I think it is disingenuous for Howarth and Del Duca to say that they won’t support a Doug Ford minority government before the votes are counted and cast. That is pretty much thumbing noses at the electorate and hinting that a rag tag, high spending, leftist non-coalition is a far better option for Ontario voters than collaborating with a Premier-Elect in a minority situation.
Ontario voters beware: Canadians didn’t vote for a Liberal NDP pact of convenience in Ottawa, but got one anyway. That has pretty much neutered any effective braking mechanism on out of control spending and Parliamentary oversight.
This election ought to be about the way the government's Covid response shredded our Charter rights, destroyed our childrens' education, failed to expand hospital capacity when needed despite oodles of federal money, and (by driving out unvaccinated health care workers) began the slow motion demolition of our health care system.
It isn't because the major opposition parties constantly demanded that the government do an even worse job, and because they promise to repeat and expand upon the PCs' disastrously failed Covid policies, should they be elected.
This election will involve the most nose plugs ever as I pinch my nose and vote. Schreiner is the only good leader...but the wrong party. The rest are all unelectable....but someone's got to win....
As someone in Ontario, the biggest issue for me is just competence. The PC government actually had their occasional moments, but they were more than balanced by really bush-league stumbles. License plates that nobody wanted that couldn't be seen at night. A pointless fight against the federal carbon tax that sucked up time, money and political capital. An approach to COVID which mostly meant trying to keep things open as long as possible -- instead of more steady measures -- then needing to lock down to preserve hospital capacity. Doug Ford is a much better retail politician than some give him credit for, but this government has stumbled on a *lot* of files.
The challenge is -- listening to last night's debate -- does anybody look at the alternatives and see a big jump up in competence? A little one? Sure. I'll vote in an alternative at this point and see what they can do. But, do I have any enthusiasm for the alternatives? Not really.
What is too bad is that the Ford government has had moments where they look like they actually could evolve into a modern progessive conservative government. There are reasons they won some trade union support (they've been big boosters of skilled trades). They've evolved their stance on labour issues, and while they may not be the working man's best friend, Ford had a point when he old Horwath that losing even a few labour unions points the the NDP as being out of touch with its traditional base. They actually done some not-terrible stuff on transit and planning; offset by the planned 'developer's highway' 413, unfortunately. Overall, they messed up too many big files to win my support.
I am not engaged because for some reason, both the Conservatives and NDP are making the same, unattainable promise: to build 1.5 million new home in 10 years. The most housing the industry ever delivered was 70,000 in 2021. This so-called plan is not to actually build homes but to lay blame at the feet of anyone who opposes any construction for any reason. When it fails (as it was designed to do) the finger pointing will begin. I’d say about 18 months before the next election…
I’ve been trying to locate the Ontario PC platform. The ontario pc website is terrible, there is not about us, no contact form. There is a video with a song and a bunch of pictures taking about ‘Get it done’ but there is no information about what ‘it’ is. I sent an email to my local candidate using the email on his website but the auto reply says you need to provide your name, address, email address and phone number for them to respond. All I was asking for is to read the platform they are proposing to accomplish if elected... It really seems on the website they are preaching to the converted. It appears I will continue to be undecided....
I think it is disingenuous for Howarth and Del Duca to say that they won’t support a Doug Ford minority government before the votes are counted and cast. That is pretty much thumbing noses at the electorate and hinting that a rag tag, high spending, leftist non-coalition is a far better option for Ontario voters than collaborating with a Premier-Elect in a minority situation.
Ontario voters beware: Canadians didn’t vote for a Liberal NDP pact of convenience in Ottawa, but got one anyway. That has pretty much neutered any effective braking mechanism on out of control spending and Parliamentary oversight.
This election ought to be about the way the government's Covid response shredded our Charter rights, destroyed our childrens' education, failed to expand hospital capacity when needed despite oodles of federal money, and (by driving out unvaccinated health care workers) began the slow motion demolition of our health care system.
It isn't because the major opposition parties constantly demanded that the government do an even worse job, and because they promise to repeat and expand upon the PCs' disastrously failed Covid policies, should they be elected.
This election will involve the most nose plugs ever as I pinch my nose and vote. Schreiner is the only good leader...but the wrong party. The rest are all unelectable....but someone's got to win....
As someone in Ontario, the biggest issue for me is just competence. The PC government actually had their occasional moments, but they were more than balanced by really bush-league stumbles. License plates that nobody wanted that couldn't be seen at night. A pointless fight against the federal carbon tax that sucked up time, money and political capital. An approach to COVID which mostly meant trying to keep things open as long as possible -- instead of more steady measures -- then needing to lock down to preserve hospital capacity. Doug Ford is a much better retail politician than some give him credit for, but this government has stumbled on a *lot* of files.
The challenge is -- listening to last night's debate -- does anybody look at the alternatives and see a big jump up in competence? A little one? Sure. I'll vote in an alternative at this point and see what they can do. But, do I have any enthusiasm for the alternatives? Not really.
What is too bad is that the Ford government has had moments where they look like they actually could evolve into a modern progessive conservative government. There are reasons they won some trade union support (they've been big boosters of skilled trades). They've evolved their stance on labour issues, and while they may not be the working man's best friend, Ford had a point when he old Horwath that losing even a few labour unions points the the NDP as being out of touch with its traditional base. They actually done some not-terrible stuff on transit and planning; offset by the planned 'developer's highway' 413, unfortunately. Overall, they messed up too many big files to win my support.
I am not engaged because for some reason, both the Conservatives and NDP are making the same, unattainable promise: to build 1.5 million new home in 10 years. The most housing the industry ever delivered was 70,000 in 2021. This so-called plan is not to actually build homes but to lay blame at the feet of anyone who opposes any construction for any reason. When it fails (as it was designed to do) the finger pointing will begin. I’d say about 18 months before the next election…
I’ve been trying to locate the Ontario PC platform. The ontario pc website is terrible, there is not about us, no contact form. There is a video with a song and a bunch of pictures taking about ‘Get it done’ but there is no information about what ‘it’ is. I sent an email to my local candidate using the email on his website but the auto reply says you need to provide your name, address, email address and phone number for them to respond. All I was asking for is to read the platform they are proposing to accomplish if elected... It really seems on the website they are preaching to the converted. It appears I will continue to be undecided....