Category: Canadian politics

The jolly green giant government of Dalton McGuinty is content in finding new and unique ways to tax and over-regulate the hard-working people of Ontario. McGuinty’s newest tax burden takes aim at the wallets of middle-class Ontarians,  which is the much-maligned and discussed new Eco-tax. The new tax overtly raises the prices of household goods from smoke detectors to sunscreen and everything in between the prices on these items has been increased since the harmonization of taxes on July 1, 2010.

A bad case of the blame game is now going around Queen’s Park, the Liberal government is blaming stewardship Ontario for the tax increase the guilty governments agency is accusing the Liberal government of first co-operation and compliance with the new tax.  Whoever is at fault this is clearly another example that shows the Ontario Liberals are becoming more out of touch with the tone and tenor, and needs of average Ontarians. The Liberals are more comfortable carving out their own enclaves within special interest groups than dealing with the broad and deep economic issues facing Ontario in the next generation.

The McGuinty government are serial liars when it comes to controlling government spending and taxes.  When you start hearing a liberal talk about taxes the only thing you have to worry about is how much are my taxes going to go up.

In 2003 and 2007 McGuinty swindled the Ontario public by saying that he would not raise taxes;  he has proved that his credibility on this issue is as worthless as the paper it’s written on. Enough with broken promises, enough with the distortions Ontario needs real leadership in a time of economic toil. Tim Hudak’s PC party is the only credible opposition that can take on the megalomaniacs of the McGuinty government. If you’re an Ontarian and feels overtaxed and overburdened by government ; if you think it’s time for responsibility and real leadership to be restored, there is only one party that can restore fiscal sanity. The Ontario Progressive Conservative party.

Today Stephen Harper announced the appointment of David Johnston as Canada’s next governor-general. Johnston is a respected academic with Conservatives and Liberals alike. More importantly, this is another savvy political move that will help the Harper government in several ways. First, this appointment is a strong indication that Harper expects Canada to continue its brief hiatus in the land of the minority . As well,  Johnston’s stature as an academic should not be overlooked. Many outside of the Conservative party have a growing suspicion that the Conservative party is a party of anti-intellectuals. The installation of  Johnston as Governor-General is an effort in trying to combat this growing misperception. Finally, Harper has always leaned on people who can be politically reliable and the likelihood of him appointing someone he cannot trust or is a political unknown would have been very slim. All in all, it was a good appointment that hopefully will return dividends in the future.

Tim Hudak proves again he has a clear conscience when it comes to what is right and wrong. Hudak gives voice to the voiceless, the broad swath that is Ontario’s middle-class. Hudak is the only politician standing up for middle-class values against professional protesters and anarchists.

The downtown core of Toronto was turned into a conflict zone by a group of lawless hooligans a little more than a week ago.


These reckless thugs were not in Toronto to protest a legitimate political cause. Instead they are part of a circuit of criminals who travel to international summits with one goal in mind — to destroy property, incite mayhem and terrorize law-abiding citizens.


Sadly, in the wake of the violence, a number of usual-suspect special interest groups are attempting to pin blame, not on the hooligans, but instead on our police services or the federal government.




That is why I oppose the orchestrated attempt by these activists to demonize our police services in the wake of the G20 violence. I proudly stand behind the men and women of our police services that were faced with a daunting and difficult task of protecting the public against these professional vandals and hooligans

Super dad Dalton is at it again. Telling Ontarians the tale that more taxation is not just your civic duty but your moral responsibility. Indeed the HST will be hard medicine to swallow for many middle-class families who have the privilege to live in one of the most taxed jurisdictions in Canada.