Ontario

Evil Reptilian Kitten Eater from another Planet

September 12, 2003

Whoa… the Eves team is really reaching now.  Where does he recruit his staffers?  From the local high school?   

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Whither the Conservative agenda?

September 12, 2003

We’re in the midst of an election campaign in Ontario.  Incumbent premier Ernie Eves is stumbling badly.  The PC party has chosen to try to portray their opponent’s leader, Dalton McGuinty, as not fit for office.  The strategy worked the last time, but it appears to be backfiring.  The PCs are throwing mud like mad, [...]

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Can Dalton McGuinty suck and blow at the same time?

September 5, 2003

The Ontario Liberals are promising not to raise taxes, and balance the budget, while simultaneously hammering on the Conservatives for running a secret multi-billion dollar deficit.  Applying a little logic leads one to the following conclusions: Either Ernie Eves is telling the truth, and there is no deficit, or Dalton McGuinty is lying when he says he [...]

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Roll Back the Clock on School Board Reform

September 5, 2002

All summer long we’ve been subjected to the battling between the province and school boards over budgets here in Ontario.  Opinions have been flying back and forth about how to fix the problems, ranging from fixing the funding formula, to charter schools, to just throwing more money at the problem. Here in the outlying areas [...]

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Manley Sticks Ontario With Bill

September 5, 2002

Provinces on the hook for Ottawa’s overpayment. OTTAWA and TORONTO — Finance Minister John Manley said yesterday that he will recover $1.3-billion in overpayments made to Ontario over the past decade and forgive another $3-billion given by mistake to all the provinces.  I read this several times.  Why stick Ontario with the bill if the [...]

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Witmer Takes on Ottawa Schoolboard

August 9, 2002

Witmer tackles Ottawa board. It looks like Elizabeth Witmer might finally be taking some action.  I have to say that I discount most of what Libby has to say.  Ottawa, for those of you who don’t know this city, is surrounded by a greenbelt several kilometres wide.  The idea, at the time, was to contain [...]

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Trustees to Blame

August 7, 2002

Scathing report blames Ottawa-Carleton school trustees for budget shortfall. This is ridiculous.  Even if the Ottawa-Carleton trustees are a bunch of incompetent spendthrifts, and "self-inflicted their financial crisis", it’s completely wrong to follow the recommendation of this auditor.  According to the article, the report rejects the idea of having the province bail out the Ottawa-Carleton board this [...]

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Education in Decline in Ontario

August 6, 2002

The state of education in Ontario, right now, is tragic.  School boards are being forced to balance budgets by the government, under the terms of the Ontario Education Act.  As a result programs, like special education and bussing are on the block.  Basics are going away as well — at my oldest son’s middle school this past [...]

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