The PC Government in Ontario has introduced Bill 87 which would eliminate the rate-based borrowing to subsidize electricity prices and replace it with Government borrowing. Last week’s Provincial Budget estimates that the required borrowing to subsidize electricity prices for 2018/19 was $2.8 billion. It is likely to exceed $3 billion
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The Progressive Economics Forum: Call for federal support of cancelled Ontario basic income project
Members of the Progressive Economists Forum noted with dismay the premature cancellation of Ontario’s basic income pilot and have penned an open letter to Federal Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Families, Children and Social Development) calling for federal support for the project. So far, the letter has been signed by 50 Canadian
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Ontario Electricity Sector VI – Meet the new boss…
The provincial election of June ended 15 years of Liberal electricity policy in Ontario. Anger over high electricity prices continued to be an election issue, contributing to the Liberals loss of power and official party status (reduced from 55 to 7 seats). The PCs have formed Government with 76 seats,
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Green Party of Alberta will choose a new leader in September 2018
Photo: Green Party of Alberta interim leader Coral Bliss Taylor. It’s too small to be a Green Wave, so let’s call it the Green Ripple. Last week, as Doug Ford swept the election in Ontario, Mike Schreiner cruised to victory in Gueph to become that province’s first ever Green Party
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Ontario Election Post-Mortem. ON Election 2018=Fed Election 2011
Some thoughts/observations on last night’s result; The NDP had momentum 2 weeks ago, but obviously lost it at the end, as their final percentage of votes was 3-5% lower then most final polls had predicted. (I believe Ekos and Mainstreet were the closest in their final polling of NDP numbers.).
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford: When Bitter Reality Bites
It didn't take long for Doug Ford to show his total lack of class, and what kind of Premier he will be.For only minutes after he was declared the winner, he burst onto the stage to soak up the sweaty cheers of his fanatical supporters, stick his orange face into
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ontario Election and the Campaign From Hell
It's voting day in Ontario, and I must admit I have no idea who is going to win this weird election.The last polls are in, but while some have the NDP and the Cons running neck to neck.Most are predicting a Ford majority.And one thing is clear, only a large
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford and the Good Mr Bumble
He stands accused of withholding money from his brother's widow and children.And of running the family business into the ground.The same label factory he claims has given him the experience to run Canada's biggest economy.And what Doug Ford had to say about that yesterday could only have satisfied the dumbest members of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford’s Most Horrible and Devastating Day
With only three days to go before the Ontario election, Doug Ford's Team Harper's handlers have been taking no chances.Keeping him in a bubble most of the day, lest he say something really dumb, or soil himself.But sadly for him, and the Harperites, today it just didn't work.When the bubble
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ford Nation Gets Sued by Ford Nation
The widow of PC leader Doug Ford’s brother Rob is suing Doug for $16.5 million. Doug Ford is the trustee of the estate of his late brother Rob Ford. In a statement of claim filed Friday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Renata Ford (Rob’s widow) alleges that former
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Ford Plan for Ontario – Potential Employment Impacts
Ontario Conservative leader Doug Ford finally released a partially costed version of his election promises in his Plan for Ontario in the last week before the election. This includes approximately $7.6 billion in tax cuts and revenue reductions and a net $500 million reduction in annual spending.[I] At the same
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Donald Trump’s trade war, the Ontario Election, the Trudeau government’s pipeline and more
Photo: Donald Trump with United States Secretary of Commerce Kim Kardashian (kidding). There was no shortage of political news to talk about this week on the Ryan Jespersen Show. On Friday morning I joined political analyst John Brennan, Global News provincial affairs reporter Tom Vernon and Ryan Jespersen to talk about
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford and the Hash Bomb
Well I see Kathleen Wynne has bowed to the inevitable and conceded. But not before dropping the H-bomb or Hash bomb on Doug Ford. Trailing in the polls with less than a week until the June 7 election, the Liberals have dropped the H-bomb — as in hash — on Doug Ford.Using digital media ads
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Wynne Falls on Own Sword: Let the Exodus Begin
In a surprising turn of events, Ontario Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne has conceded that the Liberals will not win the next election. Some recent projections have the party holding on to maybe one or two seats after the polls close on June 7th. This concession has effectively thrown most of
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Major Developments On 407 Fraud Could Be Imminent
There has been a lot of chatter over the past few days on social media that has been making the rounds with people who follow politics closely, that major developments regarding the 407 ETR fraud investigation could be inbound over the next few days. That chatter, seems to coincide with
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford’s Scandalous Campaign Platform
For most of the Ontario election campaign Doug Ford has acted as only a Con clown, or a snake oil salesman could. Attacking his opponent's economic platforms, without having one of his own. And making all kinds of wild promises.He said he'd tell us how much all of those promises would cost,
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: PC Party Platform Still With Highest Deficits and Not Approved By The Party
The PC’s released a platform today outlining the costs associated on their campaign promises but failed to provide any information on how these promises would be paid for. Mike Moffatt who is a director at the independent think tank Canada 2020, and an associate professor at the Ivey Business School, has crunched
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford and the White Supremacists
Well we know he's no mango Mussolini, no Great White Superman.Just a big fat old Dougie from Etobicoke, with delusions of grandeur.But we also know that Canada's white supremacists want Doug Ford to be their homegrown Fuhrer. We know that one of his PC candidates was caught in the act of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Andrew Scheer Chickened Out On Doug Ford
When it looked like Doug Ford was heading for a crushing majority, him and Andrew Scheer were the best of buddies.And Scheer even made plans to hit the campaign trail with him.But what a difference a few weeks can make.Now when the wounded Ford needs him the most, Scheer has
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ontario Election: Riding by Riding Poll Numbers
Whether you plan to vote strategically or you are curious to see how your riding is shaping up, the tooclosetocall site has an excellent Ontario Elections Simulator that crunches the numbers on a riding by riding basis. These numbers also factor in the undecided vote, voter efficiency and incumbency. The
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