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We won’t raise taxes to meet Drummond goals: McGuinty

TORONTO — The Ontario government will not raise taxes to balance the budget nor will it cut as deeply as a prominent economist recommended, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday. “As a government, we will not make thoughtless, reckless, across-the-board cuts,” … Continue reading

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Blizzard: A recipe for political dynamite

Take one Premier Dad. Add a PC leader who was recently accorded a tepid vote of support from party faithful. Add a New Democratic Party leader whose approval rating with voters is soaring. Add a dash of Don Drummond. Season … Continue reading

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Wente: Can Dalton McGuinty morph into Mr. Mean?

Thanks to Don Drummond, the smart economist with the impeccable reputation, we now have a detailed blueprint for restoring fiscal sanity to Ontario. The choice is clear: Either we get a grip on our finances, or a kid with red … Continue reading

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

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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Don Drummond catalogues the McGuinty mess in meticulous detail (2)

Dalton McGuinty has no clothes today. He’s wandering around naked, stripped of his delusions by economist Don Drummond, who delivered a report Wednesday which, in meticulous detail, spells out just how badly the Ontario economy has been damaged by eight … Continue reading

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Ontario subsidies: Costly, few results

From the report of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, chaired by Don Drummond and released Wednesday. Empirical evidence suggests that business subsidies are often not an efficient use of public resources and have done little to … Continue reading

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Corcoran: Keynesian meltdown

The fiscal mess in Ontario is now common knowledge across the country, thanks in part to a sensational report from the Conference Board of Canada demonstrating that unless the government slashes spending and/or raises taxes, health care and education will … Continue reading

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

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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Sandy: ON PC Leader Tim Hudak has to inspire — and soon!

I don’t often quote from columns in the Toronto Star, but today there is an excellent one written by Martin Regg Cohn about current Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak. I like it because it is very insightful and telling. Cohn writes: “Hudak is nothing if not controlled … Continue reading

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