Ontario Election Underway
The Ontario election for Premier is well underway! It looks like it’s going to be an exciting race for sure. Last, and I think most accurate, poll has the Liberals…
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“Grade-Boosting” Stimulant Use on Campus
A recent editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal looks at the use of “grade-boosting” stimulants (such as Ritalin) by Canadian post-secondary students. According to the editorial: “Universities and colleges…
About that Chalk River Fiasco…
Remember the thoroughly abusive Stephen Harper knifing at Linda Keen over the nuke facility at Chalk River? Well, now there’s some interesting stuff written about the Chalk River reactor. This…
On the Ontario Liberal platform.
I had planned to go point-by-point through the OLP's platform, like I did the OPC and ONDP. But, well -- the platform really wasn't worth the wait.Here's the Cliff Notes…
Ummmm… is anyone surprised…
…that HarperSun news has an ad for Lockheed Martin pushing the F-35? And check out the geeky guy from CFRB who is being interviewed by Kinsella – definitely the face…
New Tea Party personalities…
Some of these new Tea Party candidates are pretty vicious. Gwendolene Thomason, 42, a Tea Party supporter from Jefferson City, was one of the hundreds on hand who were convinced…
Tim Hudak Tweets of the Day
Burn, about this. Burn, again. Context, here.
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…
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…
Ontario Votes 2011: McGuinty’s Prescription For A Cancer Called “Canadian Experience”
The Liberals pledge to offer $10 000 in tax credits to Ontario businesses that hire new immigrants is spot-on. It might just be the cure for a stubborn cancer called…
Tory Syndrome, the Follow Up
Well, it appears that Tim Hudak supporters are attacking former Progressive Conservative leaders, instead of Tim Hudak himself. I'm not entirely sure I've seen a sitting Progressive Conservative MPP, standing…
Tory Syndrome
Four years ago this month, a sizeable chunk of Ontario's Progressive Conservative supporters already had their knives out and sharpened for John Tory. This was based upon the belief that…
Tories lead Ont. Libs by just 3.5% – Nanos
Though they're both down from their last poll thanks to an NDP jump (or, possibly just a resettling, given that Nanos had them lower than other pollsters before) Nanos has…
Ontario Student Debt
Last week, the CCPA released a paper by David Macdonald and Erika Shaker entitled Under Pressure: The Impact of Rising Tuition Fees on Ontario Families. The paper does a good…
Ford Nation is now a little clam. And, Tim Hudak is as out of touch as ever
Toronto News: Hudak plunges into dangerous liaison with Rob Ford - thestar.com According to the Toronto Star, Rob Ford's popularity has been steadily since the election in Oct. 2010. Ford’s…
Ontario NDP continue to rise in the polls
Ontario Liberals close in on Hudak’s Conservatives: poll | News | National PostThe Ontario NDP continue to rise in the polls. In the latest Forum Research poll, support for the…
Green Energy Proposals Part I: An Overview
With a variety of different green energy proposals floating around, it is worth recalling what the various schemes are and what their advantages and disadvantages are. In Part I, I…
Buskerfest
Where I was Thursday. I’m not very good at writing art review-style critiques using high-flown language, but I can say that I enjoyed Buskerfest a lot. There’s a bit of…
Hudak’s municipal downloading scheme would stick Ontario families with a $500 million bill
The OYL had a very successful "Remember the 90's" campaign launch party last night, and Tim Hudak at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario meeting this week showed that he…
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…