Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alexandra Hutzler reports that even a majority of Americans seeing mask mandates lifted aren’t prepared to buy the line that it’s safe to…
Randy Hillier
Is Resistance Always Futile?
If I ever had the chance to sit down and chat with Randy Hillier, I doubt I would have much to say to the libertarian Progressive Conservative MPP recently permanently…
Randy Hillier Turns On His Own
Three would-be leaders of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives made obeisance to the Ontario Landowners Association last weekend, horrifying their caucusmate who helped found the group.Christine Elliott, Vic Fedeli and Lisa MacLeod,…
Randy Hillier On PCPO Reform: Still Crazy After All These Years
Randy, like many PCPO mpps lately, has been advocated democratic reform for the Ontario Progessive Conservative party. No concrete new policies on offer yet, unless you count ditching all the…
Randy Hillier Speaks! Points Finger Of Blame!
Guy’s definitely got class. All of it 3rd. From his facebook page; he’s referring to this article. Worth noting that, when Hudak was an advocate fior ditching the Rand formula,…
And They Wonder Why More Women Don’t Get Into Politics
In an interview in 2012, Hilary Clinton was asked “Which designers do you prefer?” Her response was brilliant: “Would you ever ask a man that question?” Says journalist Mary Elizabeth…
Ontario Election: Sloppy Progressive Conservative Web Slip-Ups
Between multiple events involving organizations the Ontario Progressive Conservatives oppose funding and an uncomfortably embarrassing botched presser on board a TTC subway, Tim Hudak can barely catch a break this…
Randy Hiller and Being Careful What you Wish For
We were in the Napanee area on Saturday and I noticed the Randy Hillier signs. Not a lot, but a few. Hillier is the Conservative incumbent for the riding of…
Ah Well, We Still Have Randy Hillier
Doug Ford is not running for provincial office. Says focus is on getting his brother re-elected— Ben Spurr (@BenSpurr) February 20, 2014 Time to step up, Randy. Say something barbaric…
Randy Hillier: Ontarions, You Are Lazy
Follow the man’s argument: The proverb “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations” refers to a family’s generational cycle through poverty and prosperity; does this proverb also reflect Ontario’s political generations?The…
OHRT Reform: Randy Hillier Comes Back Small
From his website: Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, introduced a Bill to reform Human Rights Tribunals in Ontario. This Bill would allow the awarding of costs to the…
Not your Bill Davis Tories: Ont PCs formally adopt U.S. tea-party labour politics
The Ontario PCs almost walked away from the brink this weekend. Last year the provincial Tories introduced a white paper advocating U.S.-style labour policies that would undo the rights working…
Hudak Boots Hillier To Back-Bench! Will Randy Bolt?
TORONTO – It’s been a week for tough decisions for Tim Hudak. Days after he was forced to drop Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman from the prestigious finance critic role, the…
Randy Hillier On Wind: Hypocritical In How Many Ways?
I count at least two: KINGSTON – If Amherst Island residents opposed to a planned wind project resort to trying to slow down construction by obstruction, their provincial representative says…
Randy Hillier, Then And Now
Tory MPP Randy Hillier has been taking some flack over on his Facebook page for condemning Idle No More protests after having having engaged in some highway blocking himself back…
Which Federal Conservative MP Spoke At Illegal
…401 blockade. This one. Mind you, Scott Reid is still a back-bencher. The whole illegal protesting gig didn’t work out for him as well as for some.
Who Did This?
Canada’s busiest Highway 401 and the International Bridge at Johnstown Ontario to the USA were closed for 3 hours… Hint: Tim Hudak gave him a position in his shadow cabinet.
Perth and Smiths Falls communities meet tonight and tomorrow to tackle deep hospital cuts
Tonight is the first of two community meetings around cuts to the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital. Cuts at the two-site rural hospital corporation are particularly severe. The Perth…
Tories use think tank notorious for fabricating evidence to support white paper
It is interesting that the Ontario Tories quote the Pacific Research Institute in this week’s white paper on labour. In the paper, the Tories say the average yearly economic growth…
Ontario PC white paper plans to take labour legislation back to the 19th century
The Ontario PCs have staked out a far-right position on labour with the release Wednesday of their white paper “Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets.” For Ontario’s heavily organized health…