On 3 June 2011, an arbitration panel handed down the new contract for the majority of Ontario hospital nurses. The panel was set up when negotiations between the Ontario Hospital Association and the union, the Ontario Nurses’ Association broke down. This is a pretty routine procedure when the union contract comes up for renewal, because […]
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New Ontario Liberal Commercial
I just saw the new Ontario Liberal commercial and I must say that I really like it. I’m not sure it will help the election, but it really instills some Ontario pride. Many Canadian provinces have strong identities, and some are having a strong economic resurgance, largely based on resources. But Ontario can claim to […]
The Progressive Economics Forum: How Rob Ford Can Fix Social Housing
I have an opinion piece in today’s Toronto Star regarding Toronto’s Mayor, Rob Ford, and the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC). Mr. Ford would like to see a considerable number of units from TCHC’s existing stock sold off. For background on the issue, please my blog post of April 13, which can be found here. In today’s piece, I […]
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany – schools, Pink Floyd and a moron in a bad suit…
The Ontario government announced the other day that 4 new schools will be built in Ottawa and a 6 room addition will be tacked onto an existing school.
On Wednesday morning, Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky visited Ecole Laurier-Carrière, a French Catholic elementary school in Nepean, to announce it will receive a six-classroom addition […]
Wise Law Blog: Ontario A.G. Chris Bentley at Toronto Family Law Summit
I’m spending today and tomorrow attending (via live videostream) the Law Society of Upper Canada’s 5th Annual Family Law Summit at Toronto. Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley has just concluded a short speech, recapping the Province’s family law in…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Tim Hudak vs. your wallet
Tim Hudak is feeling hungry. Can you spare him some of your hard earned tax dollars so he can grab a beer and some chicken nuggets?
Continue readingTrashy's World: Play-based learning
Good article in the Glob and Spew this morning described play-based learning and its benefits for young children.
Essentially, this is a progressive approach to learning that posits that children will learn life tools and skills more happily and readily if presented to them as a part of their “play”, and they will be retained longer […]
Trashy's World: Somewherrrrre, over the …
This is getting insane!
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board has effectively banned the use of rainbows at school functions because, get this, of the association of rainbows with gays!
I read this for a while thinking it was satire! Why would or could something this silly happen in the 21st century!
I am not making this up!
Leanne Iskander, […]
Accidental Deliberations: On ripple effects
I’ve noted before that the main advantage for incumbents – and thus the main obstacle to substantial change – is the perception on the part of potential challengers that it’s not worth mounting the effort to compete. But it would seem to follow that wh…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario NDP would role back tax cuts for corporations
New Democrats will scrap McGuinty’s corporate tax rate giveaway: Horwath « Ontario NDPIt’s been proven time and again that giving tax cuts to corporations doesn’t create jobs for Canadians and doesn’t boost the economy. Corporate tax cuts only boost…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Fix PSE System Before Building Addition!
According to an article in yesterday’s Toronto Star, the Ontario government will create room for 60,000 new students in its colleges and universities by 2015-2016, 10% of which will be for graduate students. (I assume this means that, by 2015-2016, there will be 60,000 more students enroled in Ontario’s post-secondary insitutions than is currently the case, and that […]
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Fordmania/Slight-Dipper-Mania in Toronto
As noted by BigCityLib, a Forum research poll for the City of Toronto shows some relatively interesting numbers today, both on the municipal and provincial scene.
Let’s start with Rob Ford’s approval ratings:
As you can see, there isn’t a huge dip in…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Tim Hudak vs. Full Day Kindergarten
Today, Ontario is announcing the last stage of the rollout of full day kindergarten. In a highly competitive, globalized, knowledge-based economy it is absolutely essential that Ontario invest in the younger generation to ensure that we build a powerfu…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Reorganizing Canada: Rep by Pop, or Rep by Special Clauses?
Blogger Far and Wide (one of my favourites, a guy definitely worth reading) came out with a post today talking about how it may not be in the best interests of Canadian democracy and representation to give in to the demands of Quebec that it has a 24% …
Continue readingTrashy's World: Al Capone would be proud of Ontario!
Ontario may relax their antiquated liquor laws a wee bit this summer, but they are sure not going to do CRAZY things like allow the sale of beer and wine in convenience stores! Oh no! Anarchy would reign!!!!
Just look at what happened in la belle province!
Look at them! Buncha drunks, I tell ya!
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A BCer in Toronto: Senate reform shouldn’t be a populist bandwagon of convenience
Following Stephen Harper’s appointment of several (more) failed Conservative candidates to the Senate, we’ve seen the usual outrage over the sheer contempt demonstrated by the moves. But for those who say Harper is trying to (semi) reform the upper…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Tim Hudak vs. video games (and jobs)
http://www.thestar.com/article/661781In honour of Anime North, which is sharing a convention centre with the PC’s this weekend, I thought I’d highlight an example of Ontario investment in creating jobs in the high tech sector, such as Ubisoft investing…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Tim Hudak vs. the safety of Ontario families
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/997721–walkom-chain-gangs-and-the-tories-search-for-scapegoatsWhile Liberals focus on creating jobs and growing the economy (The headline of the Windsor Star today read “Green energy wave powers job …
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Toronto Approves Pride Funding, With Caveats
Despite threats from Toronto’s mayor to pull its funding, a city council committee has unanimously voted to continue supporting the city’s annual Pride festival. Toronto Pride is Canada’s largest Pride celebration—a massive tourist draw, and one of the city’s largest festivals overall. Mayor Rob Ford had threatened to pull all city funding from the festival, […]
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Tim Hudak vs. Canadian teams
Not quite as serious as my previous postings.
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