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Doug Ford’s post-budget plan to declare bankruptcy
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
His first budget would recast him as a kinder, gentler premier. Not too tough, not too soft — just right. It didn’t go according to plan. By holding back the bad news… Ford’s Tories are belatedly paying a heavy price… Ford’s popularity is tumbling… Time for a change of plan… Instead of moderation, desperation and disruption are Ford’s new watchwords — because desperate times allow for desperate measures.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Ready, fire, aim: the Ford’s reckless approach on cutting costs
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Whether it be kids with autism, students in high school music programs, people who rely on public health services, medical researchers or Toronto subway riders, the pattern is the same. The government announces a spending cut that takes everyone by surprise and then stands back as those directly involved scramble to puzzle out what just happened.Ontarians deserve better… At the bare minimum they deserve a government that figures out the effects of its actions before it pulls the trigger.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, standard of living
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Why our politics pits rural parties against urban parties
Sunday, May 19th, 2019
Rahsaan Maxwell, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina… finds that cities’ less “nationalist” and more “cosmopolitan” politics are caused less by the transformative effects of city life and more by the sorts of people who move from rural areas to cities. Those people tend to be even more cosmopolitan-minded than people who spend their entire lives in cities. On the other hand… people who move from cities to rural areas are not, and do not become, supporters of country parties and their views.
Tags: globalization, ideology, immigration
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Toronto, Ontario and Ottawa need to close election spending loopholes
Thursday, May 16th, 2019
Premier Doug Ford exposed a vulnerability in Ontario’s laws by using his long-finished and debt-free leadership campaign to continue to raise money… Ford has also exposed the inadequacies of federal campaign advertising laws with his anti-carbon tax TV commercials… Ford also says he’s doing nothing but following “the rules.”… These rule-skirting, self-serving moves do nothing but contribute to voter cynicism about politics and politicians.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction
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Ontario’s budget based on math, not ideology
Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
People in this province understand that Ontario must either right its fiscal ship or risk becoming a fiscal failed state. The interest on debt accumulated by the previous Liberal government is the single largest cut to frontline services in Ontario’s history.This is what responsibility, fiscal balance, and protecting what matters most looks like… This is what Premier Ford and our Progressive Conservative team were elected to do.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Doug Ford’s government is a axe-wielding agent of chaos
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
If you were serious about preserving or enhancing services while also making administration more effective and cost-efficient, what you might do is sit down with the people doing the work and figure out a plan with them to do things more effectively. And if you succeeded, you’d see better services materialize and costs lowered, and you could announce the proven savings in your next budget… This doesn’t appear to be a government making tough but worthwhile changes. It appears to be a government gleefully wielding a wrecking ball…
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, economy, featured, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Fight Against Dirty Money Needs Tougher Measures
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
Obstacles to following the dirty money could be reduced by creating a new criminal offence: a false declaration of beneficial ownership, whether made on a public registry or submitted by a customer to a Reporting Entity. Not only would such an offence bring more integrity to the beneficial-ownership information being disclosed; it would also provide a solid base from which law enforcement agencies could conduct investigations of suspicious transactions
Tags: crime prevention, economy, globalization, ideology, rights, standard of living
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Ford government undermining foundation of Ontario’s success
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
Success is the result of investing in growth, in access to education in a knowledge-based economy and the long-term health of the population. Public debt could be the most effective instrument to achieve beneficial results. The payback is profound. Many Canadians understand this relationship, wanting tax value, not tax cuts. What is of grave concern now is that the Ford administration is in the process of undermining the foundation of Ontario’s success in every field of public endeavour.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living
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Legal Aid Ontario has top-notch lawyers
Monday, May 6th, 2019
Our mixed model of staff and private bar service delivery is still the most cost-effective method of delivering legal services to over 700,000 people annually. Our goal is to see our clients get legal help and we will continue to do that cost-effectively… our front-line lawyers provide critical services for clients. Their jobs are not easy, and they are dedicated, tireless advocates for their clients.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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When politics crowds out good tax policy
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce recently called for a royal commission on tax reform. Another approach would be to create a continuing tax review or advisory process separate from the political cycle, where expert and evidence-based analysis could help to develop proposed reforms to the tax system – ideally not just federally, but also provincially and at the municipal level. Serious non-partisan research and public engagement would be critical to its success.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living
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