Tag Archives: Ontario Government
The Consequence
Welcome to Flashback Friday, a look back at this space from past years. Today’s post first ran eight years ago today, April 26, 2016. Anyone with half a brain could have seen it coming. That no-one did is probably because there were politicians involved. A couple of years back the Ontario government decided that sick leave […]
Before The Revolution
In early 2020 the politicians and public health officials botched the initial response to COVID-19. I can forgive that – they obviously had no idea what they were doing and were trying their best. That health officials should have been prepared instead of making things up on the fly would seem to be a reasonable […]
Ontario Votes
We take a break from our Black Forest series today because…. …it is voting day in Ontario. Voters are set to choose which of the three major parties will form the government. I will admit to not being all that excited. If we were still living in the province, I would probably have written extensively […]
Political Musings For Your Wednesday
What is the goal of a political party? Is it to win power or is it to put forward policies that will be good for all even if they are unpopular? As Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives choose a new leader this weekend I’ve been pondering the question. Ontario voters will elect a new provincial government in […]
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 […]
Unintended Consequences
Anyone with half a brain could have seen it coming. That no-one did is probably because there were politicians involved. A couple of years back the Ontario government decided that sick leave for teachers was costing the province way too much. Change the system, the experts said, and reap the savings. Under the old system […]
Moral Blindness
O tempora, o mores! (Oh what times! Oh what customs! – Cicero, 63 B.C. Once upon a time there were no rules when it came to politicians and fundraising. As the saying went, the definition of an honest politician was: “one who stays bought.” We have higher standards today. Or do we? There has been […]
Spineless
Sometimes I can be taken by surprise. Just when you think there is nothing new under the sun, there is. Or new to me anyway. Ontario’s public school teachers have proven it actually is possible to have your cake and eat it too. They are currently holding a job action, have been for months, withdrawing […]
Bumbling Bureaucracy
I got a letter from the government. They wanted me to get a new health card. I ignored it. Ontario has been “upgrading” the cards citizens use to access our healthcare system. When I first moved to the province the cards were paper. Sometime in the 1970s they switched to plastic cards, red and white […]
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