Canadian politics
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The Ombudsman has confirmed that Dalton McGuinty’s second term rot has set in deep at the LHINs. In a time of scarce health care dollars we cannot afford this kind of waste anymore. That is why, if I am elected Premier, I will eliminate Dalton McGuinty’s bloated LHIN bureaucracies – and reinvest this money into public frontline patient care”.
– Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
Ignatieff uses a lot of old liberal retreads in his reasoning. In short, he wants to make the government bigger and more intrusive in the lives of Canadians.
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff was a bit squeamish at the Comber Agricultural Fair on Sunday, avoiding a question about a recently resigned Liberal candidate, who is currently facing criminal charges. Steve Pickard, the disgraced Liberal nominee is the latest in a string of candidates who have said some controversial comments. Earlier this month a candidate for the Liberal party in Calgary said that the police are racist in some of their professional practices.
How many candidates have to step out of line or be hauled in front of a police lineup before this becomes an issue. If a leader cannot control his own candidates, how can they be trusted to steer their ship of government. Surrounding yourself with quality people is the first and fore-most important act of any political leader. Until Ignatieff can display the ability to exterminate all the cockroaches from his party. How can Canadians trust Ignatieff with the important challenges and choices that you have to make in government.
This clip is another example of how there is an inherent difference between how Liberals and Conservatives approach politics. Liberals play the game of trying to squeeze everyone into one box or another, to neatly fit the narrative of liberal victim or villain.
It’s not who you are that matters it’s what you do that count. The idea that African Americans are being questioned for their authenticity as Conservatives for participating in a tea party group should smack of irony. But it seems liberals are tone death to such things.
A new documentary attempts to answer that question. I want your money is a new take on an old problem what vision is right for America and what legacy do we want to leave our children. It asks the fundamental question does America want to lead the world as an economic powerhouse or be led by it. I’d watch it for the animation alone Ronald Regan in the ring that’s a sight to see. The only thing you need to make it a perfect movie is to have Milton Freidman tell Obama why his economic strategy is damaging America’s prospects at the dawn of the new century.