When you are leading a major provincial political party, it is never a good sign when the country’s largest-circulating newpaper makes editorial sport of you: Memo to Tim Hudak: Please stay as Ontario PC leader: Editorial You lost an Ontario election in 2011 that you were to supposed to win;
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Scott's DiaTribes: #imwithtim – Stay Tim stay!
I wasn’t expecting to be writing a followup post to this on Tim Hudak and leadership questions on whether he would still be here on Sept 9 or not so soon after the by-elections, but there is already some dissension in the ranks – enough to get the Toronto Sun
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Ontario’s by-elections: potentially a perfectly acceptable result for Premier Kathleen Wynne
Ontario Conservative Tim Hudak’s Vandal horde sacks Rome Upon Lake Ontario, the media narrative for last Thursday’s Ontario by-elections that was sensibly ignored by the province’s voters. Below, Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne. Was she taking a page from the Book of Alison Redford, also below? One can read too
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Byelections fallout: Will PC’s Tim Hudak still be PC leader in September?
It was an interesting night last night. The Ontario Liberals held onto 2 of their seats – in Scarborough and in Ottawa (despite gloomy polls – more on that later), while the NDP captured Windsor in a landslide (not surprising) and London-West (by a surprisingly comfortable margin). The Progressive Conservative
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: The Ontario Conservative Party’s Hail Mary #pcpo #onpoli
Yesterday, the Conservative Party of Ontario released copies of emails it obtained that showed that Ontario Liberal staffers wanted to pressure the Speaker of the legislature into reversing his decision requiring the release of documents pertaining to the “gas plant scandal” – to suggest using partisan leverage against a non-partisan
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Tim Speaketh Yet Again
I doubt that Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has ever met a neoconservative nostrum that he doesn’t like. The latest pontification from the lad who would be Premier comes from his ‘bold’ assertion that Ontario must subsidize electricity costs for manufacturing if the province is to keep and attract
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Poor Steve Ryan*
Who is Steve Ryan, you might ask? Up until today, he was the nominated candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, for the Aug 1 by-elections here in Ontario. About 2 weeks ago, Forum came out with a poll saying the Liberal candidate (not even nominated yet) was a
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Hudak’s Lament: PCPO Leader Issues Statement Re Doug Holyday, Steve Ryan, And Wayne Wettlaufer
Actually, no, Tim Hudak has not issued a statement in regards to the PCPO’s double fluff-up on the first day of their bye-election campaign.–ie Wayne Wettlaufer’s comment on ignorant women who vote Liberal, and Doug Holyday’s ill-time speculation about a possible run for MPP in Etobicoke-Lakeshore. The former insulted half the
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Hudak PC candidate: Female voters are "less informed"…including about control over their own bodies?
That’s Wayne Wettlaufer, former PC MPP who served with Hudak and Mike Harris running to win his seat of Kitchener Centre back for the Conservatives. Wettlaufer also must think women aren’t informed enough to have control over their own bodies (also noteworthy a little guy named Tim Hudak as well several
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Today in Awkward Ontario Conservative News #onpoli #pcpo
Ontario PC MPP (and aspiring leader) Lisa MacLeod called elections an affront to democracy. Also, acting leader Tim Hudak’s job is safe even if they fail to win a single seat in upcoming by-elections. I didn’t think it was up to a different MPP to decide that. She’s not even
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Dear, Dear, Dear, Dear Me
Lordy, I see young Tim Hudak is hurling those sticks and stones again. Won’t that boy ever try acting like a grown man? Recommend this Post
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Social determinants more than cost of care key to sustainability
Critics of Medicare often point to Canada’s dubious population health record as evidence of the need for system reform, but seldom do these critics spend much time looking at the social determinants of health or actions by increasingly right-wing governments that … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Hudak Conservatives fined $85,000 for "rule breaking robocalls"
I hear he knows a guy who knows a guy though
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Hudak Caught: PCPO Made Ilegal Robocalls
OTTAWA – The CRTC will soon announce it is fining both Alberta’s Wildrose Party and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives for automated polling calls that failed to identify the pollster. The hapless PCPO leader has some explaining to do—$85,000s worth. And, perhaps not surprisingly, RackNine is involved again. They are these
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Broadbent Institute has released a new set of polling (PDF) as to Canadians’ values. And it’s particularly worth noting that even on the Cons’ signature issues such as tax cuts, austerity and crime – where millions upon millions of public dollars
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Academics present evidence that austerity really does kill
Ontario is presently entering year two of its austerity program, convinced that it is the only way out of an economic problem that wasn’t even created here. We have previously highlighted economic arguments that suggest austerity creates a self-defeating “fiscal … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Ombudsman seeking expanded role since 1975 – could this finally be the time?
“There is no effective, independent, investigative oversight of hospital administration. Period.” – Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin, 2008 Ontario has been resisting Ombudsman oversight of its public hospitals for long enough. Marin says he is not the first to demand this … Continue reading →
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario Liberals On The Verge of Forcing An Election
To make a minority government work, the party in power needs the support of enough members of parliament to pass confidence-vote legislation like the budget. This can be done on an issue by issue basis, or, by coming to an on-going agreement with one or more opposition parties to form
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario Liberals On The Verge of Forcing An Election
To make a minority government work, the party in power needs the support of enough members of parliament to pass confidence-vote legislation like the budget. This can be done on an issue by issue basis, or, by coming to an on-going agreement with one or more opposition parties to form
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario Liberals On The Verge of Forcing An Election
- Close corporate tax loopholes (while running a deficit, it makes no sense to allow so much potential income to escape)
- Reduce car insurance rates by 15 per cent (Ontario has the highest rates in Canada)
- Introduce new measures to help reduce youth unemployment
- Strengthen health care
- Improve Welfare rules
- Improve support for home care for seniors
- Generally make life more affordable for Ontarians