Category Archives: Ontario

Essays on the politics, people and current affairs of Ontario.

The Ontario Liberals Did Not Win: The Other Parties Lost

Posted on June 13, 2014 | Leave a comment

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EARLIER THIS WEEK, on CTV news, I predicted that two political parties would be looking for new leaders if the Ontario Liberals prevailed. Election day had yet to expire when Tim Hudak announced he would be stepping down, fulfilling a half of my proposition.

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Ontario Politics’ Franchise Problem

Posted on May 20, 2014 | Leave a comment

Bob Rae and David Peterson

I CAN SUMMON with clarity the celebration of Fall 1990 that inducted the provincial NDP government of Bob Rae. I’d moved to Kingston a month earlier, at the end of August, and like everyone else was shocked to see that the NDP would not only form a government, but a majority government at that.

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