The people reaching for the reins now slipping from Dalton McGuinty’s hands trot out the usual gooblahoy about renewal and new visions and hard-working families and the middle class. But at the hard core of governing is money: Raising it in taxes, spending it on programs. And here Ontario has a real problem to which those who would be premier seem strangely oblivious. Click here to read the rest.
When people warn that the United States is approaching a "fiscal cliff" it doesn't take much wit to realize it's not a holiday camp. But what is it and where, why is Uncle Sam whistling insouciantly as he hurtles toward it, and how might he avoid the high jump? Click here to read the rest.
In announcing his semi-resignation on Monday Dalton McGuinty provided a revealing glimpse into his mind. Sounds ghastly? Please look anyway, because ideas matter. Click here to read the rest.
If I call Peter Sellers a comic genius you may well say “I know that. You don’t have to tell me that.” But as with so much in this world, his work tends to fade with time. And not just major things like Inspector Clouseau. Indeed, my goal right now is simply to revive his miniature classic Party Political Broadcast. Click here to read the rest.
The confrontation between Dalton McGuinty's administration and Ontario's teachers, like the recent Chicago teacher's strike, pits pampered educators against progressive politicians in a bloated, arrogant public sector cage match in which the public interest is largely forgotten. Click here to read the rest.
Dad McGuinty wants you to spit out that PEI potato, Argentine beef and Florida orange juice and gorge on Timmins turnips instead. The preem told farmers at an International Plowing Match in Roseville he plans a Local Food Act to stuff Ontario produce down our throats. How many things are wrong with this idea? Click here to read the rest.
At the Democratic National Convention, U.S. President Obama claimed America's in "one of the worst economic crises in history" then called for "the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one." But his self-serving invocation of FDR is as unconvincing as his self-serving portrayal of the current crisis. Click here to read the rest.