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McParland: Ontario shouldn’t be condemned to four more years of Dalton McGuinty

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Jack

Does anyone seriously believe Dalton McGuinty’s government has the will or the capability to reverse the disaster it’s produced in  its eight years in office? The report released this week by economist Don Drummond, which annihilates any illusion McGuinty supporters … Continue reading →

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McParland: How to be severely conservative and lose an election (1)

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Jack

Ontario’s conservative opposition leader, Tim Hudak, assured party members on the weekend that he has studied the failures of the most recent provincial election, and learned the error of his ways. “We ran a campaign designed not to lose, as … Continue reading →

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McParland: Trade with China is fine. Trust is not

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Jack

China has an immense and still-growing economy with impressive buying power, extensive investment abilities and increasing clout around the world. It’s also a despicable regime that pumps pollution into the air and water with abandon, sends greenhouse gases into the … Continue reading →

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McParland: In choosing leaders, Canada is bland, the U.S. is brutal (3)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jack

There were a couple of important leadership events in the past couple of days. In one, Mitt Romney handily defeated Newt Gingrich to win the Florida primary and reclaim the title of “most likely to win the Republican nomination.” In the other, … Continue reading →

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McParland: McGuinty puts his faith in good nature of unions. Oh dear

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Jack

Whatever the knock on Dalton McGuinty, no one can deny the man’s an optimist. The centre of Canadian gravity may be shifting west so fast that Preston Manning is worried about “eastern alienation.” Don Drummond, the man appointed by Mr. McGuinty to … Continue reading →

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McParland: Ottawa snatches the soother from provincial premiers

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Jack

Two fundamental questions suggest themselves when considering the new health care funding formula imposed by Ottawa on the provinces: is it fair, and will it work? The fairness question is the one the 10 premiers loudly bleated about as they met in … Continue reading →

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McParland: McGuinty demonstrates Ontario’s loser mentality

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Jack

How mortifying it has become to be from Ontario. Once we were Canada’s cocky engine of growth and defender of federalism, bestriding the country and lecturing lesser provinces on their inadequacies. Now we send our premier to a gathering of … Continue reading →

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McParland: Liberals end weekend looking more Tim Tebow than Tom Brady

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Jack

Unless I’m missing something, the sum total of the crucial weekend get-together of Canada’s struggling third party comes down to this: everything stays the same, except now Liberals are in favour of legalizing marijuana. Bob Rae is still the leader, … Continue reading →

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McParland: Big Environment gets a pass on pipeline tactics, as usual (3)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jack

Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have been getting pummeled for suggesting Big Environment might not always employ the most scrupulous of methods when attempting to achieve its goals. In this case the goal is to block a pipeline from being built to … Continue reading →

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