Towered
Senior Member
*reaches for popcorn*
Living in the suburbs, the reason why she is not popular is rather simply increasing cost of living from mostly government incompetence.
Hydro has gone up dramatically ever since the Liberals have been elected since 2003 by far far greater amount then inflation and the amount that is being reduced currently. It is not acceptable that people have to pay 500$ plus and people are taking steps to reduce power use and still getting large bills. Our Power bill has increased by 20% in the past year yet our usage has declined.
Insurance rates have reduced but not to people living in Brampton at all. A middle age driver in his 20's is paying 2000-3000 dollars a year with a clean record to drive his car while a person living in other provinces is likely paying half of that. The government has created a policy to benefit the insurance companies, with lower benefits and increasing insurance rates it seems.
The liberal government has dramatically increased the fees for driver stickers far greater then rate of inflation and has a new Clean Emission Test that pretty much does nothing to reduce emissions as cars that are polluting are passing but a new car with a computer problem has to do 100's of dollars of needless repairs to keep people like yourself happy about the world.
While the government has been collecting all of this money they have been wasting it in a dramatic fashion with billions of dollars of scandals since 2003
... and seemingly endless stories such as spending 70 million dollars to create a pension plan that never came to fruition,
spending well over 90% of a Energy Rebate on promotion and I can go on endlessly.
She is installing a Carbon tax that is not revenue Neutral and will suck more money from hard working people and the funds are going into to General revenues and Doubt any great benefit to the environment.
The liberal government policies are not benefiting Ontarians but seem to making people who should be prosperous, poorer by nickling and diming them to death.
As a result you may make excuses for this government, people here are fed up and want change.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/23/19-year-old-student-wins-niagara-pc-nomination.html
The PC's are a gift that keeps on giving.
I think the worse thing for her to do is step down. I feel like her unpopularity has little to do with her track record and more to do with an underlaying tone of homophobia.
Let's take a second to review, shall we:
- Kathleen Wynne proposes the greatest transit expansion in Canadian History with GO RER. Although not fully funded, an aggressive effort is being made.
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It's not so much the list of accomplishments, but rather the attitude of her government seems to be to get as much done in as little time. GO RER will be the ultimate gauge of that.
I'm wondering how true this one is, or what metric is being used for it and Wynne/Del Duca's continued use of the 'greatest expansion in history' claim. With regards to the same party, keep in mind that under McGuinty there was the promise of MoveOntario2020/GO2020. This had RER, or "SuperGO" as it was called. Not to mention massive expansions to the GO network (new lines, all day, 2-way, etc) - all of which was to be completed in 3yrs. This was promised before an election...and much of it quickly fell by the wayside or was altered.
perhaps she should stay thenThat's what I've been saying for a while now. It's the only real chance to avoid a Conservative government. There was even a poll in the Star a month or so ago that showed that the Liberals would still have a chance at a majority if she wasn't the leader.
you are coming to this realization now?Perhaps it is more concerned about taking more money from the citizens to fuel their fiscal incompetence then really doing anything to protect the environment. I am not against the environment but this seems to be a tax grab.
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That's what I've been saying for a while now. It's the only real chance to avoid a Conservative government. There was even a poll in the Star a month or so ago that showed that the Liberals would still have a chance at a majority if she wasn't the leader.