http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dalton-mcguintys-liberals-the-best-choice-for-ontarios-challenges/article2188213/That’s what The Globe & Mail says Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario Liberal team is in this election. With the global e…
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: ON Election Fact Check: NDP spending least, PC spending most
In this new article, Tim Hudak claims that the NDP is a “big spending” party. Let’s look at the facts.
Both the PCs and Liberals have committed to spending almost $2 billion dollars on another wave of corporate tax cuts. But the PCs go further by comm…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Andrea Horwath the real winner of the debate
Horwath Wins Ontario Debate: MSM Miss the Boat | rabble.ca
Ethan Cox writes about what the MSM missed – that there was a large improvement of opinion regarding Andrea Horwath’s performance in the debate by those who were interviewed before and after. …
The Liberal Scarf: Andrea Horwath gets $200,000 of your tax dollars for nothing?
http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/09/27/ndp-gets-cash-for-accessibility-work-not-done According to this report, the corporate fundraising arm of the ONDP has received $200,000 of your tax dollars for upgrades for making party HQ more accessible for Ontaria…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- This blog’s current tagline highlights the importance of asking cui bono? when it comes to public policy choices. On that front, points for chutzpah to Baljit Chadha, who actually has the gall to argue that a…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: OLP, PCPO – Intertwined not going anywhere fast
Two polls – one Angus Reid, one Forum (the latter being massive) – show that the Ontario Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives are stuck together like glue, though AR’s is a little lesss sticky.AR shows the race at 36% for the PCs, 32% for the OLP…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: A propos of nothing
While much of the NDP’s federal election result has been painted as the result of Jack Layton’s popularity, it’s worth noting exactly how the party results compared to some of the different measures used to track leadership preferences. In the weeks be…
Continue readingThe 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 readingAccidental Deliberations: A vote for the NDP is…a vote for the NDP
Apparently Ontario’s political pundits feel the need to get one more campaign’s worth of use out of their stale old Lib vs. Con spin. So let’s clear things up as to what the ascent of Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP actually means.No, the NDP at 29%…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Ontario Liberals protecting the environment and moving Ontario forward
Ontario Liberals are taking the next steps to safeguard our environment for Ontario families. Liberals are protecting precious water resources for future generations with a Great Lakes Protection Act that will be the next chapter in clean water for Ont…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Timidity Of The Ontario NDP
I wrote earlier this month about the growing call from certain monied sectors for an increase in their personal taxation rates, arguing that they are not paying their fair share to support the country in which they grew and prospered. That plea, as no…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Two Polls Give Ontario Grits Smiles
One from Ipsos Reid and one from Nanos Research confirm the trend seen in the Harris-Decima poll that was out only a few days ago, which blew the race in Ontario wide open.First, the Ipsos Reid poll gives the Ontario Liberals the lead with 38%, with th…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Killing The Bob Rae Myth
Watching the Ontario election you’d think that there was nothing of much import going on in the world. Why else would there be so little difference in the platforms of the three major parties in this election? For instance, you’d never know that a majo…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.
– Just as in this year’s federal election, the NDP will need to look to move voting intentions once the campaign is underway. But also just like in the federal election, there’s reason to like the party’s cha…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: ONDP candidate mocks child abuse allegations in Catholic Church and posts dirty jokes on Twitter – Classy guy
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/17/facebook-101-loose-lips-hurts-election-campaign
Is this why Andrea Horwath is going to such extreme efforts to hide her “team”? Less than 3 weeks before the start of the writ, and the ONDP website still has zero me…
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…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.
– The Mark is the latest to point out that the NDP’s success in winning over former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists should be considered a huge victory rather than reason for criticism:
The Globe, at least, notes …
Canadian Progressive World: Ontario Provincial Election Opportunity To Defeat Stephen Harper
While attending a barbecue hosted at Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s family home, Prime Minister Stephen called for Liberal Premier McGuinty’s defeat during the October 6 Ontario Provincial election. This isn’t just meddling in provinc…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Dirty NDP
On the same day that we learn of massive cuts to Environment Canada coming from the federal Conservatives, it’s important to remember that the ONDP is going off track on the environment in the same way.Check out http://www.dirtyndp.ca/ for more info, a…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: What does Jack Layton’s former chief of staff think about ONDP environment policy?
He think it is ”anti-environmental nonsense”, “a serious disappointment”, and “entirely the wrong direction” Meanwhile, what do Rick Smith & Environmental Defence (of which he serves as executive director) say about Ontario’s Green Energy Act?They…
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