With a federal election looming the National Post compiled the 20 Ridings that you should watch across the country. I personally will be following how the conservative vote increases in urban areas as well as the contests in Ajax—Pickering and Simcoe—Grey respectively.
Category: Canadian politics
Liberals Divided Over Green Energy
Federal and provincial Liberals are at odds over Ontario’s controversial green energy act. Michael Ignatieff went so far to say that the province’s plans to install more wind turbines raises issues around democracy .
From QMI Agency
“I haven’t been able to sleep since I’ve seen this. I cry every day. I need your help. I’m going to be part of an involuntary experiment on the health effects of wind turbines on people.”
Speller and Ignatieff sympathized with Morris. Ignatieff said the way wind turbines are being imposed in Ontario “raises an issue about democracy.”
Speller cited the results of a recent survey which found that more than 50% of people in Ontario want more research into the health effects of wind turbines before they become general throughout the province.
The election hasn’t even started and the federal Liberals are already breaking with their provincial cousins.
200 Days to Go
Before the focus inevitably shifts to the federal scene for what promises to be an eventful week . Here’s a quick round up of provincial items that you might find interesting.
Hudak says he’d scrap ‘wasteful bureaucracy’ at OPA [item]
A comprehensive list of Dalton McGuinty’s Scandals [item]
200 days away and counting [item]
Ontario Tories Respond to the Working Families Coalition
From CTV
Conservative campaign manager Mark Spiro says the party is launching a complaint about the ads with the Television Bureau of Canada.
He says the ads — funded by a group that has ties to the Liberal party — violate television advertising guidelines.
He says the party has also launched a new website — www.truthabouttimhudak.com — to counter allegations made against Hudak in the lead-up to the Oct. 6 election.
It is Good to see this time the Ontario PC Party is pulling no punches against defamatory statements spread by the Liberal friendly working families coalition.
Smart meters = tax grab
From London Free Press
Calling smart meters a “tax grab,” Hudak suggested their mandatory status would be a thing of the past if he’s elected premier this fall.
“These time-of-use, mandatory smart meters are nothing more than another tax grab on the hydro bill,” Hudak said, flanked by veteran Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman and high-profile London Fanshawe candidate Cheryl Miller.
“A Progressive Conservative government would unplug the mandatory smart meters and give families a choice that works for them.”