JGHali
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I don’t see why having the same party affiliation implies some need to publicly agree on everything. She’s not a cabinet minister.
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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario
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I don’t see why having the same party affiliation implies some need to publicly agree on everything. She’s not a cabinet minister.
Videodrome
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Compared to the US or UK, party members here are very loyal when it comes to votes and backing their leader. The most rebellious person would still vote the party line 98% of the time.
Midtown Urbanist
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steveintoronto
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C'est bien!
What do you call an OntCon with scruples, fortitude and character? Gone!
This is excellent...
Wait for Fedeli to claim she was sexually harassing him.
What do you call an OntCon with scruples, fortitude and character? Gone!
This is excellent...
Wait for Fedeli to claim she was sexually harassing him.
Let's hope this gives courage to others. Star article: https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...34294B9464DE7EC93ACF85B1&utm_campaign=bn_7414
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Just as Jim Flaherty would be disappointed in Christine Elliott's. It's amazing how Doug Ford has managed to turn quite sensible people into silent accomplices.
Admiral Beez
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Good on her. And she's smart not to join the Libs, so she keeps her integrity intact.
If I was Mulroney I'd also quit, and offer to sit alongside Simard as an independent. Then wait three years to challenge DoFo's leadership. She must break away from his taint.
Videodrome
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Good on her for not being a clapping seal!
Midtown Urbanist
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This is the correct move.
She needs to do something and something quick to distance herself from the reputation she is quickly building as Druggie's whipped Cronie in Chief.
pud99
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"You can't buy loyalty."
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pud99
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So, he was in a caucus meeting where they "voted to remove" her from the party out but he "didn't know she was leaving" the party. (And Rob "just had a couple of pops" in the basement.)
Ford is no stranger to lying.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
Looks like we will get an idea of the Ford government's climate plan today:
https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...-pay-with-500-million-environmental-plan.html
Essentially, replacing a 'carbon tax' with a carbon tax! So creative.
It will likely meet Federal requirements, helping Ontario avoid the Feds imposing their own plan. Also means goodbye rebate cheques to Ontario, and hello increased prices.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...-pay-with-500-million-environmental-plan.html
Essentially, replacing a 'carbon tax' with a carbon tax! So creative.
It will likely meet Federal requirements, helping Ontario avoid the Feds imposing their own plan. Also means goodbye rebate cheques to Ontario, and hello increased prices.
Northern Light
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The full Ford Enviro Proposal (not plan) is over on the Environmental Registry.
https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2018-11/EnvironmentPlan.pdf
Opportunity to submit a comment is here:
https://ero.ontario.ca/user/login?action=comment&destination=/comment/reply/node/508/comment
For now I'll ignore the climate piece, as I expect many to have something to say about that in the coming days.
For the rest, allowing for the fact its still vague commentary at this point, there are actually some interesting notions lurking.
A clear proposal to raise the number of Provincial Park visitors by 10% per year.
A suggestion this will come, in part, by way of adding more camp sites.
IF this is done merely by cramming in more sites at popular campgrounds it could be a disaster (many could use fewer sites, not more).
But if this comes by way of adding to the Provincial Park system, and shifting some non-operating Parks into the operating Parks system, this could be beneficial for the environment and for tourism.
There's good language around tackling invasive species, providing more resources to Ontario Parks, and ensuring any monies from hunting/fishing licenses make their way back to parks/conservation programs.
Most of it is still quite vague, but I think there's the tiniest bit of hope here for something good. I will file my comments w/the Ministry shortly and would encourage others to do the same (after reading the document, of course)
https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2018-11/EnvironmentPlan.pdf
Opportunity to submit a comment is here:
https://ero.ontario.ca/user/login?action=comment&destination=/comment/reply/node/508/comment
For now I'll ignore the climate piece, as I expect many to have something to say about that in the coming days.
For the rest, allowing for the fact its still vague commentary at this point, there are actually some interesting notions lurking.
A clear proposal to raise the number of Provincial Park visitors by 10% per year.
A suggestion this will come, in part, by way of adding more camp sites.
IF this is done merely by cramming in more sites at popular campgrounds it could be a disaster (many could use fewer sites, not more).
But if this comes by way of adding to the Provincial Park system, and shifting some non-operating Parks into the operating Parks system, this could be beneficial for the environment and for tourism.
There's good language around tackling invasive species, providing more resources to Ontario Parks, and ensuring any monies from hunting/fishing licenses make their way back to parks/conservation programs.
Most of it is still quite vague, but I think there's the tiniest bit of hope here for something good. I will file my comments w/the Ministry shortly and would encourage others to do the same (after reading the document, of course)