Posted on April 4, 2008 by thegtapatriot
Tom Lukiwski rocks back and forth in the camera frame while pontificating about the differences between alpha and beta males.The camera operator fiddles with the zoom a bit to frame up the future Member of Parliament’s face. Lukiwski looks for the red light to make sure the tape is rolling.
The Saskatchewan NDP found the jaw-dropping [...]
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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 10, 2007 by thegtapatriot
It may be a surprise to you but in Ontario we do not require voters to prove their Canadian citizenship. Yes, I said it! It is no lie! As clearly stated voters “MUST” be Canadian, whether by birth or by becoming a Canadian citizen. However, what many people do not know is our voters list [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Technology | Tagged: address, canada, Canadian, Canadian citizenship, computer system, election process, Elections Canada, Elections Ontario, electoral reform, flawed voting system, GPS, green, immigrants, Liberal, name, NDP, not canadian, not landed, Ontario, PC, Photo ID, refugee, security, Technology, Toronto, voters list, voting | 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 5, 2007 by thegtapatriot
(Toronto) - Progressive Conservative and New Democratic MPP’s joined forces today to call for a police investigation into a scandal involving $32 million in grants to multicultural groups by the McGuinty Liberal government.
Bob Runciman (MPP Leeds-Grenville), a former Solicitor General and Peter Kormos (MPP Niagara Centre), a former criminal defence lawyer, released a letter [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Bob Runciman, Citizenship Minister, Dalton McGuinty, fraud, Liberal, Liberal government, Mike Colle, NDP, Ontario, PC, Peter Kormos, police investigation, resignation, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, slushgate | No Comments »
Posted on October 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot
NDP Leader Howard Hampton yesterday injected the most honest talk we’ve heard from any political leader into this utterly bizarre election campaign.
Asked what he’d say to voters poised to give Premier Dalton McGuinty a second majority government, while ignoring his record of fibs and broken promises in favour of the minor issue of stopping public [...]
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Posted on October 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Miller experienced a major blow to his leadership when city council voted to put off making a resolution about the land transfer tax and the completion of a vehicle registration levy. In an ironic twist I predict that city council will have no choice but to support David Miller. Wait a minute, wasn’t that obvious? [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: City of Toronto Act, David Miller, Liberal, NDP, PC, Subway, Taxes, Toronto, Toronto City Council, Torontonians, Transit City, TTC | No Comments »
Posted on October 3, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton pushed across Toronto on Monday, staging a string of events in the city that has become his party’s stronghold.
“This election is about fairness for cities like Toronto,” Hampton told a crowd at an uptown coffee shop during his second stop during an 11-hour blitz across the city.
Hampton had nothing new [...]
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