Miller administration & it's policies

[js97]

Is it me or are the policies of the Miller administration more aligned with the conservative government?

So the star reports today that we sold a 60 million dollar asset so we can rent it back for 13 million a year (430 over 3)

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...o-street-lights-will-top-400-million#comments

That sounds like Mike Harris Policy to me. Besides the fact that it is simply funny accounting (Sell an asset at rock bottom prices to a Corp that is wholely owned by yourself, then pay that corp a premium via a 30 yr contract). Perhaps he was positioning Toronto Hydro to be sold all along?!

Miller has also raised user fees for public rec centres and has been shifting the tax burden to residents to provide tax relief to corporations.

He's also created Invest Toronto, build Toronto etc and appointed many private sector executives to head these initiatives, I'm sure making himself many private sector buddies for his retirement.


Now I'm not saying this is good or bad. Just trying to point out to the 'NDPers' of this board how the policies don't align very well to the traditional left wing. Perhaps the political spectrum is like the globe, when you venture that left, you end up coming around to the far right?

 

[kettal]

That move was an emergency panic response, not something they would run a campaign on or anything.

 

[jn_12]

or, how about we don't pigeon-hole people into unnecessary descriptions like "left-wing" and then force them to live by everything that title supposedly means?

 

[GraphicMatt]

Miller's ideology never really aligned with the NDP, which is why he let his membership lapse. He's always differentiated himself as being more pro-development and pro-business than rank & file NDPers. You can see that echoed in his policies.

 

[SunriseChampion]

I still don't see the Argos playing at BMO Field so I guess he's alright. And really, little else matters as much as footy.