The Ontario Legislature has redesigned its website, making many old links invalid. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of websites (mostly opposed to their legislation) that often link directly to documents on the Legislature site. I’m enough of a conspiracy nut to consider the possibility…
Category: Ontario
Fantino on irresponsible driving
Julian Fantino, current Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner (chief), former Toronto Police chief, former Ontario Commissioner of Emergency Management, and key supporter of Ontario’s pit bull ban during that law’s committee hearings, has decided to focus his police force, 24 hours a day, 7 days a…
Gotta love partisan politics
On Thursday, December 21, 2006, the last day before the Ontario Legislature’s winter break, members of Provincial Parliament voted on two bills. I find the voting on these two bills disappointing and disturbing. The first bill was Bill 178 – The Truth and Transparency in…
Petitions to the Ontario Government
From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation website, a number of petitions to the Government of Ontario, in particular to Premier Dalton McGuinty. Premier McGuinty honour your pledge On the 11th of September 2003 you signed a pledge to uphold the Taxpayers’ Protection and Balanced Budget Act…
This is why we are where we are!
I received the following comment today regarding my “Ontario Bans Pit Bulls” article. This text is copied and pasted from the original comment, including all spelling and grammatical errors. “Guest what? I’m breeding pittbulls because i have a male and a female pitt bull and…
MPP’s "mad as hell" at Kormos
Over the past two years, I have truly come to appreciate Peter Kormos, Ontario MPP for Niagara Centre.As a senior member of the New Democratic Party of Ontario, Peter holds the posts of Justic Critic, Labour Critic, Consumer Protection Critic, and Community Safety Critic. During…
Ontario government accused of misleading the public
A ruling from Advertising Standards Canada has found newspaper and television ads (by the Ontario government) this fall falsely suggested that people who visited a government website or phoned a hotline could find new ways to get treatment faster.Misleading the public again? This by the…
Ontario Liberals introduce 25% pay raise!
Ontario politicians plan to give themselves a 25 per cent pay increase before the legislature’s Christmas break.Read the entire story from the Toronto Star. Unfortunately, the original report from the Star has disappeared due to their new and improved format. In that article, there was…
Dog Owners’ Liability Act of Ontario (2005) Information Sheet
Consolidated plain language interpretation of Ontario’s amended Dog Owners’ Liability Act (2005), courtesy of the Dog Legislation Council of Canada.Version for viewing (HTML) Version for printing (PDF) Information in these documents is intended to provide the reader with a summary of the key elements of…
Bryant: Legislation is overbroad
In a recent National Post news report, Michael Bryant, the Attorney General of Ontario, was quoted as saying that the federal government’s new dangerous offender legislation is “too broad and will catch too many people in its net without zeroing in on the truly dangerous”….