Well, Well, I do Believe Somebody Touched a Nerve, Mr. Penninga
Wassamatter, Mr. Penninga? Somebody’s having a bad day, I see. Doncha just hate it when people when folks ask questions and think outside the box? Before you have a hissy…
Tim Hudak
Long-term thinking needed in the fight for Ontario’s Green Energy future
While in Vancouver last week as part of a First Ministers meeting, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made a direct link between subsidies paid out to the oil and gas industry…
“Online Hellfire” Unleashed on Hudak
Thankfully, online reactions to Hudak’s 1995 comments on the topic of abortion have been swift. And, apparently, according to Chris Selley over at the National Post, merciless: And there is…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Nick Falvo discusses the unfortunate theory that any talk of improving standards of living for the neediest Canadians is either fruitless or extreme politically:In…
Tim Hudak Would Seek to Defund Abortion Services in Ontario
Currently, women in Ontario who are in need of undergoing an abortion procedure have the “luxury” of having the services covered under Ontario Health Insurance (OHIP). As suggested in the…
Hudak Tories Politicize Perversion
On Team Hudak's media events:...the only reason we went to the Bayshore Trail "event" was that it was so unbelievably, jaw-droppingly audacious to use the scene of a recent spate…
This Week in Ontario – And They’re Off!
Political excitement at the federal level may have evaporated faster than water in downtown Toronto, but the provincial scene is still very much alive this summer across Ontario.Among this week's…
Not Helping
From the ARPA website:An old ARPA article from 2009 has been getting a lot of attention in Ontario over the past few days in light of comments about Tim Hudak…
Flip…FLOP!
When he was running for the PC leadership in 2009, Hudak told the Association for Reformed Political Action he is pro-life and had signed petitions calling for the defunding of…
Jumping on the Hudak Abortion Defunding Bandwagon
Because statements never meant to be seen by the general voting public are just oodles of fun to show: Incidentally, one wonders what Hudak would say to this document while…
Question Of The Day
A question which, incidentally, has no good answer. And, by the way, defunding abortion is not a decades old position, as Hudak staffer Jacob Bloom has suggested (in a tweet…
Why Polling Matters This Fall
Over at 308.com, Eric Grenier has stumbled upon a nasty habit of Ontario pollsters:There is a lot less reason to worry in Ontario. The average of the six polls conducted…
AMO targets Tim Hudak over ‘eco-fee shell game’
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) issued a press release yesterday afternoon attacking Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak over his – and his caucus’s – confusion regarding eco fees.…
The reviews for the Hudak platform are in…
That should raise some doubt about Mr. Front Runner who seems to be playing a very, very safe and talking pointed campaign at the moment. Why on earth are all…
Just when you thought it was going to be one sided
The Ontario Liberals Strike back. This add comes out today on TV. I got a peek at it first cause I know some people who are like in the know.…
Just when you thought it was going to be one sided
The Ontario Liberals Strike back. This add comes out today on TV. I got a peek at it first cause I know some people who are like in the know.…
Just when you thought it was going to be one sided
The Ontario Liberals Strike back. This add comes out today on TV. I got a peek at it first cause I know some people who are like in the know.…
A New Anti-Hudak Ad
Putting a side for the moment my concern about critical thinking skills, I must confess to deriving considerable pleasure out of the latest ad calling into question Tim Hudak's plans…
The Neoconservative Passion for Alexis de Tocqueville
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada Neoconservative doctrine was written by academics and based on the writings of scholars, from Plato to Aristotle, Locke to…
I Wish it Was a Return to the 1960s and Not the 1990s
Robert Benzie had a piece in the Toronto Star this weekend: Return to the 1960s, in which he asks "One Party?"It is well researched and well written, comparing today to…