Tag: Ontario

Pipeline bombing game draws ire of AB, BC premiers

| March 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
Pipeline bombing game draws ire of AB, BC premiers

Portion of proceeds of pipeline bombing game go to David Suzuki Foundation The premiers of Alberta and British Columbia are weighing in on the controversy surrounding an online game funded by Ontario taxpayers that shows the bombing of a gas pipeline. TV Ontario, the province’s public broadcaster, spent money to create the game “Pipe Trouble” [...]

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Christy Clark in BC, Tim Hudak in Ontario seeking gullible voters

| February 14, 2013 | 0 Comments
Christy Clark in BC, Tim Hudak in Ontario seeking gullible voters

Christy Clark promises Prosperity Fund, Ontario’s Tim Hudak promises subways for all Bruce A. Stewart    Let’s talk about desperate, shall we? One calls herself a Liberal. The other calls himself a Progressive Conservative. Both spent this week engaging in the time-honoured business of promising something for nothing. “Massive returns, just vote me!” British Columbia Premier [...]

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Kathleen Wynne can’t salvage Liberals in Ontario, fall vote likely

| February 2, 2013 | 0 Comments
Kathleen Wynne can’t salvage Liberals in Ontario, fall vote likely

Will NDP leader Horvath back Kathleen Wynne and the Libs? Bruce A. Stewart   It’s only been a week since the Ontario Liberals selected Kathleen Wynne to become leader in place of Dalton McGuinty. Yet, in the space of those seven days, the volatility of the province’s electors has come to the fore. The McGuinty legacy celebrated [...]

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Ontario government on borrowed time regardless of new Premier

| January 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
Ontario government on borrowed time regardless of new Premier

Liberal Ontario government certain to fall in 2013 By Bruce A Stewart          People who go into politics tend to be drawn from the more optimistic part of the population. Few of us are willing to vote for the dour, the nay-sayer or the pessimistic for long. Those who choose to run for leader [...]

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Ontario Liberals delusional about labour problems

| January 6, 2013 | 0 Comments
Ontario Liberals delusional about labour problems

McGuinty leaving Ontario Liberals doesn’t stop damage Bruce A Stewart     The Ontario Liberals live in a dream world. They must, to be acting the way they are. This column is not a pro-teacher union column, although you may think that as the story unfolds. What it is is a record of insanity, and tries [...]

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Ford Canada: Corporate welfare bum gets $250 million from Ottawa

| January 4, 2013 | 0 Comments
Ford Canada: Corporate welfare bum gets $250 million from Ottawa

Innovation? Try corporate welfare handout for Ford Canada Bruce A Stewart     “Welcome to Ford Canada in Oakville, Ontario where today my government is handing out a quarter of a billion in borrowed money because we just like improving the profits of big foreign-owned corporations.” That would be far more honest than the figleaf [...]

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All Ontario politicians missing the “right stuff”

| January 2, 2013 | 0 Comments
All Ontario politicians missing the “right stuff”

Only Ontario party with good ideas for small business are Greens By Bruce A Stewart          Ontario is in the last days of Dalton McGuinty. By the end of January, he’ll be gone, replaced by one of the seven soul sisters of Premier Dad competing for the honour of finishing off what’s [...]

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