Tag Archives: Daycare

How To Lose An Election

Politicians are human. That means sometimes they do stupid things. (And many of you are reading that and asking “sometimes?”) Taking advantage of a leaderless opposition, British Columbia Premier David Eby called a snap election. The idea was to kick his opponents while they were down and secure a majority government. Now that may backfire, […]

The Unasked Questions

I wrote this a couple of years ago, and for some reason it never got posted. It is still relevant, so today seemed like a good time to share it. Canada introduced a new budget a week ago, first one in two years. Needless to say there have been some changes. A massive deficit unlike […]

Nanny State

The Government of Ontario has announced it will create 100,000 new daycare spots over the next five years. Am I the only one who has questions about that? Daycare is always a sensitive election issue at the provincial and federal level in Canada. Politicians have learned that there are votes to be won by promising […]