Despite his hard-won reputation for unreliability, I pay attention when Dalton McGuinty talks, about Ontario's debt or anything else. I know I can count on him ... to be misleading in important ways. Click here to read the rest.
Apparently the NDP hope the public will get tired of Conservatives and elect socialists instead. I think we should elect conservatives instead. My smouldering discontent with the Harper administration burst into leaping red flames on March 22 when Jim Flaherty promised no “austerity budget” next Thursday.
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.