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Could the Tea Party Movement Working Canada?

I support the ideals of lower taxes and less government . I can’t say if an American phenomenon can be completely translated to the Canadian political climate. I do agree that freedom is a universal value that we all should cherish.

source Toronto Sun

Is the Tea Party Canada-bound?
By BRIAN LILLEY, Parliamentary Bureau

OTTAWA – Are Canadians getting fed up with government regulations, rules and taxes? The man behind an attempt to start a Tea Party movement in Canada hopes so.

Andrew Lawton wants to bring that spirit to Canada.

Lawton, a conservative-leaning activist from London, Ont., is one of the organizers behind an online attempt to start a Tea Party movement in Canada.
starting with a Facebook group, Lawton says there are plans for rallies this fall in Ottawa and Quebec City. Other cities may be added.

Voter Discontent Could Boost Ontario PCs Fortunes

Voters in the province of Ontario are tired of being overtaxed and just treated as another source of revenue for an ever- ballooning government bureaucracy. Ontarians now want a return to fiscal sanity and a strong hand on the teller of government.

Source Toronto Sun

Voters know what they don’t want: They’re tired of posturing, dirty tricks and taxation.

The pollsters at Ipsos- Reid have been plumbing the depths of voter wrath — and have come up with some surprising numbers.

For the first time since he was re-elected in 2007, Dalton McGuinty is trailing the PC leader in the polls.

Ipsos figures show the PCs at 36%, have a narrow lead over the Liberals, at 35%.

The NDP is at 18% and Greens are at 11%.

Sure, a slim 1% margin hardly makes Tory Tim Hudak a shoo-in for the premier, but it gives the Tories a needed boost.

That figure isn’t the most important one. On every question, the Tories were ahead. A whopping 64% of those polled want a change in government.

What’s most surprising about the figures is that Hudak is largely unknown. It’s not so much Hudak they’re voting for as it is McGuinty they’re voting against.

They want anyone but him.

Liberal Bias at Journalism School Inside the Echo Chamber

The medium is the message but the messenger should matter. This article uncovers the “shocking” truth of journalism schools being incubators for liberal bias.

It’s not so much the liberal bias that bothers me; however, it is the fact that some media outlets are trapped in an echo chamber where the same old opinions are being batted to and fro. It is like thirty different ping-pong matches happening all at once but with the same result.

As a consequence, we now live in a society with a wealth of information but a lack of understanding on a broad variety of issues. For this very reason Sun TV news will be a welcomed addition to the Canadian media landscape asking the hard questions and hopefully getting the answers

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People often complain about media bias. They say media outlets only cater to the right or the left; that there is no media objectivity anymore. Perhaps, they are right. After spending some time on the Hill, it seems like the media and Congress reflect each other. There is no middle ground.

Hudak Leads With Leadership Numbers

With the multiple summer missteps of the McGuinty Liberals; the Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak has taken a commanding lead in the all-important category of leadership and vision numbers in the latest poll. Hudak trounced the premier in all major areas. To be fair, no one has had worse political timing and judgment then McGuinty the last few months he has had to deal with a multitude of issues and people are fed up with his government acting like a progressive protectorate. McGuinty is acting like a big brother when Ontarians just want to be left alone.

There are a couple of underlying factors at work here; first the relatively unknown quantity, that is Tim Hudak is working to his advantage at a time where there is a rising tide of anti-incumbents anxiety. As well, the Ontarians for the first time truly feel overwhelmed by how much the province is using the elements of government to dictate what we can and cannot do. The average feeling of Ontarians is skeptic schism and un-trust, and could be symbolized by the main character from the film, “Network”.

Howard Beale who gives voice to the classic.diatribe of discontentment with his own situation and limiting scope of society, from the film “Network”. Now there is an underlying current of ill will towards the government growing under the surface of every decision the McGuinty Liberals make. It is not simply a The repudiation of the Liberals is not just a rejection of a political party; it is a uprooting of the entire political elite at Queens Park. For a brief fleeting moment, people are not satisfied with politicians just saying they’re going to do good; they must also be good on delivering their promises.

source Toronto Star

Consider the numbers: Someone you can trust: Hudak 33 per cent, McGuinty 27. Someone with a vision: Hudak 40 per cent, McGuinty 24.

Someone open to the ideas of others: Hudak 28 per cent, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath 27, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner 25, McGuinty 20.

Someone who knows when to compromise: Hudak 33 per cent, McGuinty 28. Someone who can best manage the health-care system: Hudak 33 per cent, Horwath 26 per cent, McGuinty 25.

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