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Posted by Scott Tribe on May 13, 2011, at 8:42 am |
There has not been a lot of commentary here by me on Ontario provincial politics, but that will change, as the Ontario election draws nearer. I’m going to comment today on Conservative leader Tim Hudak apparently deciding that an “anti-green” agenda is going to win him votes and power in Ontario.
I’ve never thought the Mcguinty government’s Green Energy Act was perfect – but I certainly don’t think you should be destroying it or scrapping it. I think it makes much more sense in trying to fix any flaws - particularly when destroying it may cost millions to billions in penalties for doing so. Tim Hudak admits he isn’t [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on February 9, 2011, at 8:31 am |
I’m venturing into provincial politics today – specifically Ontario provincial politics. It seems Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak is trying to play the populist card that his federal counterpart Harper uses as a strategy; try focus on core simple messages, and try to bypass/ignore the more complex issues that might cause problems for you. The problem is, Hudak isn’t doing it very well:
He’s for buck a beer…But on the evidently more mundane files, like health care, even Hudak doesn’t seem to know where he stands. Last week, Hudak’s office stated clearly that “if elected premier, he would not cut the health tax or Ontario’s health care budget.” …By [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on August 20, 2010, at 3:29 pm |
I’ve been giving it to the Premier and his Liberal government in Ontario occasionally on this blog recently, over some issues and some tactics of theirs that I disagreed with and thought were not very thought out. But, today instead of darts, I’m passing out laurels to Premier Mcguinty on his statement regarding the Tamil refugees/boat people.
He was asked about it in the context of the controversial remarks Toronto mayor candidate Rob Ford made, and this was his response, in full:
QUESTION: Premier, some comments have been made in the race for mayor that the City of Toronto should close its doors to immigrants because it has [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on August 2, 2009, at 2:28 pm |
…would you and Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield please stop ignoring your own government advisory council’s report on how to preserve Northern Ontario for all the interested parties concerned (environmentalists, business, First Nations) and implement it? Otherwise, what should have been a slam dunk feel-good story for your government is going to give you rather ugly publicity in a hurry (plus following the report is the right thing to do).
Signed: a slightly agnostic Ontario provincial Liberal supporter (but in no hurry to become a member, when I see stuff like this).
Posted by Scott Tribe on July 17, 2009, at 2:42 pm |
I’m going to have to take issue with Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Ontario government for seeming to favour one car company over all others, where it comes to this new rebate to buy “green cars”. I’m pleased that McGuinty is doing this rebate, but he needs to do it for all companies and all brands of green cars, and not trying to favour one type of green car and one specific car company. This is what the government of Ontario seems to be doing, as this Toronto Star editorial points out:
Why, for instance, is the rebate just for electric cars that are recharged by plugging them into [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on June 7, 2009, at 4:07 pm |
I don’t know if John Laforet is over-reacting here or not, but Dean Rivando, a provincial Liberal staffer at Queen’s Park, should have known better then to have said what he did to John – it could easily come off as a threat, and I don’t blame John for interpreting it as such. (I asked John, by the way, what his federal affiliation was, and he’s still a member in good standing with the federal Liberal Party).
One other note: I applaud John’s coverage of the Ontario NDP and Conservative leadership conventions, though others in the Facebook message thread he quotes over there (including Mr. Rivando) seem to [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on March 18, 2009, at 4:04 pm |
Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris apparently is a big supporter of Ontario PC leadership hopeful Tim Hudak.
I’m sure the core Conservative right-wing base in Ontario will just love that, but Ontario voters have long memories ; particularly of Harris, and not in a good manner. I’m not sure Tim’s campaign should be thinking having Harris as a prominent supporter of your guy is a plus in the rest of Ontario who aren’t wingnuts.
Posted by Scott Tribe on March 6, 2009, at 8:55 am |
That’s my prediction after this rather surprising result yesterday.. heck, let’s call it a shocking result:
Unofficial results have Liberal candidate Rick Johnson defeating Tory 43.7 per cent to 41.2 per cent, with all 258 polls reporting. Johnson’s lead had widened since early results had Tory narrowly ahead. Johnson won by slightly more than 900 votes, 15,482 to 14,576.In 2007, as a general election candidate, Johnson only took 29.4 per cent of the vote against his Progressive Conservative opponent Laurie Scott, who gave up her seat so Tory could run.
A leader who can’t win in an urban riding in the 2007 election because he was too “conservative” for [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 14, 2008, at 3:03 pm |
You’ve probably heard that a million times already, both from bloggers and election pundits and mainstream media types, but the ridings I will be watching in particular tonight are the 905 ridings – the suburban ridings outside of Metro Toronto – and the lower mainland and island ridings of BC. The key to who wins the election and/or by how much are in those belt of ridings.
Election Prediction Project , which had a 91% accuracy rate last federal election in predicting what ridings would go to which party, currently has predicted the 905 ridings as ending up with 16 Libs, 12 Cons, and 3 NDP.
Greg Morrow’s blog [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on September 10, 2008, at 3:38 pm |
Real nice compassionate fuzzy warm response Harper gives to Ontario auto workers, as Jeff mentions over at his blogpost:
“I think you have to be honest with people. The government can’t go in and say ‘we can guarantee your job.’ We can’t guarantee your job,” Harper said…”But in most areas, people have been able to get other jobs and in most areas, disposable incomes continue to increase. So it isn’t just that they’re getting new jobs. They’re often getting new jobs that pay just as well or better,” he said.
As both Jeff and Kevin over at Pogge have said at their sites, I don’t think auto workers [...]
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