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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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…
A Tip of the Hat to Two Bloggers
Since joining the Progressive Bloggers' website, the daily listings of progressive posts have enhanced the depth and breadth of my understanding of social and political issues. Through their commentary and…
Uh -oh…
…might have to cancel my trip to D.C. Cuz, after reading this story, I suspect that the Cons on Twitter and elsewhere will be rounding up the names of all…
Repealing HST Bad Move
BC moves to eliminate the tax that would now increase the deficit. In fact the B.C deficit is now tripled. The big loss is of course the 1.6 billion BC…
Looking Backward in the Year 2011
by matttbastard Der Spiegel runs down W’s “tragic legacy” in the long, long, looooong decade of U.S. decline that followed 9/11: America was trapped in Iraq for years, where a…
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…
September 11 Lost To Terrorism
This article appeared on PostMedia websites in the lead-up coverage of September 11th, Ten Years Later. A new generation is dawning, and they have no direct grasp of what it…
PC over Promising.
In PEI the PC's in the province who are losing terribly in the polls are trying to gain support promising something that PEI can't afford. The Pc leader Olive Crane…
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.
Can We take Toronto-Danforth Part 3
So far in my last two post I have said that after the three elections; 2004, 2006 and 2008. The Liberals would likely win a by-election where Jack Layton would…
WANTED: A Liberal Leader
Wanted: A Leader Must be willing to travel across the country, sleep 5 hours a night, and be willing to shake hands of more than a half a million Canadians.…
Quiet the mind
I was back at yoga lesson this evening after summer-long hiatus. As my most excellent instructor says, "Yoga works the body to quiet the mind, because the mind is the…
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…
Can We take Toronto-Danforth Part 2
Now That I am done explaining how Liberals would have been very much able to win a by election in Ontario let's look at now the 2006 election. In 2006…
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…