Posted on October 27, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“Everything is proceeding as Dalton McGuinty had foreseen”. John Tory was supposed to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives to certain victory over the “supposed” dark side; however he led them instead to a resounding defeat. Emperor Dalton McGuinty became the province’s first Liberal leader in 70 years to claim a second straight majority government. Albeit, one [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Education, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: Catholic, Catholic education, Dalton McGuinty, dark side of the force, David Miller, election, Emperor, Emperor Dalton McGuinty, faith-based, faith-based schools, Government, Greg Sorbara, House of Commons, John Tory, Land Transfer Tax, Liberal side, Liberals, Lord Dalton, money, Ontarians, Ontario, Ontario PC, PC, Progressive Conservatives, promise, Star Wars, tax, Taxes, the Dark Side, The Empire, The Government of Ontario, Toronto, Toronto tax, Torontonians, vehicle registration tax | No Comments »
Posted on October 26, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Regardless on how you feel about Greg Sorbara, he will be greatly missed from the Liberal cabinet. They have lost an extremely intelligent and expereinced person. Unfortunately, now Dalton McGuinty will have to quickly replace the Finance Minister with a new MPP. It will interesting to see who he decides to replace him with [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: , cabinet, David Peterson, Dwight Duncan, election, Finance Minister, Greg Sorbara, Liberal, Liberal party, Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty, RCMP, Sorbara, Toronto, Vaughan, York University | No Comments »
Posted on October 11, 2007 by thegtapatriot
I am sure that David Miller, and all of the city councilors, were watching the election closely. Essentially, Torontonians have decided to put Dalton McGuinty back in power, but voting overwhelmly for Liberals in various ridings. An interesting note is that NDP voters seemed to be concentrated in the downtown areas, where David Miller’s support [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: 2001, city council, City of Toronto Act, Dalton McGuinty, David Miller, election, leadership race, NDP, Ontario, Public Transit, tax, Taxes, Toronto, Torontonians, Transit City, TTC | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 10, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The Green Party seemed to bleed votes from the NDP and the Progressive Conservatives tonight, not the Liberals. Provincial and Federal parties across the county will take note. Voters seem to be hearing the “green mantra”. However, unfortunately this did not translate into any seats. The Green Party actually took 8-9% of the vote [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: 50%, election, Electorate, FPTP, Govern, Government, green, iPod, Liberal, MMP, NDP, Ontario, PC, The Green Party, United States, Vote, Voters, XBOX | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Unless he fails in Don Valley West Progressive Conservatives, in Ontario, must stick with John Tory, like glue, no matter what happens in this election. John Tory has a personality, great intellect and an eagerness to think out of the box. His business savvy has made him an important asset to the PC Party. Unfortunately [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: character, Conservatives, Dalton McGuinty, Don Valley West, election, fiberal, John Tory, Liberal, October 10, Ontarians, Ontario, PC, PC party, politics, premier, Progressive Conservatives, religious schools, Tories, Tory | No Comments »
Posted on October 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The ‘Dalton McGuinty Show’ just aired on CFRB, between noon and 1PM. In an effort to be totally unbiased on this issue, I did listen to all of the leadership candidates and in general they all did a great job. Albeit I did not think that the Green Party leader, Frank De Jong, needed to [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: call-in show, CFRB, cfrb.com, Dalton McGuinty, election, Frank De Jong, Green party, Howard Hampton, John Tory, Liberals, McGuinty, NDP, PC party, radio, standard broadcasting, The Dalton McGuinty Show, Vulcan | No Comments »
Posted on October 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
With just one full day of campaigning left before the Ontario election, NDP Leader Howard Hampton spent today trying to chip away at the chances of a Liberal majority government. At a campaign stop in Oshawa, Ont., Hampton disparaged Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty at every turn.
Hampton warned voters that a majority mandate would give McGuinty [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: Dalton McGuinty, election, Hampton, Howard Hampton, Liberal, Majority, majority government, McGuinty, NDP, Ontario, Oshawa, Sid Ryan, Tim Hortons | No Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2007 by thegtapatriot
If anybody was thankful this Thanksgiving, it was Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty, who went out campaigning Monday knowing that a new poll put him way ahead of his competition. Joining supporters in Mitchell, Ontario for Thanksgiving lunch, McGuinty said he’s not taking the lead for granted.
“We’re not taking anything for granted,” McGuinty told reporters after [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Dalton McGuinty, election, Howard Hampton, John Tory, Liberal, long-term care, NDP, New Democratic Party, Ontario, PC, Progressive Conservatives, seniors, Taxes | No Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Polling is an interesting subject. Over the weekend the Toronto Star published the various polls, which seem to indicate that the Liberals will be victorious on October 10, 2007. However, what is more interesting is the 905 region. There are a lot of, dare I say, extremely close ridings. Who knows how the vote [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The faith based funding issue should have been about simple human rights. The U.N has already indicated that the practice of funding only Catholic schools in Ontario is unjust. John Tory hoped to address this issue by fixing the problem and allowing fairness. Fund all or fund none, and he opted to fund all. Unfortunately, [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics, GTA Religion | Tagged: Canwest, Catholic, Christian schools, Dalton McGuinty, democracy, education, election, faith-based education, fears, fundamentalist, Global TV, hindu, Human Rights, ignorance, islam, Islamic, Islamic schools, jewish, John Tory, Liberal, Liberals, Ontarians, Ontario, Ontario election, Ontario Liberals, racism, terrorist, Vote | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot
At a recent all candidates meeting an incumbent MPP, during their speech, said “this is a two party race and it is pointless to vote for any other party….we do not want another Mike Harris government”. When approached and told that this is not becoming of an MPP and it was disrespectful of the other [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Citizens Assembly, election, MMP, Ontario, proportional system, Vote MMP | No Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. Instead of impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience”. I’ve spent some time doing research this month, and over the summer, and realized that the propaganda [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Dalton McGuinty, democraticspace, democraticspace.com, election, Liberal, NDP, Ontario, PC, propaganda, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, truth | 2 Comments »