On Monday Dalton McGuinty was ducking and weaving questions about his parties position on carbon taxes in Ontario. The Ontario Liberals have a long history of flirting with all ideas green including a tax on carbon.
In fact, some senior Liberals including Cabinet ministers have been some of the more bullish proponents of this policy. With the sinking popularity of the premiers green agenda, everything seems up for grabs now.
The Working families coalition plans to roll out their latest round of anti-Tory ads next week.
As former president John Adams once said, “facts are stubborn things” and the fact is Dalton McGuinty has contributed more to Ontario’s debt, then the 23 premieres, who preceded him. now the question becomes can Ontario’s afford four more years of McGuinty , and his union friends at the WFC.
Tonight Ezra Levant is exploring the impact of a little-known quasi judicial body. The Canadian broadcast standards Council. Its job is to self regulate television and radio broadcasts throughout Canada. Now, I’ve always been a bit weary of a group of appointed. literati telling Canadians what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable speech in Canada.
Of course no one would dispute that any community needs a general outline of best practices. However, when good intentions are cloaked in the supple hand of agenda driven politics, That’s when Canadians should start asking question’s . For example, one of the clauses in the code of conduct for the CBSC, subtly slips in the concept of a fairness doctrine.
Clause 6 – Full, Fair and Proper Presentation
It is recognized that the full, fair and proper presentation of news, opinion, comment and editorial is the prime and fundamental responsibility of each broadcaster. This principle shall apply to all radio and television programming, whether it relates to news, public affairs, magazine, talk, call-in, interview or other broadcasting formats in which news, opinion, comment or editorial may be expressed by broadcaster employees, their invited guests or callers.
The idea that a distant Mandarin in Ottawa or Toronto can self regulate a entire industry when the way Canadians are consuming media is drastically changing almost seems quaint. Finally, I will leave the last words to Milton Friedman.
