This ad takes aim at Michael Ignatieff and the coalition for being unwilling to bring forward a policy that would bolster Canadian security. For many Canadians human smuggling is an issue that is out of sight out of mind, that does not mean that it should not be a top priority for any Canadian government.
Category: Canadian politics
Ontario Liberals on Carbon Taxes
Yesterday splashed across the front page of the Toronto Sun was an exclusive report on the jet setting ways of Glen Murray the eco-guru. So the question must be asked with everything being equal what is the position of the Ontario Liberals on carbon taxes.? Well here is a few quotes that may give you an idea of what liberals really think .
“McGuinty, who initially opposed a carbon tax, said Liberal Leader Stephane Dion’s “green shift” plan is still a good idea, even though it could slap a hefty bill on emissions from Ontario’s four coal-fired generation plants.”
Premier Dalton McGuinty
Toronto Star Wed Jun 25 2008
“And, Miller’s report adds it is time to discuss putting a price on carbon by undertaking a formal review to compare the merits of emissions trading and a carbon tax.”
Gord Miller Ontario’s environment commissioner
Tue Jun 01 2010 Toronto Star
“An early and clear price signal is needed to influence the investment decisions by industry in the technology and innovation required to achieve deep reductions.”….This is the time to move the discussion ahead. There is a huge sense of urgency,”
Cabinet minister Glenn Murray
Reuters published onMon Jan 7, 2008
So far as I can tell the premier thinks a carbon tax would be a good idea. In addition a Ontario cabinet minister believes wholeheartedly that there should be a “sense of urgency” surrounding the issue of carbon taxes.
Finally the provinces own environmental commissioner came to the conclusion that the Ontario government should implement a carbon tax in Ontario. What does this all add up to,
well the Ontario Liberals would probably implement a carbon tax if they could. However for the sake of political expediency the Liberals have put the brakes on that bad political idea for now.
Tories Knocking On The Door Of Fortress Toronto
Officially today Dalton McGuinty’s bad couple of days turned into a bad week with a new poll released showing the surging of the very competitive Ontario Tories in the traditional Liberal stronghold of the 416 area. Earlier in the week a poll was released ranking McGuinty near the bottom in personal popularity among Canadian Premiers.
Now a party can have one bad poll that’s an aberration, two is a problem, three has become a trend. If you can combine these latest results with the Nanos poll earlier this month showing the Ontario PCs slightly ahead of the Liberals there’s your trend. Indeed, it has become apparent that Ontarians are hungry for change.
Nothing happens in a vacuum, in many respects the Ontario P.C.’s and their federal cousins are experiencing a renaissance in areas that have not seen a o a conservative representative for more than a generation . Now no elections are won and nothing is finalized yet, but the general uptick for the Conservatives is a good signal of things to come here in Ontario and perhaps across the country. For sure this is great news for political parties however the conservative movement should not stop advocating for more conservative ideas and approaches in a “Evermore Bluer Canada”!
Working Families Watch
It’s been nearly a week after the Working Families Coalition took their big close-up by rolling out there first ads on the Oscar telecast in a lead up to this year’s election. This year the liberal friendly WFC is out to work harder than ever to get the government reelected.
This time will have at least one website tracking their activities. Working families watch.ca is a website that professes to be nonpartisan and it just wants to get out the word about the WFC. Here’s the list of the websites stated goals.
From website
Transparency: Exposing the actual agenda behind the Working Families Coalition (WFC)
Facts: Documenting how the actions of WFC are directed by active Ontario Liberal Party insiders
Follow the Money: Showing how most of the money received by the WFC comes from taxpayers in Ontario. The McGuinty
Government in return provides WFC funders with millions more of your tax dollars and enacts legislation favourable to WFC funders.
Come Clean: Making Dalton McGuinty come clean and tell the people of Ontario exactly what the funders of the WFC will get for their renewed $5 million investment in third party advertising for the re-election of his government? Dalton – what is the real deal? What did they get last time?
On the surface this initiative looks great, although I would suggest for any individual who’s interested to do their own research about the WFC.
Conservatives in Majority Territory
A poll was just released today showing that the conservative party has support from over 43% of the population. What I found telling in the article is the fact that the Conservatives are gaining support in all key demographic groups.
This makes the likelihood of a spring election in my eyes more of a possibility. As well the stunning inability of Michael ignatieff to find any type of footing with the public should have staffers in the leader’s office scrambling.
From National Post
The new survey shows the Tories have a 16-point lead over the Liberals, led by Michael Ignatieff. The Grits, who have been trying to stoke voter anger over the government’s performance, have the support of 27 per cent of voters, up by two points.
Jack Layton’s NDP appears to be in political decline as it makes demands to the government over what should be in the budget. The New Democrats would receive 13 per cent of the vote, down by five points.
Similarly, the Green party, led by Elizabeth May, is in trouble. It would receive five per cent of the vote, down by five points