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Extraordinary Leadership

Extraordinary isn’t always a good thing.

Who do you Vote for?

Polls have indicated that people don’t have an issue that sticks out this go around like past elections, it’s not about health care, or the environment, or even the economy despite the Liberal and NDP fear mongering. These issues all poll out evenly. So what can the parties focus on as the key issue this election?

Leadership.

This isn’t surprising to me, for the last few elections people have asked whether … Continue Reading

Harper, Dion visit London.

Today Stephan Dion made a campaign stop in London to announce $1.2 billion in promises for post-secondary grants, loans and research cash.

The announcement aims to ease access to post-secondary education with education grants that would be delivered four times a year, bursaries of up to $3,500 per year, a $5,000 student loan regardless of parental income; and guaranteeing a lower interest rate for student loans while extending the grace period … Continue Reading

Are they Trying or Lying?

This article originates from, and is republished with the permission of, the Toronto-based Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.
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Catching Up on Carbon Tax

There’s never enough time, is there? I’m trying to play catch-up on the ‘carbon tax’ issue. Here’s what I’ve got so far…
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Kellogg’s Special $KKKs

Help me to understand this. Is Kellogg on the brink of bankruptcy?
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Regulating Gift Cards

“You’ve got to wonder if these … Continue Reading

Pedestrians are Voters Too

Pigs at the TroughStill no response from Liberal MPP Khalil Ramal about what action (if any) he has taken since being informed about the dangerous intersection at Commissioners & Pond Mills.
Maybe somebody should remind Mr. Ramal that pedestrians are voters too.
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NDP Pay Pledge

Kerry Gillespie correctly writes that “The NDP have long cried foul over the wage hike Liberal and Progressive Conservatives MPPs voted for just before Christmas” (”Hampton vows $10 wage, MPP pay cut”; Toronto Star; 2007/09/13). He tells us that Hampton has “vowed” to “immediately” raise the minimum wage to $10 “if elected” and then “index it to inflation.”
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Seniors Home Care Snake Oil

Pigs at the Trough

They’re at it again. Yesterday the Liberals offered some of their election snake oil to Ontario seniors. Actually, it was promised to the province’s Local Health Integration Networks, and the … Continue Reading