Ontario Election 2014 - The Official Thread
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the fear of Ontario being destroyed is sheer paranoia.
The billion dollars ended up in people's pockets.
It's more than likely being taxed to hell, lol. jk
The Liberals have faired well in the worse case scenario, so now almost over why worry. another twenty or thirty years and the recession will be over.
The PC have never balanced a budget.
And in the end fiscal responsibility is the only real value a government can bring to the table.
PC's blew the Liberal surplus before September 2008.
And if you think Mulroney was the only one to receive money in hotel rooms you are delusional.
by and large I would argue the PC are far more corrupt than the Liberals.
The Liberals do it openly and legally, thats why they get caught all the time.
The PC do it in hotel rooms.
The billion dollars ended up in people's pockets.
It's more than likely being taxed to hell, lol. jk
The Liberals have faired well in the worse case scenario, so now almost over why worry. another twenty or thirty years and the recession will be over.
The PC have never balanced a budget.
And in the end fiscal responsibility is the only real value a government can bring to the table.
PC's blew the Liberal surplus before September 2008.
And if you think Mulroney was the only one to receive money in hotel rooms you are delusional.
by and large I would argue the PC are far more corrupt than the Liberals.
The Liberals do it openly and legally, thats why they get caught all the time.
The PC do it in hotel rooms.
For years it was Ontario paying for the rest of Canada. Frankly I never saw us cry about it. If one province deserves to get some money back it's Ontario. We only pulling back out what we payed in. Quit your Wynn-ing
Thornhill MPP expects vote to stand in judicial recount
By Shawn Jeffords ,Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, June 15, 2014 07:34 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:07 PM EDT
Tory MPP Gila Martow says despite the possible judicial recount of her razor-thin Thornhill riding victory, she expects the vote count to stand.
Martow, who won the seat for the Progressive Conservatives in a February byelection, appeared to have lost the riding to Liberal Sandra Yeung Racco on Thursday. But Friday, Elections Ontario reversed the results. Officials said that due to a tabulation error, Martow had hung onto the job by 85 votes.
“I was absolutely floored,” Martow said Sunday as she described receiving the call from her campaign manager. “I guess you sort of always hope for a miracle, that they forgot to count a ballot box or something.”
In the end, Martow received 21,837 votes to Yeung Racco’s 21,752.
But Martow received news this weekend that the Liberal Party will appeal to the courts for a judge-supervised recount. The local PC riding association will hire lawyers to have standing during any proceedings, she said.
“If we have to pay for lawyers, I would ask the judge, if they’re not successful, that they have to cover my costs,” she said.
If approved by the court, the recount will cost the Liberals $15,000 — not including legal costs, Martow said.
Yeung Racco’s campaign manager, Milton Chan, said Thornhill residents need to be assured the outcome is double checked.
“We’re not saying Sandra won or lost,” he said. “Given the margin is so close, the voters of Thornhill, and all the candidates and all of the teams, deserve to have faith in the results and that they are accurate.”
Chan said discrepancies reported by Elections Ontario and by a Liberal party scrutineer will be presented to a judge in a bid to secure the recount.
“We are doing this to ensure the integrity of process, that the voters of Thornhill get the MPP they voted for,” he said. “If it’s Ms. Yeung Racco we’ll be very happy. But if, at the end of the process, it’s Ms. Martow, we will respect that and accept the results.”
Martow says she doesn’t expect any further recounts to change the vote totals, but acknowledges she will have to head to Queen’s Park with this legal “drama” going on in the background. It’s not much different than her first election to the legislature, she said.
“There was a threat of a looming election and I had just been elected,” she said. “I didn’t have time to be the MPP for very long without becoming the candidate again. If anyone is ready for that, it’s me.”
Martow said before the count reversal Friday that she’d accepted defeat. She had packed up her computer, BlackBerry and phone charger and was set to return them to Queen’s Park. She even made a short list of personal items she’d tucked into draws in her office she didn’t want left behind.
“I was getting ready to clean out my office,” she said. “I didn’t know if I had to clean it out right away. My campaign manager said to wait.”
That could still be her fate, she acknowledges. She’s kept her optometry licence and counts her many blessings, including her family and friends. That’s what really matters, she said.
But for now, she is still Thornhill’s MPP and will keep operating on that assumption.
“I really do appreciate the chance to have been the MPP, even if it was only a few months, I still appreciate it,” she said.
With the Thornhill results change, the Liberals still hold a majority of seats with 58 (instead of 59) to the PC’s 28 and the NDP’s 21.
