I don't have any beef with Mike Harris but a couple of his cabinet ministers impressed me not: John Snobolen and Tony Clement. Snobolen renounced Canada and stomped off to Montana in a huffy fit and Clement haunts us still.
Mike Harris ranked top premier since 1981
- Thread starter Locutus
- Start date
Smoke and mirrors.... Any fool can dump the load on someone beneath them. Martin did on Rae....
Harris' only expertise was being a pretender - in the fish camp, on the ski hill and on the golf course
Harris' only expertise was being a pretender - in the fish camp, on the ski hill and on the golf course
good call
VANCOUVER -- A new Vancouver-based think-tank says it has conducted a performance review of 80 premiers since 1981 and former Ontario premier Mike Harris, a Tory, was rated the best while Quebec's PQ premier Pauline Marois was the worst.
Aha! Insights Inc. has produced its inaugural report, called "Premier Class: Canada's Best and Worst Leaders."
The study only assesses four current premiers but concludes that of those, Saskatchewan's Brad Wall of the right-wing Saskatchewan Party is at the top while Ontario's Kathleen Wynne, a Liberal, takes last place.
Co-author Mark Mullins, CEO of Aha!, says the study used 11 fiscal and economic outcomes, such as job growth, balanced budgets, and business investment.
He says the conclusion is that "leadership and fiscal and economic policies really do matter."
Overall, the study suggests Alberta has had the best set of premiers since 1981, followed by British Columbia and Ontario; Quebec's premiers as a group were in last place.
more
Former Ontario premier Mike Harris ranked top premier since 1981: report | CTV News
Not saying a Hell of a lot is it?
I remember we hated Old Wacky in his day, but I think people realize now that he did our province a lot of good and never ran up debt. Young Bill was a bit different- he may have had a propensity for the odd Toddy!
P.S. I guess when commenting on Mike Harris I wasn't thinking back enough!
What ... a supply teacher?
When did you take up a career in herring choking. Topic (though that doesn't matter in steerage) ain't Tweedle Dee, it's Tweedle Dum
I figure Trudy's a write off too....
When did you take up a career in herring choking. Topic (though that doesn't matter in steerage) ain't Tweedle Dee, it's Tweedle Dum
I figure Trudy's a write off too....
I tryDepends, when I was in the hospital a couple of years ago I over heard a doc explaining it to the guy in the next bed. "You can do whatever you like up until age 50 without any ill effects, how well you do after age 50 depends on what you did prior to age 50". Thank Christ I started behaving myself at age 45!
Did you say Clement?i get it,with the leadership race Mike Harris being prepped to the public to endorse Mr Clement,
We are going to be reminded of all the greats of MH,he will rise from the ambers to support Mr Clements,now I get it