Insurance Reform Blue Liberal Style

Premier Daddy Dalton is all about giving us kids choice in car insurance. What a wonderful daddy he is. Starting tomorrow, we can "choose" to pay the same money for less coverage or we can "choose" to pay more money for the same coverage we enjoy today. Isn't "choice" swell? Thanks Daddy Dalton! And a special hug to uncle Bob Rae for making this all possible.

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Dalton McGuinty Reacts To The Auditor General's Report

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Ready, Aye Ready

Thomas Walkom in today's Star gets it right:

What's intriguing about Obama's effective nationalization of GM and Chrysler is that he hasn't bothered with the nuisance of demanding equity shares that might allow the public to benefit from any gains. He simply argues that if the companies want U.S. government money, they will have to do what the U.S. government wants

What's intriguing about Canada's role is that, save for their 20-per-cent-of-production demand, our governments haven't even done that. They are not, for instance, requiring job guarantees. Nor are they demanding that manufacturers build so-called cars of the future in Canadian plants.

In effect, Ottawa and Queen's Park are telling the car companies this: If you want Canadian taxpayer money, you'll have to do what the U.S. government wants.

The Harperites and their little friends at Queen's Park, have given up our sovereignty without getting anything in return. Way to stand up for Canadians, boys.

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Don't Count Your Transit Lines....

The premier's transit announcement was absolutely welcome news. Do I believe the Liberals will deliver any of it, if given a new majority government? Not a chance. I suspect money will suddenly disappear, accompanied with finger pointing toward the evil federal government, almost immediately after the election. Too cynical? Maybe, but I have followed politics for a long, long time and that is the Liberal way.

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Not Enough MP's Says Dalton

I am glad the McGuinty government is on record saying that Ontario needs roughly 123 MP's in the House of Commons (which is still low, I reckon). That is pretty darn close to the 129 recommended for the Ontario legislature, by the Citizen's Assembly. Let us not hear the phrase "too many politicians" passing from the lips of Liberals in the coming months, neh?

Update: While we are at it, let's all file this away for later too. If the Star thinks all votes should be treated equally, why do they stand so squarely against electoral reform in Ontario?

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