Tory Redux

Author: Jon Siemko

  • Stony Creek Dairy An Economic Casualty in McGuinty’s Ontario

    I was saddened to find out that after 80 years of operation Stoney Creek dairy is shutting its doors. It was a great small business that put ingenuity back into ice cream. It is disappointing to see the assault on small business because of over regulation and the new realities of energy costs in Ontario. How many MORE casualties will there be in an Ontario where the government is willing to open their wallets but not our doors to small business?

    “I was sad to read that after more than 80 years, Stoney Dairy is shutting its doors over skyrocketing energy costs,” the Niagara West-Glanbrook MPP said in an address outlining his party’s ‘10 for 2010’ plan to jumpstart the Ontario economy.

  • A Political Axiom to Live By

     

     The Thick of It is an award-winning British political satire about the ins and outs of working in a modern 21st Century government. Liberals love this TV show because it hates Conservatives in reality it is just a live action political cartoon. The only negative thing I can say about this show is that it butchers the English language by putting it through the proverbial meat grinder. Characters  spit out profanity left right and center and any time in between. Real political satire is one part entertainment and one part genius. In Canada satire seems somewhat lost on us in a land of human rights tribunals and political correctness.
     
    “Life is just a succession of five minuteses.” – Malcolm Tucker

     

  • Ignatieff Thinks He is Better Than You

    Last night as Michael Ignatieff was wrapping himself in the political flag of the Liberal party’s past. Banging the drum for all the past achievements of the Liberal party,  an arrogant odour could have been distinctly detected when Ignatieff proclaimed  that his 30 years away from Canada made him supremely qualified to understand Canada and Canadians. This open evidence of arrogance can be one of the reasons why Canadians are not warming to the Liberal leader. Average Canadians like a streak of humility running through most of their public officials in less your name is Trudeau. This is not the first time that Ignatieff has displayed an arrogant attitude towards Canada and Canadians. Here are some of his greatest hits.this is what he really thinks about Canada.

    In the case of the Canadian flag, I cannot forget that it is a passing imitation of a beer label.” (The Observer, 1990)


    “The only thing I missed about Canada [while I was gone for 34 years] was Algonquin Park.” (Macleans, 2006)


    “It’s disgusting in my own country, but Canadians would rather bitch about their rich neighbour to the south than pay the note.” (Dublin, Ireland, 2005)




    “If I am not elected, I imagine I will ask Harvard to let me back.” (Harvard Crimson, Nov 30 2005)


    Look at the bright side if he fails in politics there’s always home sweet Harvard to go back to.