Dalton McGuinty at Burlington Rally (with video)
About 300 local Liberals was on hand to greet a special surprise guest at the offices of Burlington candidate Karmel Sakran on Thursday. The group included just about every candidate…
Dalton McGuinty
Killing The Bob Rae Myth
Watching the Ontario election you'd think that there was nothing of much import going on in the world. Why else would there be so little difference in the platforms of…
@Dalton_McGuinty in Burlington
Nice little event tonight, probably 200ish (I'm horrible with counting though, and I didn't see outside), with McGuinty, plus my local candidate Karmel Sakran, and quite a few area candidates…
Dean Del Mastro Plays the Race Card From an Incomplete Deck
When Dalton McGuinty released his party platform, one item had Federal Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro in a flap.The $10,000 incentive to employers who hire immigrants.For Del Mastro it brought…
McGuinty’s immigrant pledge is simply bad politics
McGuinty has recently made an election pledge to provide $10,000 dollars in support for businesses that hire immigrants. Regardless of what one might think about the policy itself, it is…
Challenging the politics of division
That's a good explanation of the much discussed proposal from the last 24 hours involving job training for new Canadians. Nice to see a politician stand up to the right…
Leadership for Ontario
"You want the politics of anger, resentment and division? That makes you feel good? Then Mr. Hudak is your guy. If you want to do things so that we can…
Taking On the Dolts – Highly Skilled Immigrant Tax Credit Edition
Here's a selected line from the wonderful new platform released by Dalton McGuinty's Liberals yesterday:"Immigration is another Ontario advantage. The quicker we engage the skills newcomers have when they arrive,…
As the race begins in Ontario
The writ has still not dropped but the unofficial race is on. A few things this morning on the campaign as it begins...The Nanos leadership numbers are back, in the…
Ontario Election: GSAs, Greens and Catholic Schools
The issue of gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools in Ontario has heated up again, this time in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, which voted this week to place denominational…
"Tough on Crime" Stumping is the Socialism of Fools
When former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher met Conrad Black for the first time, he chewed her ear off about crime, with typical "hang 'em high" rhetoric. She knew she…
The Drip Drip Drip of Bad News
Another poll that shows Tim Hudak's lead slipping: With Tory support at 35% to the Liberals’ 30%, the poll suggests Mr. Hudak would clinch a narrow victory to lead a…
Dalton McGuinty, You Magnificent Bastard: Part III
I do a "Dalton McGuinty: You Magnificent Bastard" post whenever Dalton unveils a policy I think is maudlin, stupid, chintzy, cheesy, or entirely unrealizable--but also a honkin' huge vote getter.…
Kitchener Liberals maintain lead by a five percent margin in polls over local Tories
Despite the obnoxious debt clock parked outside John Milloy’s office in my local Kitchener-center riding and despite PC Stephen Woodworth’s best efforts at convincing Kitchener residents to vote for Tim…
On green job schemes
As a counter to Margaret Wente today, "Message to McGuinty: Most green-job schemes have been miserable failures," who relies in part for her view on a New York Times report…
“Wind Concerns Ontario’s Winds of Change Tour Launched in Owen Sound”
Wind Concerns Ontario has successfully launched the latest province-wide organizing effort of 2011, this time with a strong election focus. Over the next forty or so days, Wind Concerns Ontario…
Liberals built this!
www.liberalsbuiltthis.ca Had a great time this weekend taking part in the province wide Ontario Young Liberal blitz showing the great investments that the Ontario Liberal Party has made in families…
Where we’re at – Ontario election
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Deep thought
Nothing says open and accountable government like a little-known fiscal commission labouring in the shadows to decree what public services will get slashed and/or sold off. That is, unless it's…
Another Ardent Free Enterpriser Seeks A ‘Left-Wing’ solution
In what can be seen as either an act of hubris (Do as I say or I will unleash Ford Nation during the fall election) or an act of desperation…