Ontarians could finally learn the truth about the so-called Liberal “slush fund” controversy when Auditor General Jim McCarter releases his probe as early as today. Read the entire Toronto Star article.
Category: Ontario
Is Dalton doing a good job? Have your say.
Angus Reid is conducting an online poll regarding the effectiveness of Dalton McGuinty as current (and soon to be ex) premier of Ontario.Vote here: IS DALTON McGUINTY DOING A GOOD JOB AS PREMIER OF ONTARIO? http://rm.angusreidforum.com/?cid=1869&rs=POEnGGt At the time I’m writing this note, 62% had…
Letter to all Ontario voters
The following is a message written by Jamie MacDonald on Facebook’s “Help Elect Chris Savard” Discussion Board.Chris Savard is the Progressive Conservative candidate for Stormont, Dundas & South Glengarry in the 2007 Ontario election. For more interesting and insightful comments by Jamie, please visit Mac’s…
Vote for Jasmine and show support for Ontario’s banned dogs
Jasmine is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier owned by a member of the Dog Legislation Council of Canada. Her breed is banned in Ontario. Her owner has entered her in the Canadian “Pet Idol” contest and she has consistently been in the lead since the beginning!If…
Welsh Corgi mix identified as "pit bull" and destroyed
My apologies in advance to the Peterborough Examiner. I’m copying the full text of this article from their online newspaper. Unfortunately, these stories have a habit of disappearing into the “archives” and this is one I don’t want us to forget.The original story can be…
Judge does not rule on the remedy for Ontario’s Dog Owners’ Liability Act
On June 28, 2007, Justice Herman listened to arguments regarding the remedy for the Dog Owners’ Liability Act. The purpose of the remedy is to determine what to do with the law, now that three portions of it were found to be unconstitutional. This is…
Ontario Ombudsman: Government “puffery” undermines public trust
A huge thank you to Ontario Ombudsman André Marin for saying publicly (and for getting the media to publish) what I and others have been trying to say for years.This Ontario government simply does not appear to believe that it has any responsibility, whatsoever, to…
Court Protocol
Please read Caveat’s post regarding court protocol, written for the original court case in May 2006, but still applicable. Courtesy of Marsha Boulton, author of Wally’s World available at Amazon Canada.
COURT INFORMATION FOR THURSDAY JUNE 28 AT 10:00 AM – PLEASE ATTEND
393 University Avenue in downtown Toronto.Courtroom 904 – June 28 10:00 AM Between Queen and Dundas on University Avenue. If you’re taking the TTC, it’s on the University/Spadina subway line between Osgoode (Queen) and St. Patrick (Dundas) stations. We want as many people as possible…
Save lives – ban murder, alcohol, cars, suicide, and tobacco!
Today, I was outside having a cigarette (nasty habit, by the way) and reading my cigarette pack.According to the statistics on the package (from Health Canada), tobacco kills almost five times as many people each year in Canada as murders, alcohol, car accidents, and suicides…