You Can’t Call It Momentum: Ontario Poll, Not Widely Circulated Yet
From “earlier this month”, no idea if that matters @natnewswatch: Nanos on Ontario election: Dead heat – Grits 36, PCs 36 NDP trailing at 22— Rob Silver (@RobSilver) April 23,…
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Oil By Rail Just Got More Expensive
An account of the feds new rail safety improvements can be found here. From it: The federal government wants a three-year phase-out or retrofit of older tank cars that are…
Jonathon Chait On Keystone XL
I’ve said it before, environmentalists aren’t focused on Obama regulations re existing power plants because their role in that fight is largely over. They did their bit. They won. Chait…
Victory Of Valhalla!
Is The NDP set to force a provincial election? Maybe. The evidence cited is: An e-mail has gone out to riding associations offering them insurance for their campaign offices –…
Anti-Wind Forces Vandalizing Property?
The OPP seems to think so. And its worth noting this statement from Ontario Wind Resistance:
Target Excels…
…at their profferance of electric scooters for disabled customers. My wife, she of the broken ankle, who I call Gimpy, has been testing these scooters at various department/grocery stores. The…
Keystone Delayed!!!
…until after the November U.S. mid-terms. So probably into 2015! Although I don’t see this as much of a Cdn election issue. It doesn’t really matter what your position is…
MPAC Report: Wind Turbines Have NO Negative Effect On Home Values
MPAC is the Municpal Property Assessment Corporation. They determine what each piece of property in Ontario is worth so that the various local governments can hit you up for taxes.…
ROFO Campaign Kick-Off Wee Bit Of A Clinker
Let the Globe’s Ivor Tossell tell it: This is not a full room. pic.twitter.com/MWER1HiyVC— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) April 18, 2014 The view looking forward pic.twitter.com/vCW3nHINEj— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) April 18,…
Mark Your Calenders
The earliest Ontario will face general elxn if budget fails to pass is June 5. The latest is July 3, according to GovHouseLdrsOffice #onpoli— Paul Bliss (@blissblogs) April 17, 2014…
New Ontario Poll
From Innovative Research. Looks like the gas plant fiasco has run out of steam. And its hard to suggest with numbers like these that Andrea Horwath’s NDP has any kind…
Because There’s A Difference…
@reporterdonpeat A “Free Ford Nation” t-shirt or a free “Ford Nation” t-shirt? Is he raising money for Mayor’s campaign or bail?— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) April 15, 2014
Tom Adams, Jack Mintz, and Me On The Price Of Wind In Ontario
Tom Adams gets a lot of play as an expert on Ontario’s energy system. The fact that he is or was once associated with Lawrence Solomon’s group Energy Probe does…
Kitimat Says No To Northern Gateway
Polls are for dogs, but an honest to gawd plebiscite, where Big Oil outspent the local opposition a gazillion to one and still lost badly…now that’s scientific. I suspect support…
Another BCLSB Exclusive: Story Refuted! John Tory Did NOT Take Weekend Off To Attend Masters Golf Tourney!
@Bigcitylib2 thanks. Good to see you as well. @JOHNTORYTO was canvassing in #Etobicoke today #topoli #tocouncil #Toronto— Nick Kouvalis (@NickKouvalis) April 12, 2014 I’d heard this from sources I deemed…
OLP Should Approve Some Nominations
The lesson from this story also applies here, I think. The best spin I can put on the party’s behavior is that they’re dithering because they’re not sure yet whether…
New Federal Poll
With the Liberals at around 36 points, the Conservatives at roughly 27 and the NDP with 22, voters are in a profoundly different place than they were when the Conservatives…
BCLSB Exclusive: John Tory Suspends Mayoral Campaign
TORY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN John Tory released the following statement this morning:There are some occasions so momentous that they rise above politics and therefore should not be sullied by politics.…
HOLY FUCKING SHIT! New Poll Puts Hudak Tories In THIRD FUCKING PLACE!
Poor Tim Hudak is stinking out the joint! While the Ontario NDP has picked up three points since July, nudging the Progressive Conservatives ever so gently down to third place,…
The Top 5 Reasons Soccerworld Is Nothing Like Rob Ford
So T.O. mayoral candidate Rob Ford is giving a presser at Soccerworld today. But somebody there is not a fan: Mayor Ford’s presser is with Soccerworld Toronto. But not everyone…