Almost opposite to the Newfoundland results, Ontario re-elects the liberals in a landslide. John Tory failed to hold his seat.
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Liberals win another majority in Ontario
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It doesn't appear to "matter" to Ontarians that the McGuinty government has lied and broken promises as a policy of leadership. It doesn't appear to matter that the McGuinty government felt entitled to a cross-the-board 25% salary increase while the disabled in Ontario will recieve 2%. It doesn't matter to Onatarians that they live in a province where the political agenda of the current strain of Liberals are out of touch with reality and self-interested....to a fault.
Very American!
Very American!
Mikey they must have done something right to get another heavy majority. Obviously John Tory was not seen as any kind of savior. Maybe it was a case of the devil you know as opposed to the devil you don't.
I think John Tory would have had a good chance at winning a minority government if he hadn't made "faith based schooling" his defining issue. By brining that up he alienated a good chunk of the population here, I think Tory and his strategists need to have their heads examined after that blunder.
You could be right Durka..............Do you think that was the only thing the voters didn't like about Tory?
I think that it set the stage - people probably figured that if he was that crazy in the campaign, what would he do in gov't?
As soon as I heard his proposal, I thought that he's so out of touch with what would fly with the public, that he really wasn't fit to rule. I mean, whether funding RC schools is a good idea or not, all you have to do is say 'Sharia law, fundamental Islamic schools', and you'd instantly lose a huge chunk of votes - especially conservative ones.
Why on earth did he not realize that? Even the right wing christian vote types instantly grasped that idea, and ran the other way.
Indeed.
cue the shrill stabbing staccato violins as the camera zooms in on the McGuilty Norman Bates look-alike during his victory speech.
I heard it was only about a 50% voter turnout, and the Libs got about 42% of the popular vote, hmmm... (does the fuzzy math) ... elected by only 21% of the electorate, eh? Sounds like a dictatorship to me!
Four more years of McGuilty unconsciousness - oh joy.
:?P
I personally didn't give his platform much of a look after the faith based schooling issue, some voters might still be turned off from the Tories due to the Harris years, hard to say though.
Yeah there were people saying exactly that during the campaign. I wondered why Tory didn't make more noise to counter that obvious blunder. He seemed content to just let it sit and fester.
I live in Alberta and pretty much all of the press I saw on this campaign was about the funding for faith based schools.
I seriously hope that the local media in Ontario did a better job than that. In the last provincial election in Alberta, Ralph Klein made an offhanded comment about AISH (Assured Income for the Severely Handicap) and the local media fixated on it for half the election and virtually ignored many critical issues facing the province.
I seriously hope that the local media in Ontario did a better job than that. In the last provincial election in Alberta, Ralph Klein made an offhanded comment about AISH (Assured Income for the Severely Handicap) and the local media fixated on it for half the election and virtually ignored many critical issues facing the province.
News media have one-track minds and the power to sway an electorate. If you win the press, you've won the election.
Wolf
Wolf
The real answer is that in the previous election the Liberals won a convincing majority. After four years in office the Liberals were handed another majority and the leader of the opposition lost his seat. As a B.C. resident looking from the outside, it would appear that there is a message for the opposition here. Either the Liberals are doing something right or the opposition is doing something wrong, or both.
...or social concerns aren't something Fiscal Conservatives want to deal with so they just stayed home.
Maybe Ontario voters saw through the "lies" and realized that reality writes the script - not promises. Perhaps Rae did teach them something but status quo had something going for it. The 48% who never bothered to show up? Complaints manager is Helen Waite. If you have an issue, you know where to go....
Wolf
Maybe Ontario voters saw through the "lies" and realized that reality writes the script - not promises. Perhaps Rae did teach them something but status quo had something going for it. The 48% who never bothered to show up? Complaints manager is Helen Waite. If you have an issue, you know where to go....
Wolf
Faith based funding and the legend of Harris is what defeated Tory, I'm sad to see his political carreer end in such a way.....he is a desent guy just bad political judgement. He listened to the loonies in the party and paid for it.
It will get worse for the Tories to if they fail to keep guys like Randy Hillier's mouth shut.
It will get worse for the Tories to if they fail to keep guys like Randy Hillier's mouth shut.
I truly don't understand that. Social conservatism is a deal-killer in Canadian politics.
And I always thought Tory was a moderate.