Category: Canadian politics

I’m back from an extended hiatus.  With all that is percolating in provincial and federal politics; as well as, the contest for the White House entering the home stretch in the United States, I thought it was a good time to return to the blogosphere.

Pushing the pause button recharges the batteries and helped me  regain some perspective.  I am using this post as a jumping off point, to redefine the themes of this web site.   It will cover Ontario politics, a dash federal politics along with some stateside current affairs from a Canadians point of view.

From Website

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair recently announced his new shadow cabinet.

Mr. Mulcair has chosen a team that threatens dangerous economic experiments, job-killing taxes, and reckless spending we simply cannot afford. This team has demonstrated a disturbing willingness to put the interests of a narrow band of activists ahead of the interests of hard-working Canadian families.

Mr. Mulcair’s NDP have blocked reasonable measures to put the rights of victims first, fighting to defend a criminal justice system that privileges the rights of criminals at the public’s expense. They have gone to great lengths to prevent responsible development of Canada’s natural resources, going so far as to travel abroad to criticize their own country.

The excellent thing about this website is that it uses many primary sources to make the case that the NDP team under Mr. Thomas Mulcair would not be worth the economic gamble for the country.

Hat tip  BC Blue

Since before the budget was passed the Ontario PC caucus has been focused on tackling the provinces ballooning debt crisis and proposing ways to get Ontarians back to work. I liked how Tim Hudak strikes an optimistic tone at the end of his speech on Tuesday.   Anyone interested in the direction of the provincial Conservatives should watch this .

From the speech

So tonight, my message to you is this: There’s a real belief out there that Ontario can come back – if only we could burst through the deadening inertia that today hangs over Queen’s Park like a fog.

By taking a new path.

I see that Ontario out there, through the mist. An Ontario of unbounded promise and confidence. Where success is a badge of honour, not a dirty word. Where hard work and innovation are rewarded, not regulated, taxed and punished by a government that looks to business planners – not central planners. One that treats energy policy as an economic fundamental – not a plaything for social engineers.

A government that works for its citizens. Not the other way around.

And where a free and prosperous people are urged not to lower their sights, but to aim for new heights.

This is the Ontario that was meant to be.

I say to you that it’s not just within our reach.

It’s on its way.

Thank you.

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