Posted on October 8, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty conceded Friday there are problems with a government spending program that saw $200,000 shipped to a group headed by two senior Liberal party activists, including one candidate in the upcoming election.
McGuinty said his government was going to “have to take a look” at the program which, despite doling out approximately $32 [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Bohran Fouladi, cash, Community Centre, David Farmani, government spending, grant, grants, Greg Sorbara, Iranian-Canadian, Liberal, Liberal Candidate, Liberal riding association president, McGuinty, Ontario Premier, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, Slush fund, slushgate, waste | No Comments »
Posted on October 6, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Thanks to Matt McGuire at Step to the Right for reminding Ontarians where a lot of the McGuinty slush fund money went. Some JN readers have been talking about having medical services removed from OHIP, such as eye examinations and chiropractor. Well, here is where your money is going instead:
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Year-End Grants, $500,000 [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: chiropractor, Dalton McGuinty, David Mario Farmani, eye examinations, Liberal Candidate, McGuinty, Michael Huang, Mike Colle, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, ohip, Ontario Cricket Association, Reza Moridi, Slush fund | No Comments »
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 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 »
Posted on October 2, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Auditor general found no written request from Iranian-Canadian Community Centre of Toronto. Sometimes money just falls into your lap. The group, founded in August 2005 and mistakenly listed as an animal welfare charity at one point, got a $200,000 grant from Ontario’s ministry of citizenship and immigration last year to help build a community centre [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: George Smitherman, Iranian-Canadian Community Centre, Liberal, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, Toronto Star | No Comments »
Posted on September 27, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Richmond Hill Liberal candidate Reza Moridi doesn’t think money awarded to a local charity group by the Dalton McGuinty government needs to be given back, despite findings that no formal process was followed to receive the money.
His comments come in the wake of a scathing report from Auditor General Jim McCarter on how charity groups [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: accountable, charity groups, Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Community Centre, Dalton McGuinty, David Mario Farmani, ICCC, Iranian-Canadian Community Centre, Liberal, Liberal Candidate, Mike Colle, Mr. Moridi, open, political ties, provincial grants, resignation, resigned, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, Richmond Hill Liberal Association, transparent | No Comments »
