tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897479481146623890.post5494488498918909897..comments2023-12-27T09:39:29.958-07:00Comments on Brian Dell: Alberta politics in downward spiralBrian Dellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15277892651810185583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897479481146623890.post-79867247022004780192011-10-25T21:14:19.436-06:002011-10-25T21:14:19.436-06:00The unprincipled Rob Anderson will lose the next e...The unprincipled Rob Anderson will lose the next election. He's an embarrassment to Airdrie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897479481146623890.post-34225784480284725432011-10-04T20:30:41.822-06:002011-10-04T20:30:41.822-06:00One additional note I also have to mention is that...One additional note I also have to mention is that McGuinty intends to continue EQAO Tests(The Ontario equivalent of the Alberta PAT)despite the opposition of the teacher union's in Ontario which I guess in this specific policy makes McGuinty more "conservative" than Redford. It was also interesting to see McGuinty this evening(in Canada) crowing about Forbes magazine ranking Canada number one in business competitiveness in the world citing in particular the Ontario HST and the Ontario corporate tax rate cuts in Canada's favor overall.<br /><br />I also found it interesting that the normally populist right leaning Sun Media group refused to endorse any of the three candidates instead running an editorial crictising Hudak for running a lacklustre campaign.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897479481146623890.post-68283215628253326932011-10-04T19:31:41.727-06:002011-10-04T19:31:41.727-06:00McGuinty is too soft on the unions for me but in M...McGuinty is too soft on the unions for me but in McGuinty's favour is the fact he is ataying the course not only with respect to the HST but re lowering the corporate tax rate, business friendly moves that are always politically difficult in North America these days. The Globe and Mail has endorsed him and lately the G&M has shown some good editorial judgment.Brian Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277892651810185583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897479481146623890.post-22157401491778578732011-10-04T16:15:36.067-06:002011-10-04T16:15:36.067-06:00I would say the biggest cause for hope in Canadian...I would say the biggest cause for hope in Canadian politics this week is the possiblity of Dalton McGuinty winning another majority. Tim Hudak seems to have folded like a cheap suit and I suspect is on his way to getting thrown out as leader if he loses on Thursday after polling as recently as a month ago as on track to win a solid majority.(I would argue many of policy shifts of the Wildrose Party remind me a lot of what Tim Hudak has been doing over the past few months, there was a good article by Jim Stanford one of the only in my opinion halfway decent labour union economists just on how flawed the graphing and charting was in Hudak's platform document). Now this isn't to say McGuinty is a fiscal conservative but I suspect he will take the Drummond report seriously unlike Hudak who has already indicated he will throw it away before he even reads it.<br />In terms of other provinces the BC Liberals are going backwards under Christy, I continue to be disgusted with Brad Wall after the Potash takeover mess and I can't say I am terribly impressed by the Liberals in PEI or the PC's in NL. One hopefully policy shift might be that if McGuinty wins again the Manitoba NDP which also is expected to win will get up the nerve to introduce the HST if anything to maintain MB's competitiveness in manufacturing with Ontario.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.com