When I was a municipal pol back in the day, I didn’t have a whole lot of use for MPP Eves, but he did watch out for his constituents – much like Norm Sterling did. So it is a shame that Hudak’s right-hand hick man sees it fit to slam one of their own… BTW […]
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The Liberal Scarf: The Truth about Tim: Hudak outright lies he called hard-working Ontario citizens "foreign"
Tim’s record speaks for itself:
Continue readingTrashy's World: Le “débat”…
Gee, these so-called debates are becoming more and more irrelevant with each passing election. Really now, because of the long period of time that Ontarians have had to cast their ballots (great idea, BTW… it’ll be interesting to see if the turnout is bumped up) and the lateness of the debate AND that these things […]
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Leadership on Healthcare
From a PC government that closed dozens of hospitals (with Tim Hudak personally playing a role as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health) and didn’t even bother tracking wait times, to a Liberal government that has gotten results like the sh…
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Jobs Anyone? a brief analysis
I think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I’ve seen it all over the media and it’s also of personal interest to me as I’m looking for work right now. So I thought I would do a little analysis of each of the major
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Jobs Anyone? a brief analysis
I think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I’ve seen it all over the media and it’s also of personal interest to me as I’m looking for work right now. So I thought I would do a little analysis of each of the major
Continue readingEdwin Current: Ontario Jobs Anyone? a brief analysis
I think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I’ve seen it all over the media and it’s also of personal interest to me as I’m looking for work right now.
So I thought I would do a little analysis of each of the major party’s platform strategies for job creation. Here goes:
PC PARTY
Looking at the PC platform there isn’t much there regarding any plan or strategy towards job creation except for this statement:
“A Tim Hudak government will focus on letting the job creators – not the government – drive new job growth.”
Since when has that ever worked???!! We’ve been seeing unemployment rates soar while businesses post record profits and rich shareholders make gains. It’s obvious that the job creators aren’t going to use any gains towards driving new growth as shareholders are more important to them.
Anyhow, the PC platform goes on about:
- Lowering family tax rates
- Cutting red tape for businesses
- Lowering corporate tax
- Updating the apprenticeship system (however it’s unclear and poorly written as to how or why)
- Raising corporate taxes
- Tax breaks for businesses that provide training for employees
- Tax breaks for businesses that buy Ontario goods
- Freezing tuition rates for post secondary education
- Make Ontario more competitive globally to attract jobs
- Education
- Increased early childhood education
- Summer learning for struggling students
- Changes to teacher’s education programs to increase “hands-on” experience
- Grants for low-mid income family’s post-secondary education
- Relief with loan payment for post-secondary graduates
- Incentives for job creators
- Doubling trade missions to attract global investment in Ontario
- Promoting innovative businesses in Ontario
- “Green” energy incentives
- Lowering taxes on new business investment
- Continued support of apprenticeship programs
- Continue to make Ontario people healthy and healthcare more accessible
- Leadership in Northern Ontario mining jobs and industry
FYI – A recent article proving value in “green” energy.
http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LRVKJ207SXKX01-47415GF9HK7FC3OEN2S2K17J5P
The Liberal Scarf: "Thanks for the jobs"
That’s what one man who worked for the solar company next to the Ontario Liberal tent told me today at the International Plowing Fest. From providing the way forward to tomorrow’s economy with the Green Energy Act to protecting and growing Ontario’s ag…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Leadership on the economy
Premier Dalton McGuinty has said the tax rate on new investment by small businesses will be reduced by 55%. Ontario’s economic strength depends on the strength of our businesses, large and small. That’s why Ontario Liberals are working with small busin…
Continue readingTrashy's World: This is good news…
… for my MPP…
Not so good for Hudak and Hillier and their merry band of tax evaders!
Let’s hope that the momentum carries into next month… and it likely will if the PC’s (minus the “progressive” part) insist on…
Far and Wide: Tea Party North Is "Fair" Game
It is pretty amusing to hear some pundits SCOFF at this whole Tea Party North designation, as though mere manufactured labelling. Of course political opponents have picked up on the theme, but really only to highlight extremist tendencies which have PR…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany…
The Ontario election is underway. The latest Harris-Decima poll is somewhat encouraging, but it is early. Yet, 11 points is significant. Maybe that old Ontario tradition of going one way federally and the other provincially will hold true again. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ The great debate: Is it “dinner” or “supper”? I call it “dinner” but grew up […]
Continue readingTrashy's World: New Tea Party personalities…
Some of these new Tea Party candidates are pretty vicious. Gwendolene Thomason, 42, a Tea Party supporter from Jefferson City, was one of the hundreds on hand who were convinced that the Doberman was a Tea Party candidate until he was outed as a dog. “I liked what he had to say,” she said. ”He […]
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 readingNorthern Reflections: Math Matters
If there has been one consistent criticism of Tim Hudak — from both the left and the right — it is that his numbers don’t add up. He’s not the first politician to face that criticism. But, after three decades of neo conservative policies …
Continue reading350 or bust: Next Election, Vote For Penelope
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Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford Nation is now a little clam. And, Tim Hudak is as out of touch as ever
Toronto News: Hudak plunges into dangerous liaison with Rob Ford – thestar.com
According to the Toronto Star, Rob Ford’s popularity has been steadily since the election in Oct. 2010.
Ford’s popularity is sinking, according to polling data, as his h…
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 readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario NDP continue to rise in the polls
Ontario Liberals close in on Hudak’s Conservatives: poll | News | National PostThe Ontario NDP continue to rise in the polls. In the latest Forum Research poll, support for the NDP has risen to 26%. Previously, in Forum polls, they were at 24% in lat…
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: Great Rally and March in Port Dover Today!
It was a blast to be back in Haldimand-Norfolk today as we held a BBQ, rally and march at Silver Lake with the help of the local Lions Club. Many thanks to the event organizers at Haldimand Wind Concerns, MPP Toby Barrett who came out, and the hundreds of people who joined us as well […]
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