Today marks the first defeat of the Ontario Liberals in the legislature on any bill since they came to power in 2003. The Opposition parties lead by Tim Hudak (PC) and Andrea Horwath (NDP) forced through a wrong-headed bill on cutting back the provincial portion of the HST on home
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Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- No, it’s no huge surprise that the Cons are planning to launch systematic attacks against labour as the next step after making it clear they’ll treat any strike or lockout as both illegitimate and entirely the f…
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 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 readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- For those with a few months to kill between now and next March, now may be the time to direct a browser tab toward Alice’s NDP leadership site and start hitting “refresh”.- The Conference Board of Cana…
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 readingBlunt Objects: Blue on Blue Violence
While not violent, per se, it’s interesting to see the clash of Tory vs. Tory in Brampton today, courtesy of Warren Kinsella:The person on stage is former PC Premier Bill Davis (1971-1985), talking in front of an audience in his hometown of Brampton ab…
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 readingBlunt Objects: The Battle for Eglinton-Lawrence
No, not that battle, because that one has already ended (and it didn’t end well for us).No, this is the new battle for Eglinton-Lawrence, this time on the provincial scale. The contenders are incumbent Ontario Liberal MPP Mike Colle, versus treacherous…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your long weekend.- Thomas Walkom highlights the message being sent to students as to what workers should expect in the years to come. And it’s well worth reflecting on whether the problem lies precisely with the politicians s…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Nick Falvo discusses the unfortunate theory that any talk of improving standards of living for the neediest Canadians is either fruitless or extreme politically:In reference to the Put Food In The Budget cam…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Jumping on the Hudak Abortion Defunding Bandwagon
Because statements never meant to be seen by the general voting public are just oodles of fun to show: Incidentally, one wonders what Hudak would say to this document while he’s at it.h/t BCL, Kinsella, gritchik, etc.
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