I’ve been at the convention going on 12 hours – tired feet, hungry, etc. – but no one’s going home yet. After the second ballot results were announced, in which Sandra’s lead began to widen, a couple of surprising events happened. Sousa went to Wynne, without discussing it with his
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LisaKirbie.com: Convention floor update
Eric Hoskins went to Kathleen Wynne. Many of Eric’s delegates came to Sandra – I helped greet them – and were happy to be there! Minutes later, Harinder Takhar moved his team to Sandra Pupatello. I’m told Harinder missed, by a single minute, the deadline to take his name of
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Why is Julian Assange Trapped in Ecuador’s Embassy
People may not know exactly why Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange has been detained in the UK, then trapped in Ecuador’s embassy. The short answer is, because he embarrassed the US military intelligence community, they’ve waged a character assassination war upon him using his casual sex with women against him. The
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: From the Windsor Star: Delegates looking long term
Team Wynne, for the last several days, has been insisting at every opportunity that she should be Premier because she a) has a seat and b) would reopen the Legislature right away. Guess what? Delegates are smart enough to see past this tactic.
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: The best of times, the worst of times, etc
Political conventions tend to bring out the best of its party members – renewal, camaraderie, etc. But some of the worst, too. Like what happened last night. You may know there was a huge 80 vehicle pile up on the 401 late yesterday afternoon. Many people were stuck in it,
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Observations from #OLPLDR
Sometimes there are no words.
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Sandra
I’ve been proudly volunteering on Sandra Pupatello’s campaign from the very beginning – which seems much longer ago than it actually is – and what I can tell you about her is that she is the rarest of politicians: whip-smart, fun and genuine. In a way that cannot be faked.
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: P3s for Dummies: Part III — Fool us once, twice, fool us some more
Ontario has been leading the country in pursuing private deals to finance, develop and maintain public infrastructure projects, including a significant number of major hospital redevelopments. Last week we looked at how public-private partnerships turn projects away from the public … Continue reading →
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Convention kickoff!
Today’s a busy day! I was at MLG earlier to register for the Ontario Liberal Party convention and pick up some Sandra swag. Ran into Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan and Grit MPP Michael Gravelle and had a few minutes to chat with both. Convention weekends are like old home
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Newspaper Comments Highlight Canadian Racism
The comments sections on some newspapers and online news sites can be infamously bad. The Calgary Herald’s commenters, many of them frequent enough to be “top commenters”, put on a despicable display today. Chief Spence ended her hunger strike, and was hospitalized as a precaution because she’s been without proper
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Dealing with an unfair funding formula, SBGHC cuts at the top (how novel!)
Here’s a story we don’t see every day: South Bruce Grey Health Centre is cutting two of its four senior management positions as part of its efforts to deal with a budget deficit. Contrast that with hospitals such as Ontario … Continue reading →
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Ethnic profiling has no place in the Ontario Liberal Party
If you’re a member of the Ontario Liberal Party, you have been bombarded in recent weeks with emails, campaign literature and phone calls. It’s a part of any campaign and it’s here to stay. Some campaigns have been more mindful of not cluttering up your inbox or not subjecting you
Continue readingBryan Crockett: Liberals. We’re big on policy.
This past weekend, at the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia policy conference, we passed many important progressive policy resolutions. Instead of doing the typical partisan thing and talking about just how great we are, I’ll highlight a few of the policies that I’m excited about. PROTECTING THE RIGHTS
Continue readingValerie Burns: Excited for OLP!
After some fear that the Ontario Liberal Party would be excluding us blog heads from #olpldr, mercifully we’re going to be strongly represented there. Much I will live tweet, but I’ll also post when I can. If you see me there, buy me a drink at one of those open
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Throw National Post a Lifeline
I haven’t encountered a Kelly McParland article that I can say I agree with. His latest, about Elizabeth May’s attempt to subvert the stalemate in Parliament amongst the opposition parties, is missing the point. May isn’t just out to help the Green Party, which of course is a given, despite
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Refugee Health: Medical students freeze outside waiting for Matthews
There were hard lessons learned today about how democracy is practiced in this province. About 60-70 protesters, most young medical students, spent more than an hour and a half today outside the downtown Toronto offices of the Ministry of Health. … Continue reading →
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: 48 hours until OLP convention kick off
Hard to believe that in three days we will have a new Ontario Premier. I was a huge fan of Dalton McGuinty – and will continue to be – but am excited about this next chapter of the Liberal government. As you know, my choice for Premier is Sandra Pupatello.
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: In Brief: Hospital cuts as transfers, Pupatello’s ego gets the better of her
Pop quiz: who wrote this: “Our government expects – as do health care providers – that this change will exacerbate the health conditions of patients with chronic conditions and those who are at risk of developing such conditions. In addition, … Continue reading →
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