1. Prior to the last election it looked like we were getting somewhere on key health care issues. The government had begun to stop the era of cuts and privatization that were the legacy of the Harris government. In fact, McGuinty made cornerstone to his last election campaign the promise to uphold and protect public non-profit health care, along with education. But in reality he did just the opposite.
2. McGuinty has long called himself “the education Premier.” The reality is that he bought peace with the public service unions through two terms, using taxpayer dollars to fund generous raises. The moment the well ran dry, the unions turned on him, just as they once had on Bob Rae, when he was premier of Ontario. The battle with the public service unions was a deal breaker: This is a government whose political power was built on taking good care of public servants – not just teachers, but also police officers, doctors and administrators of every kind. All have turned on their former benefactors.
3. McGuinty claimed to have made bold strides on the environment. But the centerpiece of his environmental plan, led by the now retired George Smitherman, was the Green Energy Act. The GEA, the vanguard of which is industrial wind power, cost McGuinty his majority. It also cost him four cabinet ministers, and what little remained of his party’s credibility in rural and small-town Ontario.
4. McGuinty claimed to have made great strides for Ontario economically. The truth, as outlined in the Drummond Report last February, is far different. McGuinty borrowed and spent wildly when times were good, leaving little in the till for the current manufacturing slump. The province this fiscal year will post a deficit of $14.4-billion, according to Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. That is not sound financial management. It is making it up as you go along.
Hello everyone at the Ontario Moderate Party.
-I stumbled across your website as I was researching who I should vote for in this coming election. Your party is the closest to my ideals but still I have some questions for you. First of all, are you running this year and if so which ridings will be represented? I live in Toronto and we do not get any kind of coverage beyond the 3 main political parties.
-I have an issue with one of your policies regarding crime in the province. It is regarding the use of cell phones by inmates. Do you think that this is a good idea? I say this because in Mexico cell phone use is not tolerated because many inmates perform extortions from INSIDE the prisons while their underlings study and kidnap their victims using hierarchies of control.
-One more thing regarding crime, I do not like the Youth Criminal Justice Act protecting kids from their names being shown when using guns to commit crimes. Citizens have a right to know who is running around with firearms to commit crimes, and we have to hold these youths accountable. I know this is probably a federal matter, but it is important to bring up because these youths are protected worse than in Brazil.
-Environmental taxes: I just spent $8 (PLUS TAX) on a service that I don’t use. I’m talking about the “fee” when buying electronics. I bought a printer/scanner, and the “fee” amounted to almost 25% of the total. It is illogical that I should pay a “fee” that benefits nobody except the pockets of the corporations and the government is fine with it because they receive their cut. They say it’s a “green” tax: pay a “tax” (plus tax) so that landfills don’t get filled with electronics that shouldn’t be there; except the money doesn’t serve anyone and the electronics still go to the dumps. No effort is actually made to avert waste going to dumps. This program would work fine if it were a deposit fee, much like we have in LCBO and Beer Stores, which works wonders for getting trash off the streets.
-My last point, and please take this as constructive criticism. I know your party is small, but it would very much help you if you had someone with good English spellcheck the contents of your website. You will be taken more seriously if you did.
Thank you for reading my concerns. Could you please tell me if your party has candidates running in any Toronto ridings?
Christopher.
Hi, Christofer
– We do not exactly support idea of inmates having cell phones. However, in our federal prisons they are permitted. Right now it looks like people with serious crimes are permitted to use phones and people with minor crimes are not. There is no logic in it. What we indeed support – for inmates to be able to make a phone call from prison land line phones to any cell phone outside. That is very important. If somebody called police on you, in most cases police is not going to investigate anything. It is much easier for them to threw you in the jail instead. But once there you suddenly realize that you are cut off from outside world because all your relatives and friends have only cell phones and you are not permitted to call them. In such situations most of the people would panic and do stupid things like hire lawyers that they don’t need or to admit crimes that they did not commit.
– In regard to youth crimes – we want to reduce age where people are considered kids from 18 to 16. That would solve many problems.
– I am with you that “environment fee” is just another tax grab.
– We are improving our website. It takes time.
– This elections we have candidates in Richmond Hill and Etobicoke only. This election was supposed to be next year, so we didn’t have enough time to prepare more candidates. But definitely we want more candidates for next elections and we already looking for them.
Sincerely,
Yuri