Dear Councillor McMahon,I am a resident of Ward 32, and am writing to express my concerns regarding the service-cutting fiscal plan proposed by Mayor Rob Ford. As I am sure you are aware, the Mayor claimed during his campaign that Toronto had a “spendi…
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Green Party of Sask Leadership Meeting
I attended the Green Party of Saskatchewan’s leadership meeting on Sunday, at the Glencairn Community Centre. There were probably close to 50 people in attendance, with others voting by email.
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Dead Wild Roses: Socialism Works! – Blinkered Americans Can Safely Ignore this Post.
Having been pointed to a neat new site called Remapping Debate by Intransigentia, I’m please to share the treasure trove of fact laden articles with my fair readership here. Denmark is a social-democratic state, it believes in protecting its people and prioritizing the needs of a healthy society ahead of the corporate greed and unsustainable […]
Continue readingPop The Stack: United They Stand, While Democracy Falls
There are two very different stories playing out in two of the most contested democratic chambers in Canada right now. One chamber is Toronto City Hall and the other is the House of Commons in Ottawa. The difference between these stories is very enlightening about one important condition for a robust
Continue readingPop The Stack: United They Stand, While Democracy Falls
There are two very different stories playing out in two of the most contested democratic chambers in Canada right now. One chamber is Toronto City Hall and the other is the House of Commons in Ottawa. The difference between these stories is very enlightening about one important condition for a robust
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: My deflating optimism about the NDP leadership race
For a while, I was feeling very energized about the NDP leadership race. We on the left were going to get six months or so to have a real and refreshing discussion of values and policies about where to go from here. With a relatively new One Member One…
Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Know the issues, act on the facts.
In the October edition of the Labour Reporter you’ll find details about some of the things that we’ve been up to over the summer. You’ll have a chance to read about the recent SFL Summer Camp, the progress of Station 20 West, and the recent memor…
Continue readingWobbly beliefs – right and left
As I sit listening to one of the few elected Liberals discuss human rights, immigration and refugee policy, I realize that the left/right discussion has passed. While I am an economic liberal (note the small "l"), I find myself leaning the othe…
Continue readingFor those who cannot accept reality – The Shadow Caucus
If I never hear the title Shadow Caucus again, it will be too soon. This stunningly silly attempt at rebranding of Liberal candidates who did not win their 2011 campaigns causes what little is left of my hair to stand on end. For those who want to use …
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Home, Home on the Strange
Isn’t it strange how oil companies can act as if they have the rights of people, but if they commit crimes or need police protection, they are suddenly special entities? If you built a pipe through your neighbours yard, and it leaked toxins thousands of times, do you think your neighbour wouldn’t sue you into […]
Continue readingTerahertz: A Streetcar Named Anton
Streetcars are just cool to me. I love the idea of an integrated, community-based, electric-powered public transportation system. It just pushes us toward sustainability and makes us actually appreciate the neighbourhood we live in. It doesn’t cut a city in half like a highway or SkyTrain and its more environmentally friendly and typically a little […]
Continue readingTerahertz: CUPE ramps up job action
Sensing that the SFSS has little inclination to respect collective bargaining rights CUPE, representing the locked out SFSS staff, has started fighting the PR war. According to the CUPEsfu twitter feed, their picket lines have moved to SFU Surrey today. They also report that an entire class walked out. Not only that, the CUPE staff […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Media Lens on How Misinformation Rules the Airwaves.
“Nothing is free.” Remember that golden nugget of advice given back when you were young? Of course you do, it made you wary of deals that seemed just perfect and produced nothing but unicorns and butterflies and the separation of you and your money once you made the agreement with the con artist in […]
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
cmkl: $90K a day for Deloitte? How much of a bargain?
I share the outrage of much of the sane universe over the Harper government’s decision to hire Deloitte and Touche (at $90,000 per day) to tell the Tory cabinet how to cut jobs and reduce services.
Continue readingTerahertz: Right-wing takeover at SFU
Staff who operate many of the student services at SFU, including Out on Campus, the Women’s Centre, and the SFSS Print Centre, have been locked out, without a contract for 10 weeks. The lock-out was initiated by a unanimous vote of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) board of directors, who decided that they had […]
Continue readingUpdate, finally!
So the Conservatives are finally starting to have fun with their majority. We all knew this day would come — when we would be forced to helplessly sit at the sidelines and watch while these idiots we call ‘representatives’ shove through legislation so…
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