Tory Redux

Category: Canadian politics

  • The Green Dream is Dimming

    The Ontario government depending on your perspective is a leader or the last defender of the Green dream.

    From Financial Post

    But Ontario’s new-found status didn’t arise because Ontario newly increased its level of its subsidies. It arose because the world’s other extreme green jurisdictions — to avert the economic and political ruin that comes of unaffordable green power — recently swallowed their pride, slashed their subsidies and backstabbed their renewables industries. Like its extreme green counterparts elsewhere, Ontario will follow suit soon enough.

     

  • Salvation Army Bells Silenced at the Edens Center

    Tis the season of wrapping paper and red tape. The sound of the famous Salvation Army bells have been silenced in many Toronto area malls including the Eaton center. Another quintessential Christmas tradition ends.

    From CBC online

    Eaton Centre spokesman Brian O’Hoski points out the mall is an indoor environment with no overhead music or competing noises.


    A few years back, he said, management asked the Salvation Army to stop ringing the bells because of noise complaints from some of the mall’s 230 tenants.


    “In order to try and appease everybody and accommodate everybody, we’ve asked them not to ring the bells,” O’Hoski said.


    Eaton Centre shoppers were surprised to hear that noise complaints could shut down the Salvation Army bells.


    “But it makes no sense,” said Tristan Mitchell.


    “It’s Christmas,” Iman Mahdi said. “It makes no sense.”


    And Bonnie Vivier said the bells were never very loud — “it was just a little tinkle.”

    In the next generation we will probably see a slimmed down version of the shopping mall Santa, who only eats gluten-free cookies and of course does public service announcements for PETA on the side.

    If this week couldn’t get any worse here is more bad news for the Salvation Army. [click here]

  • Tim Hudak Stands With Israel

    From Jewish Tribune
    “I am very concerned about the growing tide of antisemitism on our campuses and other areas of the province. We must stamp that out in all its forms,” Hudak told the Jewish Tribune. 
    “I was very proud to stand by my colleague [Thornhill MPP] Peter Shurman,” Hudak continued, “who brought forward a resolution in the legislature condemning Israeli Apartheid [Week]. That is a repugnant concept, and I’m very pleased Peter’s motion caused the other parties to back that motion.” 


    During the interview Hudak added that his trip to Israel in 2005 helped him see Israel’s security concerns clearer.
    “What caught my eye was Israel’s defending its right to exist; [as I was] standing on the border of Lebanon, and seeing Hezbollah flags flying just meters away. It was extraordinarily alarming. I’ll do everything I can as leader to defend the state of Israel.”

    In a political climate dominated by pragmatism and polls it is nice to see some politicians stand up for principle.