Tory Redux

Author: Jon Siemko

  • Off to the Races, Ontario PCs Nominate Marilissa Gosselin

    Marilissa Gosselin is the latest candidate nominated for the Ontario PCs for the upcoming provincial election. Leader  Tim Hudak is surrounding himself with a strong slate of candidates to oppose the Ontario Liberals in just over fourteen months from now. Hopefully the PC party of Ontario continues on this trend to build a strong team of  leaders that can bring  a much-needed sea change to Queens Park.

    Source CYBERPRESSE.CA


    The Conservative leader Tim Hudak relies heavily on her to understand the interests of francophones, “said Gosselin.


    By the election of October 2011, Ms. Gosselin will go door to door on a regular basis.


    Eastern Ontario has not elected candidates PCs since the withdrawal of political Noble Villeneuve, MP for Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, in 1999. But that does not worry too Gosselin. After all, voters in the area have twice elected Pierre Lemieux, at the federal level.

  • Ontario Liberal Government Taps Out and Allows UFC into Ontario

    Finally the Ontario Liberals have got the sense knocked into them through public pressure and a dose of common sense the UFC is on its way to Ontario. With people jumping for jubilation on hearing the news that mixed martial arts will be heading north of the border. The public should be reminded that Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC party led the way on being the first party to fully support the UFC in Ontario.

    As well I would like to think that blogs like this in public pressure had something to do with the government actually for once listening to the people. However in my view this is  just another sign that the Liberals are clearing the deck of contentious issues in time for the 2011 election.

    source Toronto Sun

     
     
    McGuinty has repeatedly said that permitting MMA was not a “priority” with him, and the matches are illegal under the criminal code unless officially sanctioned by the province.
     
     
    quick facts
     
    UFC by the numbers. n Number of Ontario residents at Montreal UFC 83: 6,685 or 42% of total attendance. n What Ontarians spent at Montreal UFC 83: $1.4 million. n Expected attendance for Toronto event: 30,000. n Expected attendance for Hamilton event: 17,500. n Toronto UFC visitor assumptions: 20,900 locals, 3,400 daytrippers and 5,700 overnight visitors. n Projected provincial and federal taxes from Ontario UFC events annually: $4 million. 





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  • The Number Of Liberals in the United States are Sinking like a Stone

    In the latest tracking poll for political preference conservatives still outnumber liberals by  a notable margin in the United States. More importantly the number of self identified liberals has been dropping off steadily for at least 10
    years. The simple fact that there are less identified liberals in the United States means that the Democratic Party needs to rely more on independent voters.

    The recent hemorrhaging of the independent vote by president Obama and the Democrats bodes well for the Republicans in the fall.

    source Gallup pole

    The ideological orientation of Americans seen thus far in 2010 would represent a record-high level of conservatism (since at least 1992) if it is maintained for the full year. This follows an increase in the percentage of conservatives in 2009 that was fueled by heightened conservatism among independents, a pattern that continues today.