I’m beginning to think that Hudak’s time wasting, appalling attack and misleading interpretation of the Liberal’s very minor platform idea to help newcomers to Canada has perhaps scared the NDP into this “fairness for everyone” theme in …
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Progressive Proselytizing: 2011 Ontario Election: Parkdale-Highpark All Candidates Forum Response
The following is my observations and reflections from attending an All Candidates Forum for the riding of Parkdale-Highpark. Click here for an overview on the candidates for this riding. While this post will obviously be specific to this particular On…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: McGuinty’s Graph Misleads on Corporate Taxes
Further to Jim’s excellent critique of the Ontario Conservative platform’s graphs, I am similarly struck by the Liberal platform’s lone graph. “Cutting Ontario’s Taxes on New Business Investment in Half” (page 25) purports to show that corporate tax cuts are required to get the province’s “Marginal Effective Tax Rate” below the US and OECD averages. […]
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Party Supporter Stereotypes
This may be nothing but I have come to notice some commonalities with the Canadians that support the various political parties in Ontario. I’ll elaborate a bit below.The Green Party A bunch of stoners who seem to think that the green party wants to l…
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Party Supporter Stereotypes
This may be nothing but I have come to notice some commonalities with the Canadians that support the various political parties in Ontario. I’ll elaborate a bit below. The Green Party A bunch of stoners who seem to think that the green party wants to legalize marijuana. The PC Party
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Party Supporter Stereotypes
This may be nothing but I have come to notice some commonalities with the Canadians that support the various political parties in Ontario. I’ll elaborate a bit below. The Green Party A bunch of stoners who seem to think that the green party wants to legalize marijuana. The PC Party
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Election Underway
The Ontario election for Premier is well underway! It looks like it’s going to be an exciting race for sure. Last, and I think most accurate, poll has the Liberals ahead by 11 points.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-…
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Election Underway
The Ontario election for Premier is well underway! It looks like it’s going to be an exciting race for sure. Last, and I think most accurate, poll has the Liberals ahead by 11 points. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-steele/mcguinty-hudak-and-drunks-on-lampposts/article2159989/ There’s been much mud slinging, name calling and the fences are already up! Who do
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Election Underway
The Ontario election for Premier is well underway! It looks like it’s going to be an exciting race for sure. Last, and I think most accurate, poll has the Liberals ahead by 11 points. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-steele/mcguinty-hudak-and-drunks-on-lampposts/article2159989/ There’s been much mud slinging, name calling and the fences are already up! Who do
Continue readingOn the Ontario Liberal platform.
I had planned to go point-by-point through the OLP’s platform, like I did the OPC and ONDP. But, well — the platform really wasn’t worth the wait.Here’s the Cliff Notes version:Harris was awful — never named, just “previous PC governments”, which is …
Continue readingFar and Wide: Red Flags
I don’t want to belabour, because frankly I’m beginning to no longer care about the maddening internal machinations of the good titanic Liberal. Jeff has an excellent piece that gets to the fundamental truths behind certain misconceptions. Lawrence Mar…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Can We take Toronto-Danforth Part 3
So far in my last two post I have said that after the three elections; 2004, 2006 and 2008. The Liberals would likely win a by-election where Jack Layton would no longer be running, but a by-election today wouldn’t be that Liberal leaning. The Reason: …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Fresh Merger Talks Raise the Question: Is it Time?
Thomas Walkom had a column in the Star this weekend, raising the possibility of Bob Rae as the next federal NDP leader.A rather silly attempt at reminding Canadians that he once led the NDP in Ontario, even acting as premier. While in office, Walkom wr…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Can We take Toronto-Danforth Part 2
Now That I am done explaining how Liberals would have been very much able to win a by election in Ontario let’s look at now the 2006 election. In 2006 Liberals went in the country and in Ontario. In Toronto Danforth the Liberal candidate al…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario Votes 2011: McGuinty’s Prescription For A Cancer Called “Canadian Experience”
The Liberals pledge to offer $10 000 in tax credits to Ontario businesses that hire new immigrants is spot-on. It might just be the cure for a stubborn cancer called “Canadian experience”. Foreign-trained immigrants with professional creden…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Can We Take Toronto-Danforth! part (1)
Toronto-Danforth is going to have an election very soon in order to fill the vacancy. This riding has only voted NDP since 2004 when Jack Layton just after Jack Layton became leader of the NDP. Now that Jack Layton has sadly died is it possible for us …
Continue readingBlunt Objects: "Be bold, or get lost"
This is the apparent message that McGill political scientist Antonia Maioni told the recent Liberal Party summer caucus, a message I wholeheartedly endorse.You can read the whole thing here, though there are a couple of issues I have, and things I want…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Liberals need to support liberals
Liberals need to support liberals, across divisions in government and separation by geography. The silo-ing of liberalism has been one of the worst trends in the last quarter century, where people focus on being one type of liberal rather than another …
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Provincial Elctions
Three provincial election will be held in October, and all of them after each other. The first election is on October 3rd in PEI, and right now unless something drastic happens it seems like the Liberals will win one more majority government …
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: No to NDP/Liberal Merger!
CAW head ken Lewenza is advocating for the Liberal party to have a coalition with the NDP. The fact of the matter is that the Liberals don’t need a merger with the NDP. The NDP come from a completely left-ward mind set. While we Liberals are …
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