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A simple, responsible and plan for Ontario’s future

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

It’s conservatively Conservative. 
This past weekend Tim Hudak unveiled the Changebook, the Ontario PC plan for the future. It outlined a thoughtful, conservative approach to what ails Ontario. It seeks to address problems that have been allowed to fester under the current Liberal government and make practive changes where there is trouble on the horizon.
The cost of [...]

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The good, the bad and the ugly about fixed election dates

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

The heat is on.
Summer has finally arrived and with it the scorching rhetoric of this year’s election campaign.
Now that we have fixed election dates we can clearly see their advantages and disadvantages – the good, the bad and the ugly.
I believe the fixed election date helps bring the crux of the election debate into the [...]

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Another step in reducing your hydro costs

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

We’ve taken another significant step to reduce energy costs for Ontarians.
PC Leader Tim Hudak said yesterday he will end the expensive Liberal government’s Feed-in Tariff (FIT) and Samsung energy programsif elected to office in October. Killing those programs will translate into substantial savings on hydro bills.
Ending these programs, as well as a previous commitment to [...]

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Budgetary policy or theft from future taxpayers

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the Ontario budget in the Legislature. Or rather I spoke to the motion that calls for the Legislature to approve the budgetary policy of the government – a somewhat different thing.
Since the 2003 election the McGuinty government has increased the revenue it generates from taxes by almost [...]

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It’s what he didn’t say that speaks loudest

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Dalton McGuinty spoke at the Oakville Chamber of Commerce last week outlining his take on his government’s actions. It wasn’t what he said that was interesting rather it was what he didn’t say.
Oh sure, he rattled out the old bits about the horrible deficit of $2 billion he was left to face when he took [...]

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More Liberals see election as mission impossible

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Light the fuse – cue the familiar music . . .
Sonorous voice over – “Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to defend the policies of Dalton McGuinty and the Ontario Liberal Party and get re-elected to the Ontario Legislature in October 2011. This government will complete its self-destruction in eight months.”
Well, [...]

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