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Canadian Christian Conservative (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
After Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty "locked out" the Ontario public by refusing calls for public hearings on the HST, the Hudak Tories called attention to the issue by staging a walkout at the Ontario Legislature during Question Period yesterday.Kinda frames the debate quite well I think... a McGuinty Lockout, vs. a Hudak Walkout. Cudos again to Hudak & Co. for keeping the public's...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Premier Dalton McGuinty is firing back at opposition critics over the HST, accusing them of distorting the truth about the single sales tax to scare people.
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Michael Ignatieff is fast becoming the Sir Galahad of Canadian politics, noted for fighting wrong-doers on the government side of the House of Commons with the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of fair play. From the Omar Khadr affair to the detainees issue, the Liberal leader has taken the moral high ground and portrayed the Conservatives as unscrupulous. Unfortunately for him, the polls...
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The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
In boring and sensible Ontario, the masses are getting angry: Premier Dalton McGuinty has certainly come up with a novel way of selling his 13% Harmonized Sales Tax to Ontarians, coming everywhere July 1. His messaging appears to be: "You're...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
In its zeal to be seen as both tough-minded and socially aware, the government of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has a habit of overstepping itself when introducing new measures on high-profile legal issues. Responding to a public campaign after a well-publicized drunk-driving accident that killed three young people, the government declared that teen drivers would no longer be allowed to carry more...
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Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
From a colleague at our Maclean’s Toronto headquarters: “[Another colleague] just called from her place in the flu line at Metro Hall. Eight over from her is Dalton McGuinty. Also waiting. “No press, no aides, just one guy who looks like security. “She thought someone ought to know.”
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dalton McGuinty, the premier for Ontario, says there is no need to hold public hearings on his plan to harmonize the provincial sales tax with the federal GST in July of 2010, because voters will be able vote on the subject in the 2011 provincial election. Does anyone else have any trouble with that math? The Liberals don’t care that Ontarians will have no say on the matter, because by the time...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
There can be little doubt that almost everyone saw David Brown’s lawsuit coming a mile away. Any Canadian listening to the Caledonia man’s harrowing, shocking testimony before Ontario superior court judge Thomas Bielby this week, would have done the same in his shoes. Brown says he was threatened, harassed, vandalized, intimidated, and generally driven to the brink by the Mohawk "warriors"...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This week in Hamilton, Ont., a court is hearing a civil suit against the Ontario government and police. The testimony has shed light on just how cack-handed and cowardly the handling of the Caledonia siege has been by provincial officials. The $7-million lawsuit that is at the centre of the Hamilton trial was brought by Dave Brown and his family, whose home is bordered on two sides by the former Douglas...
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Freddie P (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I went for a physical a few weeks ago and was given a PSA test. Today I received a $30.00 bill for for it. Thirty dollars is no big deal, but in his 2007 election campaign Dalton McGuinty promised to cover the cost of Prostate Specific Antigen tests for men 50 years of age and older in the interest of early detection. However, in December 2008, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced in...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Cross-country tour A fossilized separatist in Quebec, a scrambling premier in Ontario, and RCMP-related shenanigans in British Columbia. The National Post 's John Ivison explains how and why Dalton McGuinty's Teflon coating may finally be wearing off, which is something we've been dying to see. It's just unfortunate we can't muster any enthusiasm whatsoever for Tim Hudak — and neither, polls...
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halls of macadamia (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Remember way back when... you know... you used to have a say in what the government did with your money ? -- TORONTO -- Premier Dalton McGuinty won't agree to hold public hearings on the HST across Ontario, but says he expects voters will pass judgment on the new tax in 2011. McGuinty says people can call talk radio or write letters to the editor about the 13 per cent single sales tax, adding he'd...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Premier Dalton McGuinty won't agree to hold public hearings on the HST across Ontario, but says he expects voters will pass judgment on the new tax in 2011.
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halls of macadamia (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
...vote for him... The effect of earlier confrontations with natives -- particularly at Ipperwash and Oka, was to terrify Ontario's government into a state of near paralysis. Premier Dalton McGuinty is a man heavily disposed towards confrontation avoidance. His solution to potential conflict is often to try and buy off the other party, with juicier employment contracts , for instance, or, as in this...
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Weighty Matters (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
What a train wreck. Back in 2004 Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty opened up legislature with a speech regarding his government's promise to bring about, " Real, Positive Change ". He reported that, " Our government is committed to working together to build a stronger province with a higher quality of life for all ", and with regards to health he promised, " Healthier living...
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