hudak is your guy. If you want to do things so that we can grow stronger together, build something better together – then that’s what we’re putting on the table.”
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Taking On the Dolts – Highly Skilled Immigrant Tax Credit Edition
Here’s a selected line from the wonderful new platform released by Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals yesterday:”Immigration is another Ontario advantage. The quicker we engage the skills newcomers have when they arrive, the quicker they will succeed. We’ll …
Continue readingImpolitical: As the race begins in Ontario
The writ has still not dropped but the unofficial race is on. A few things this morning on the campaign as it begins…The Nanos leadership numbers are back, in the form of the best premier numbers. Not a bad place to be for McGuinty at all (party poll…
Continue readingPample the Moose: Ontario Election: GSAs, Greens and Catholic Schools
The issue of gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools in Ontario has heated up again, this time in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, which voted this week to place denominational rights above other rights in implementing the provincial equi…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: "Tough on Crime" Stumping is the Socialism of Fools
When former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher met Conrad Black for the first time, he chewed her ear off about crime, with typical “hang ’em high” rhetoric. She knew she had to be nice, because Black then owned a large share of the British media…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Drip Drip Drip of Bad News
Another poll that shows Tim Hudak’s lead slipping: With Tory support at 35% to the Liberals’ 30%, the poll suggests Mr. Hudak would clinch a narrow victory to lead a minority government if Ontarians voted tomorrow.Steve V will surely come along …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Dalton McGuinty, You Magnificent Bastard: Part III
I do a “Dalton McGuinty: You Magnificent Bastard” post whenever Dalton unveils a policy I think is maudlin, stupid, chintzy, cheesy, or entirely unrealizable–but also a honkin’ huge vote getter. His plan to reinstate the house call, …
Continue readingKitchener Liberals maintain lead by a five percent margin in polls over local Tories
Despite the obnoxious debt clock parked outside John Milloy’s office in my local Kitchener-center riding and despite PC Stephen Woodworth’s best efforts at convincing Kitchener residents to vote for Tim Hudak’s “changebook” agenda, Liberals…
Continue readingImpolitical: On green job schemes
As a counter to Margaret Wente today, “Message to McGuinty: Most green-job schemes have been miserable failures,” who relies in part for her view on a New York Times report of last week, I suggest the following reading: “Absurd NY Times Story on Green …
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: “Wind Concerns Ontario’s Winds of Change Tour Launched in Owen Sound”
Wind Concerns Ontario has successfully launched the latest province-wide organizing effort of 2011, this time with a strong election focus. Over the next forty or so days, Wind Concerns Ontario members in sixty seven ridings will be mobilized to actively work to defeat Liberal incumbents, and candidates in their respective ridings. I look forward to […]
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Liberals built this!
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Had a great time this weekend taking part in the province wide Ontario Young Liberal blitz showing the great investments that the Ontario Liberal Party has made in families and communities across the province. Be it new school…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Deep thought
Nothing says open and accountable government like a little-known fiscal commission labouring in the shadows to decree what public services will get slashed and/or sold off. That is, unless it’s also timed to to override the results of an election.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Another Ardent Free Enterpriser Seeks A ‘Left-Wing’ solution
In what can be seen as either an act of hubris (Do as I say or I will unleash Ford Nation during the fall election) or an act of desperation (Oops, why did the private sector fail me?), Mayor Rob Ford made a visit to Dalton McGuinty yesterday, seeking …
Continue readingThe problem with Hudak
Hudak has a number of problems, the largest being trust. People don’t trust him. In particular, women don’t trust him. In a new poll, Nanos Research concluded that only 1 in 4 men trust Hudak, and even less, only 1 in 5, women trust Hudak.Let me say th…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Ontario Liberal announcements put Ontario families first
In the past couple of days, the Ontario Liberals have come up with some solid policy announcements that show how Liberals are committed to delivering results, not reckless rhetoric for Ontario families.
At Summer Fling last weekend, I was proud to sta…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Hope for McGuinty and Horwath?
(Sorry if anyone missed my wonderful revelations over the past few days, but a workin’ man has things to do)The common assumption these days is that current Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty is more or less doomed come October 6th, when Ontarians…
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