Gila Martow arrives at her campaign party after winning the Ontario byelection for the PC party in the Thornhill riding on Thursday, February 13, 2014. (Michael Peake/Toronto Sun)
Thornhill MPP expects vote to stand in judicial recount | Ontario | News | Toron
By Shawn Jeffords ,Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, June 15, 2014 07:34 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:07 PM EDT
Tory MPP Gila Martow says despite the possible judicial recount of her razor-thin Thornhill riding victory, she expects the vote count to stand.
Martow, who won the seat for the Progressive Conservatives in a February byelection, appeared to have lost the riding to Liberal Sandra Yeung Racco on Thursday. But Friday, Elections Ontario reversed the results. Officials said that due to a tabulation error, Martow had hung onto the job by 85 votes.
“I was absolutely floored,” Martow said Sunday as she described receiving the call from her campaign manager. “I guess you sort of always hope for a miracle, that they forgot to count a ballot box or something.”
In the end, Martow received 21,837 votes to Yeung Racco’s 21,752.
But Martow received news this weekend that the Liberal Party will appeal to the courts for a judge-supervised recount. The local PC riding association will hire lawyers to have standing during any proceedings, she said.
“If we have to pay for lawyers, I would ask the judge, if they’re not successful, that they have to cover my costs,” she said.
If approved by the court, the recount will cost the Liberals $15,000 — not including legal costs, Martow said.
Yeung Racco’s campaign manager, Milton Chan, said Thornhill residents need to be assured the outcome is double checked.
“We’re not saying Sandra won or lost,” he said. “Given the margin is so close, the voters of Thornhill, and all the candidates and all of the teams, deserve to have faith in the results and that they are accurate.”
Chan said discrepancies reported by Elections Ontario and by a Liberal party scrutineer will be presented to a judge in a bid to secure the recount.
“We are doing this to ensure the integrity of process, that the voters of Thornhill get the MPP they voted for,” he said. “If it’s Ms. Yeung Racco we’ll be very happy. But if, at the end of the process, it’s Ms. Martow, we will respect that and accept the results.”
Martow says she doesn’t expect any further recounts to change the vote totals, but acknowledges she will have to head to Queen’s Park with this legal “drama” going on in the background. It’s not much different than her first election to the legislature, she said.
“There was a threat of a looming election and I had just been elected,” she said. “I didn’t have time to be the MPP for very long without becoming the candidate again. If anyone is ready for that, it’s me.”
Martow said before the count reversal Friday that she’d accepted defeat. She had packed up her computer, BlackBerry and phone charger and was set to return them to Queen’s Park. She even made a short list of personal items she’d tucked into draws in her office she didn’t want left behind.
“I was getting ready to clean out my office,” she said. “I didn’t know if I had to clean it out right away. My campaign manager said to wait.”
That could still be her fate, she acknowledges. She’s kept her optometry licence and counts her many blessings, including her family and friends. That’s what really matters, she said.
But for now, she is still Thornhill’s MPP and will keep operating on that assumption.
“I really do appreciate the chance to have been the MPP, even if it was only a few months, I still appreciate it,” she said.
With the Thornhill results change, the Liberals still hold a majority of seats with 58 (instead of 59) to the PC’s 28 and the NDP’s 21.
Gila Martow arrives at her campaign party after winning the Ontario byelection for the PC party in the Thornhill riding on Thursday, February 13, 2014. (Michael Peake/Toronto Sun)
Thornhill MPP expects vote to stand in judicial recount | Ontario | News | Toron
Okay.... I feel a little redeemed about being listed the wrong riding. I got to swear at somebody too....
My grand daughter said it should be like jury duty. Not a bad idea except for you have to meet up to somebody's agenda or you'll be challenged
Kathleen Wynne has trouble getting into office early Monday morning
June 16, 2014
Ontario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne arrived early at work on Monday only to find her office door was locked. She laughed it off and was brought in through a side office.
Kathleen Wynne has trouble getting into office early Monday morning | CityNews
I wish she could be permanently locked out.
June 16, 2014
Ontario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne arrived early at work on Monday only to find her office door was locked. She laughed it off and was brought in through a side office.
Kathleen Wynne has trouble getting into office early Monday morning | CityNews
I wish she could be permanently locked out.
Are you happy with the outcome of the Ontario election?
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- Yes 26%
- No 68%
- Maybe 7%
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People should have been following the polls.
Then they would have known that a majority was possible on both sides.
Then they would have known that a majority was possible on both sides.
That kind of stuff can happen when people who don't understand the issues or the system are encouraged to vote! -
Polls haven't been reliable of late! -
You are over-estimating the collective intellegence of the people as a whole.
Did their poll ask everyone or just the 46% who got off their butts to go to a polling station?