CFN – We had a chance to chat with Christine Elliott who is the front runner to replace Tim Hudak as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. The race turned nasty as Federal MP Patrick Brown, who is also running for the leadership dumped some of the blame for Mr.Continue Reading
CFN – Leeds Grenville MPP Steve Clark and SD&G MPP Jim McDonell were listening and work shopping ahead of the Ontario budget at the Best Western in Cornwall Ontario last week. Some of their focus were on health and social services. The loss of jobs and Liberal spending habitsContinue Reading
CFN – Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne ranks as one of the worst Canadian premiers at managing provincial government finances while Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall ranks as one of the best, according to a new analysis released today by the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank. Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada’sContinue Reading
CFN – Maddie Di Muccio, Newmarket Councilor and columnist had a take on the future leader of the PC Party in Ontario which she has graciously allowed us to reprint here on CFN. In the wake of last week’s election debacle, now that the political obituaries have been written, it’sContinue Reading
CFN – So the dust is settling on the 2014 Ontario Election. Many Conservatives are crying foul and uttering complaints that Ontario voters are in fact nuts! They can’t believe that Premier Wynne won a MAJORITY for the scandal ridden former McGuinty Liberals. Frankly I’m shocked myself. TheContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Tonight a very dark cloud covered the province. Dirty politics; dirty tricks; and spending billions of tax dollars and Ontarian’s futures were spent in what has given Premier Kathleen Wynne and her Liberal government the majority that Dalton McGuinty failed to achieve last kick at the can.Continue Reading
CFN – It’s election day and the Liberals are still fighting dirty to the very end. An email was sent around noon from one Blane McPhail from the party, and who has worked for the Liberal government. Should these sort of last day dirty tactics be allowed in thisContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Pat Finucan confirmed to CFN that he will be Mayor Bob Kilger’s campaign manager for re-election. He also confirmed that he would not step down as Chair of the Police Board while doing so. He said he spoke to someone; although he didn’t state who thatContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I have personally never seen such an ugly and desolate election as the one occurring here in Ontario. The only blessing is that it’s been a short one. It hasn’t been dragged out. One would have to ask even why it happened? It’s looking as though oneContinue Reading
CFN – So who are we really voting for in this odd limping Ontario election? There are two clear choices; a corrupt and incompetent Liberal Government under Kathleen Wynne which is frankly scary. Or a Hudak led government that will chop over 100,000 jobs; most likely be even more incompetent,Continue Reading
CFN – Did NDP leader Andrea Horwath agree to call an election just to get rid of Tim Hudak? Polling is showing very little over all movement. On Eric Grenier’s Threehundredeight.com support shows that the NDP really are not going to improve in spite of a scandal plagued LiberalContinue Reading
CFN – In this day and age can a politician keep their sexuality private? Should gay candidates disclose if they are gay in 2014? Of course people are entitled to their privacy, but being a public servant is a role of trust. In particular here in Canada is theContinue Reading
CFN – Linguistic Political Activist Howard Galganov is rolling around the idea of running as an Independent Conservative in the upcoming June 12, Ontario election. The SD&G riding currently is held by PC incumbent Jim McDonell. Liberal John Earle and his hair are running for the Liberals, while ElaineContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Shock, gasp! Andrea Horwath, NDP provincial leader will not support the Liberal budget of Kathleen Wynne! Ok, that was tongue in cheek. It comes down to the formality of whether the preme pulls the trigger herself or allows debate on the budget before it falls at theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – This is going to be a very very scary exercise. After two years of boycott from City Hall that has spread to other areas of government we are going to ask the public to support us by signing the petition below. When you create a petitionContinue Reading
CFN – MPP Steve Clark attended the media event at the Kemptville Agricultural College where it was announced that $2M was found so that students could attend in the Fall and not have to be “farmed out” to distant parts of the province. With buzz that a Spring election isContinue Reading
CFN – Spring election drums are beating much louder after the Easter break as the buzz is that NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will not support Liberal minority PM Kathleen Wynne’s budget. With potential scandal brewing again over erased hard disk drives and the clear challenge of facing the Hudak ledContinue Reading
CFN – While Tim Hudak will most likely not be remembered as a Premier of Ontario he will be known as a Liberal Killer. While politics are partisan many truly don’t understand the camaraderie most politicians generally have with each other. Their colours may be different, but they eatContinue Reading