Ontario Election 2014 - The Official Thread
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Lol, no need to post a compensating pic, we all knew you lean to the right anyways. :smile:
In many ways... he's consistent......
and he doesn't even realise how.......
Fresh off the the Curmudgeon Press
McGuinty government changed green energy rules to benefit Liberal-linked firms, court filing charges
A U.S. wind power developer that is seeking $653-million in damages under a NAFTA challenge accuses the government of Ontario of manipulating Green Energy Act rules to benefit the interests of Liberal-connected firms, according to court documents obtained by the National Post.
The court filing, recently made public in the case that pits Mesa Power, a Texas-based developer owned by U.S. financier T. Boone Pickens, against the government, alleges Ontario replaced “transparent” criteria for the selection of energy projects with “political favoritism, cronyism and local preference.”
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McGuinty government changed green energy rules to benefit Liberal-linked firms, court filing charges
A U.S. wind power developer that is seeking $653-million in damages under a NAFTA challenge accuses the government of Ontario of manipulating Green Energy Act rules to benefit the interests of Liberal-connected firms, according to court documents obtained by the National Post.
The court filing, recently made public in the case that pits Mesa Power, a Texas-based developer owned by U.S. financier T. Boone Pickens, against the government, alleges Ontario replaced “transparent” criteria for the selection of energy projects with “political favoritism, cronyism and local preference.”
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It's a huge farce and just because McGuinty ain't running doesn't make the Liberals any less corrupt.
Did I say that or did you want me to say that? If McGuinty wanted a local preference, it should have been stated in the tendering documentation - just like America First is on some.
Those pesky teacher -- I mean media unions...
Ontario Election 2014: Media Union Urges Members Not To Vote For Hudak
In an unprecedented move, a union representing hundreds of Ontario journalists and media workers is urging its members not to vote for Tim Hudak's Progressive Conservatives on Thursday.
Unifor Local 87-M, historically known as the Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild, released a video Monday warning a PC government would pose a threat to the livelihood and workplace security of its 2,600 members.
In the clip, Toronto Sun union chair and veteran journalist Jim Slotek explains that while its members work in a field committed to objectivity, there is a "point where objectivity and reality collide."
While he doesn't endorse the Ontario Liberals or NDP, Slotek urges members to consider the "practical reasons" for not supporting the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, "an oxymoron under its current leader Tim Hudak."
Slotek is critical of the PC leader's plan to cut 100,000 public sector jobs — "most of them unionized" — in four years and says Hudak has a clear "hatred" of organized labour. He also references the right-to-work policy that Hudak abandoned before the election as proof the PC leader aims to weaken labour laws in the province.
At one point, Slotek highlights a part of a PC caucus white paper released in 2012 — Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets — saying the Ontario Labour Relations Board and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board are "overdue" for reform.
Ontario Election 2014: Media Union Urges Members Not To Vote For Hudak
Ontario Election 2014: Media Union Urges Members Not To Vote For Hudak
In an unprecedented move, a union representing hundreds of Ontario journalists and media workers is urging its members not to vote for Tim Hudak's Progressive Conservatives on Thursday.
Unifor Local 87-M, historically known as the Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild, released a video Monday warning a PC government would pose a threat to the livelihood and workplace security of its 2,600 members.
In the clip, Toronto Sun union chair and veteran journalist Jim Slotek explains that while its members work in a field committed to objectivity, there is a "point where objectivity and reality collide."
While he doesn't endorse the Ontario Liberals or NDP, Slotek urges members to consider the "practical reasons" for not supporting the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, "an oxymoron under its current leader Tim Hudak."
Slotek is critical of the PC leader's plan to cut 100,000 public sector jobs — "most of them unionized" — in four years and says Hudak has a clear "hatred" of organized labour. He also references the right-to-work policy that Hudak abandoned before the election as proof the PC leader aims to weaken labour laws in the province.
At one point, Slotek highlights a part of a PC caucus white paper released in 2012 — Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets — saying the Ontario Labour Relations Board and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board are "overdue" for reform.
Ontario Election 2014: Media Union Urges Members Not To Vote For Hudak
Wow big surprise there. Actually MF, if you had posted that the Union was voting for Hudak, That would have blown me away. This? Not so much.
Poverty in Ontario would grow under Hudak
A Progressive Conservative government under Tim Hudak would be a step backwards for poverty reduction in Ontario, according to a non-partisan analysis of party platforms for the June 12 election released Tuesday.
“All three parties made a commitment: they voted for the Poverty Reduction Act in 2009,” said Greg deGroot-Maggetti of the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction, a provincial coalition dedicated to ensuring all political parties uphold the province’s landmark anti-poverty legislation.
A Progressive Conservative government under Tim Hudak would be a step backwards for poverty reduction in Ontario, according to a non-partisan analysis of party platforms for the June 12 election released Tuesday.
“All three parties made a commitment: they voted for the Poverty Reduction Act in 2009,” said Greg deGroot-Maggetti of the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction, a provincial coalition dedicated to ensuring all political parties uphold the province’s landmark anti-poverty legislation.
Jumping Jack and Wally both on your case, MF--you must be doing something right.
RCS has a valid point about the rift between the right and unions.
Wally is just a confidence booster.
Every red he gives continues to propel this forum in the direction he likes least.
Wally is just a confidence booster.
Every red he gives continues to propel this forum in the direction he likes least.
Do we still get a break from election rhetoric, propaganda and bafflegab on the day before an election?