Does Dalton McGuinty think I look like a sucker willing to bet all my money on red again? Yup. He’s considering casinos in Toronto and Ottawa to fight the deficit. Click here to read the rest.
The Ontario government just tried to crush the Ottawa Senators hockey club by taking away a tax break for businesses that take clients out to the game. It was irrational, politically inept, and stifled intelligent debate instead of stimulating it. Click here to read the rest.
Is Rick Santorum a threat, and if so, to which party, especially given his weak Wednesday debate? That's the $1 question. To read more click here.
Premier Dalton McGuinty is getting pseudo-tough on spending. He even paid Don Drummond $1,500 a day to chair a Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services, whose 362 sensible recommendations delivered Wednesday won't help. Click here to read more.
What do Canadians do for a living? Surely by now the world knows we’re not all lumberjacks. We’re factory workers and store owners and software engineers and advertising executives. Oh, and public servants. Lots and lots of them. In fact Statistics Canada says more than 3.5 million of us work for government, more than any other significant category. It seems we’ve turned into a land of hewers of memos and drawers of regulations. Click here to read the rest.
As governments sling mind-boggling sums of money about in a misguided effort to revive the economy by doing stuff that would be unaffordably stupid in good times, this cute little graphic at least gives some perspective on what this "trillion" they keep spending really is.
The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation has relaunched its federal debt clock. It doesn't come with an alarm... it is one.