Tory Redux

Category: Canadian politics

  • Conservatives Still Out in Front

    In the latest Nanos daily tracking poll the Tories  lead by nearly 10 points over their nearest rivals the Liberals. More importantly the Conservatives are commandingly out in front in the key battleground of Ontario’s Rust Belt. If this trend keeps up through the campaign we might even see university towns like Guelph turn Tory blue.

    From Nanos

    Canada (n=939 committed voters)
    Conservative 38.4% (-0.2)
    Liberal 28.7% (+1.1 )
    NDP 19.6% (-0.3)
    Bloc Quebecois 9.1% (-1.0 )
    Green 4.1% (+0.3)
    Undecided 21.7% (-0.3)

  • Taxpayers Still On the Hook for Eco-fees

    From CTV

    Ontario taxpayers are on the hook for millions of dollars for shutting down the eco fee program introduced last July and then quickly cancelled, Environment Minister John Wilkinson confirmed Monday.

    The province expected it would cost $8 million a year to keep six key items targeted by the eco fees — fire extinguishers, syringes, medications, rechargeable batteries, products with mercury and compact fluorescent light bulbs — out of landfills.

    However, Stewardship Ontario, the agency that runs the blue box program and was responsible for the eco fees, is also looking to recover stranded costs from eco fees that it estimates at $10 million.

    This is just another bad liberal tax that has become a poisoned chalice for the government.

  • Family Tax Cut



    Prime Minister Harper announced as his first official campaign pledge a tax cut for families that further reduces the burden on Canadians However  this tax cut won’t come in to effect  until the Tories balance the books. Again the prime minister is showing that he is the prudent and responsible choice that we can trust.


    Here’s an article on how all the parties are trying to appeal to families in this election