tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5020474023416643452..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Ontario PoliticsLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-20025275600511816792014-05-03T16:41:31.302-04:002014-05-03T16:41:31.302-04:00I'm with you all the way here, John. As well, ...I'm with you all the way here, John. As well, perhaps, given that the sale of public assets is once again in the air, Ontario voters should be reminded of how the Harris regime got rid of Highway 407 for $300 million to try to balance the books. That cash cow is now conservatively estimated to be worth over $12 billion. And of all the toll revenue lost to the province, I will not even speak. Just another piece of incompetence that punctures the myth of Conservative fiscal acuity.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-26457960930109669522014-05-03T16:32:24.196-04:002014-05-03T16:32:24.196-04:00Thanks, LD. I think we will need it, given what we...Thanks, LD. I think we will need it, given what we must endure for the next 40+ days.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-34779732454394159442014-05-03T16:07:07.403-04:002014-05-03T16:07:07.403-04:00Horwath couldn’t muster the wherewithal to stand u...Horwath couldn’t muster the wherewithal to stand up to Hudak’s taunting over her “support” for the “McWynnety Liberals” when she could have shut the boy up long ago by pointing out forcefully that, to the citizens of Ontario, there should be very little difference between Liberal transgressions in the gas-plant affairs and the gross misconduct of the “Harris-Eves-Hudak Conservatives” in carrying out the Hydro One semi-privatization swindles the last time the Ontario CRAP Party was in control of the province. The only differences might be that all of the provincial parties were in favour of the gas-plant cancellations whereas one party alone has ownership of the Hydro One fiasco, and that while no one besides the investors and minor stakeholders or players such as Hudak’s wife has benefited from the gas-plant cancellations, there were lots of associates of the Harris-Eves-Hudak gang who profited from the Hydro One swindles. The question of culpability in these schemes to defraud the public was never answered nor discussed sufficiently when it should have been. Essential details were concealed from the public.<br /><br />My hope is that at least one of the parties opposing Hudak has the courage to open this question during the campaign. The measure would be completely legitimate and politically ethical. The same gang that was calling the shots in the Ontario CRAP Party during the Harris-Eves years may have returned to assist Tim in his latest attempt to regain his party’s former position holding tightly to the rim of the public feeding trough. So far in his career Tim has been little more than an irritating but dangerous mouth. Let’s not enable him to become the dangerous little man that he so longs to be.<br />John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53421233866106903632014-05-03T16:05:23.082-04:002014-05-03T16:05:23.082-04:00Lorne, I wish good luck to you and other Ontario f...Lorne, I wish good luck to you and other Ontario folks. Looks the nominal increase in taxes is the card which NDP and Cons are playing. Even Harper has jumped in. LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-69114189238658946372014-05-03T14:45:39.427-04:002014-05-03T14:45:39.427-04:00This may lead to a clearing of the air, Owen. i ju...This may lead to a clearing of the air, Owen. i just hope it doesn't backfire.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-19135055730588866032014-05-03T13:05:19.438-04:002014-05-03T13:05:19.438-04:00Like you, Lorne, I am disappointed with Horvath. O...Like you, Lorne, I am disappointed with Horvath. On the other hand, perhaps it's time for Wynne to stand on her own.<br /><br />One hopes that Ontarians can see through Tim Hudak.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com