Tory Redux

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  • Welcome to My New Website

    I just wanted to write-up a quick note, after a couple of weeks and a few tweaks. I have completed the migration from blogger to WordPress. Overall I am happy with the website for now. I want to thank those who encouraged me to make the switch. It looks like there will be a provincial election in Ontario sometime in this calendar year, and there is no better time than the present to start posting on a more frequent basis.
    For those who wanted to update their bookmarks. Here is the most recent RSS feed for the blog https://toryredux.com/feed/

  • New Type of News Aggregator

    There’s a new news aggregator on the block and it’sBlue Canada. The brainchild of Craig Smith co founder of Blogging Tories it is a refreshing  conservative alternative to other predominant aggregators in Canada. To this end, I have now placed Blue Canada  in my blogroll.

  • Good First Step Towards privatization

     OTTAWA – The Canadian Centre for Policy Studies welcomed the 10 per cent reduction in taxpayer subsidies to the CBC announced in yesterday’s federal budget.“Last October we called for the privatization of the CBC,” said David Krayden, executive director of the CCPS. “The CBC is a world class broadcaster, fully capable of competing in the private sector. The more than $1 billion in government funding the CBC receives annually is a misuse of tax dollars since virtually every service it provides can be, or is being, provided by private broadcasters in Canada. What’s more, this subsidy gives the CBC an unfair advantage over other broadcasters who must compete with it for advertising revenue.”
    “By reducing the size of the subsidy it receives every year from taxpayers, today’s announcement represents an important first step toward the CBC’s inevitable privatization.”

    Here’s my more in-depth article on CBC privatization. As well we have to encourage the conservative government in Ottawa to continue taking a tough stance on public broadcasting  and make sure that taxpayers are getting value for their money.

    H./T. Steven Taylor and Hatrocks Cave