Pennsylvania’s Republican Governor has gutted the renewable energy programs of his predecessor: In Pennsylvania, where a major shale gas boom is underway, Governor Tom Corbett is doing exactly what renewable energy supporters feared, according to a rec…
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The problem with Hudak
Hudak has a number of problems, the largest being trust. People don’t trust him. In particular, women don’t trust him. In a new poll, Nanos Research concluded that only 1 in 4 men trust Hudak, and even less, only 1 in 5, women trust Hudak.Let me say th…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Truth About Hudak’s Hooligans
…gate-crashing ex Premier Bill Davis’ speech in praise of the Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness. WK mentioned this yesterday, but the perps–Tory candidates Pam Hundal (Brampton-Springdale), Sanjeev Maingi (Brama…
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 readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Apocalyptic crisis budgeting
Apocalyptic crisis budgeting – thestar.comThis is a good article by Edmund Pries in the Star regarding the recent budgeting of conservative governments.Here it is below. I’ve highlighted a few parts:The headlines have been apocalyptic and relentless. U…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Ontario Election 2011: This is, and must be, a referendum on green energy
In all of North America, Ontario is unique in its approach and scale of tackling the dual problems of declining cheap fossil fuel availability and global warming. It has implemented North America’s highest rates for feed-in-tariffs, a program that pays…
Continue readingI Think We Should Lock That Whole Gang of Miscreants In The John
Before they crap all over Ontario and Canada.
Last week, when my husband and I were in Toronto, we were having lunch at the Hot House. We saw some construction. We saw a crane lifting some port-o-craps up. We thought how fun it would’ve been if Rob Ford or Stevie Spiteful or Tony . . . → Read More: I Think We Should Lock That Whole Gang of Miscreants In The John
Continue readingTories are in for a fight in Ontario. Latest Ipsos Reid poll shows 38% support for Hudak and 33% for McGuinty
There has been a general consensus among liberals, since the May 2 election debacle, that the party’s PR machine and recruiting mechanism need an extreme overhaul, a new vision and strategy through which the party can re-gain the attention of voter…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Tim Hudak Gets The Wedge
Ontario Libs always seem to fight a little harder than their Federal counterparts.
Continue readingthe reeves report: The Politics of Wind Power: Liberals look to ‘John Tory’ Tim Hudak
The Ontario Liberals sent a message to the future this week: it warned Conservative Premier Tim Hudak that if he wants to keep his absurd, long-standing promise to put a moratorium on all wind turbine farms in Ontario, that he would have to do it at the expense of taxpayer dollars and well-paying jobs in … Continue reading »
Montreal Simon: Breaking: PMO Censors Rob Ford’s BBQ Video !!!
OMG. The plot thickens. In my last post I told you how a video of Jimbo Flaherty getting a “Finance Minister’s Championship Belt” from Rob Ford had mysteriously disappeared.And how I assumed it had been taken down after this.Because afte…
Continue readingImpolitical: Green energy contrasts
There are the federal Conservatives, speaking yesterday: “Canadians gave our Government a strong mandate to complete our economic recovery and focus on continued job growth,” said Minister Oliver, speaking in Toronto. “Support for clean energy te…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Could Ontario NDP Pull A Layton?
This is interesting:
The Forum Research survey found Hudak’s Tories at 38 per cent — down from 41 per cent in June — to McGuinty’s Liberals at 28 per cent, up from 26 per cent. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath jumped to 24 per cent from 22 per cent an…
Montreal Simon: Heather Mallick Has a Message for Tim Hudak…
You can run but you can’t hide.Hudak thinks it’s sufficient to promise he won’t reopen the debate on abortion rights, although such a debate is not occurring in Ontario and the fact that he thinks it is says a lot about his views.A politician’s p…
Continue readingTrashy's World: YES! Two smoking cessation aids now part of Ontario Drug Benefit Plan!!
This is great news! When I quit 7 years ago, I used Zyban, the patch, nico-gum… everything I could get my hands on! And they worked! Fortunately, the costs were covered under my drug plan… but most folks aren’t so lucky. Lower future health care costs will many times over pay for the costs of […]
Continue readingFern Hill Unleashes More Online Hellfire
Way to go, Fern! As you might remember, Fern Hill, the political blogger at DAMMIT JANET! was the instigator of what Chris Selley dubbed the “online hellfire” which was unleashed on Tim Hudak last week following Fern’s post on his que…
Continue readingImpolitical: More of that "real ‘gotcha’"
So you may have noticed that Fern Hill at Dammit Janet has been on a roll recently in terms of raising questions about Tim Hudak’s position on abortion and whether he just might defund access were he ever (heaven forbid) to become Premier of our fair p…
Continue readingWell, Well, I do Believe Somebody Touched a Nerve, Mr. Penninga
Wassamatter, Mr. Penninga? Somebody’s having a bad day, I see. Doncha just hate it when people when folks ask questions and think outside the box?
Before you have a hissy fit, I live in Quebec, and thus, not eligible to vote in Ontario and I am fortunate to live in a province, where . . . → Read More: Well, Well, I do Believe Somebody Touched a Nerve, Mr. Penninga
Continue readingthe reeves report: Long-term thinking needed in the fight for Ontario’s Green Energy future
While in Vancouver last week as part of a First Ministers meeting, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made a direct link between subsidies paid out to the oil and gas industry in Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan, and the need for greater subsidies from Ottawa for Ontario’s green energy sector. According to the Vancouver Sun, McGuinty claimed … Continue reading »
“Online Hellfire” Unleashed on Hudak
Thankfully, online reactions to Hudak’s 1995 comments on the topic of abortion have been swift. And, apparently, according to Chris Selley over at the National Post, merciless: And there is a subset of Canadians that unleashes online hellfire aga…
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