Partisan hypocrisy shows why voting reform is doomed
When Harper won a fake majority on 39.6% of the vote, many Liberals claimed it was an outrage and affront to democracy. Now that Wynne won one on 38.7%, they…
Ron Waller
Liberals didn’t fool progressive or centrist voters
This election in Ontario, the Liberal party’s campaign strategy was to out-left the NDP and win the majority they missed by one seat in 2011. They did this with a…
Political observations
Here are a few political observations I have made over the years: Politics and sports Politics and sports are colossal wastes of time. But people seem to enjoy the latter.…
Democracy never a waste of time
An article form the CP suggests that the Ontario election was pointless because it might not lead to any major change. They are wrong. Democracy is never a waste of…
Austerity doomed to fail
This election, Tim Hudak is another Mike Harris. That’s obvious. But although Kathleen Wynne is pretending to be the “social justice” leader, as Bloomberg points out, she’s actually a “less…
Ed Broadbent blasts Wynne’s presumptuous rhetoric
Apparently, Kathleen Wynne has become the champion of the poor and huddled masses this election. According to her, she has picked up the NDP torch left behind when Andrea Horwath…
Biggest irony of the Ontario 2014 Election goes too…
Wynne says the NDP turned down the “most progressive budget in decades.” Of course, this implies there was two decades of regressive PC and Liberal government. None of it was…
Don’t listen to Liberal lies, compare platforms for yourself
This Ontario election, the Liberal party and Toronto Star have used the most outrageous partisan rhetoric trying to weasel Left votes for a fake majority. They are calling NDP leader…
NDP pocket-book populism great idea
For decades, the NDP has sat on the sidelines watching Conservative and Liberal governments tear down a Just Society. The neo-cons come in with reckless tax cuts that primarily benefit…
The Star’s most outrageous partisan rhetoric
I consider myself a non-partisan centrist liberal. Although I support the NDP this election in Ontario, I’m not a blind partisan married to any party. This election, for me, is…
Wynne’s sleazy plea for power an assault on democracy
To Kathleen Wynne, democracy and personal voting rights mean nothing. Power means everything. In a Toronto Star editorial, she tries to pull a fast one by telling Ontarians, “a vote…
Why strategic voting doesn’t work
In the 2011 federal election, 400,000 Greens voted strategically to stop Harper. But it had no effect. He still won a fake majority on 39.6% of the vote. Why? Green…
Vote splitting facts
Since we have a primitive, 19-century voting system — First-Past-the-Post — a minority party wins all the power on 40% of the vote due to vote splitting. In 2011, Harper…
How Wynne blew the Globe and Mail endorsement
This election in Ontario, the red-Tory editorial board of the Globe and Mail reluctantly endorsed a Tim Hudak minority. How did Kathleen Wynne blow the endorsement Dalton McGuinty got in…
Wynne, Walkom coalition scheming comes full circle
Here’s a little Machiavellian theatre of the absurd. Back on May 28, Wynne surprised journalists by not ruling out a coalition with the NDP. I thought: finally, a politician with…
Business New Net blows up Wynne’s pretend progressive platform
If you were to believe the Toronto Star, Kathleen Wynne is the left-wing leader this election, and Andrea Horwath a “right-wing populist”: just another Margaret Thatcher, Mike Harris and Rob…
The Sun and The Star
I’ve always been critical of the Sun Media and it’s corrupt agenda to promote conservative ideology and parties, and get involved in partisan politics. It’s an outright betrayal of the…
Wynne’s appalling coalition hypocrisy
Just before advanced polls opened, Kathleen Wynne railed against Andrea Horwath’s “unprincipled stance” by not ruling out supporting the Tories in a minority government. It is shocking that the party…
Conservative, Liberal corporate tax cut folly
After more than a decade of corporate tax cuts, Canada has the lowest effective corporate tax rate of ALL major economies. The Chretian-Martin Liberals and Harper Conservatives cut corporate taxes…
Liberal Gouge App
Calculate how much the Wynne Government will end up gouging you every year thanks to: More delisted services Increased user fees Improved eco fees More regressive taxes Regressive pension plan:…