Tory Redux

Category: Canadian politics

  • Ontario Liberals Learn Dirty Tricks at AGM

    The battle lines have been drawn in the long slow march towards the 2011 provincial election has begun. The Ontario Liberals are holding their annual general meeting  where the party is being enlightened on the art of demonetisation and dirty politics.

    Source The Record

    The Liberals will also hear from Rahaf Harfoush, a member of U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign team and author of Yes We Did: An Insider’s Look at How Social Media Built the Obama Brand, and from Kerwin Swint, author of Mudslingers: The 25 Dirties Political Campaigns of All Time.

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    The upcoming provincial campaign will be one of the most dirty and personal in recent memory. The Liberals need a Hope and a prayer but what is clear right now is that Ontarians definitely want  change.

  • Hudak Pledges Flat Rates For Families

    It’s all about affordability and fairness for families.

    Source Toronto Star

    “Not every family is going to meet Dalton McGuinty’s definition of an ideal family,” Hudak told reporters after the speech.


    “So he’s got to give an option to the senior citizen who Dalton McGuinty is lecturing to get up at two in the morning to do her wash, or the shift worker who’s impacted. So offer choice to consumers.”


    “Those who can adapt their behaviour should be given a time of use structure that will reward conservation, but for the families whop cannot they should be given the choice at the very least of a flat rate.”


    In his speech, Hudak slammed the Liberals for using energy policy to promote high cost renewable energy projects.


    “Energy policy is about economics,” he said. “Stop treating it like a social program.”

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    what do you think about the proposal  and do you think nuclear and other strategies could work?

     

  • Rumble In The Jungle With The Obama Zombies

    This is the political  equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded room. Full disclosure, this individual was probably working for a conservative group pushing for reform within University.