Ontario Votes Today!!

I don't have much else to say right now but if you are still unsure today, take a look through my blog entries over the past month or so and I think you'll find the out who's the best candidate to vote for in Ontario.  With the team that will help us all move forward together.  JUST VOTE!

I'm off to my polling station now.  See you there maybe and hope you have an amazing day.  Stay tuned upcoming entries on Canadian Politics and Current Events.
Cheers

How to find your pollling station:
http://faq.elections.on.ca/faq/performsearch.do?type1QuestionId=1

Ontario PC Supporters on Tim Hudak and Education

VIDEO: Ontario PC supporters on Tim Hudak after he supports homophobic pamphlets and advertisements


Real article from The Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1063512--cross-dressing-for-6-year-olds-hudak-sticks-up-for-anti-liberal-flyer

The Real Truth:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2011/03/c8747.html

Hope you are having a great day!

Real Change to Help Ontario Alternative

It's actually feels cold in Toronto today for the first this this fall.  Nuit Blanche is tonight which is always a great event but it is also a reminder to me that summer really is over.  But I look forward to fall sweaters, bundling up in the winter and embracing Canada's seasons.  Can't wait for snowboarding!

Everyone is looking for change in this election.  The NDP and PC have been trying to get votes by creating platforms that exploit voter fears with band-aid solutions but no real vision into the province's future which leads me to believe it's negative change. I don't really think this is providing the change that is needed.  I question the motive of the members of the NDP and PC.  I don't feel they have given enough thought to the future of Ontario. It's as if they just want to get the job and be in control because they may not agree with the current political situation in Ontario.  The Liberal platform seems to offer more real change than theirs.

Latest change from Howarth has been trying to create more health scandals that aren't scandals at all..  As well, there's orange pumps all over the place.  I think the pumps are cute but wouldn't ever vote based on cuteness.  I would take this into consideration however:
http://www.votesoowong.com/Document/455?l=EN


Latest change from Hudak is his promise of a war on the unions,  public sector workers and wage freezes.  REALLY?!  I foresee service interruptions and failure in health, education and service across Ontario period. Not to mention our resources wasted in negotiations that will add no value and if avoided, make up for the cost of keeping these workers happy.  I am not one to really like the idea of unions either but if I had a nice union job, I probably wouldn't be complaining.  The public service workers really work in thankless positions but provide really good services for us.  We need to stop attacking these poor people.

Oh and here's the latest change with the Liberal front.  Our only hope to bring real lasting change and a brighter future to Ontario:
http://bit.ly/qLrZFJ


Hope everyone is having an amazing weekend!




My Own Alternative Idea and Some Info You Should Know
There's been allot of talk of taxes in this election campaign but I wanted to point something out:
This is a fact! Ontario has the 2nd lowest income tax rates out of all the Canadian Provinces.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/fq/txrts-eng.html#provincial
Notice also that we don't have a 4th income tax bracket like many other provinces, federally and many places around the world?  This brought me to think of something.  Why not introduce a fourth tax bracket in Ontario for those who are doing well?  Say those who bring in more than $180K pay a percent or so more. The distribution of wealth is becoming less spread out in Canada and it would actually be beneficial to those with greater incomes to help out rather than blame the government for everythhing.  In turn, the economy picks up and the assumption is that so would the income and value of investments for these high bracket earners. 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/income-inequality-rising-quickly-in-canada/article2163938/

Just a thought.  Rather than pick on the public service workers and cause grief to everyone in the province I think this would be a much better alternative to help with Ontario's current revenue problems and economy woes.

Another Promise from NDP Lacking Vision

I'm beginning to think that Hudak's time wasting, appalling attack and misleading interpretation of the Liberal's very minor platform idea to help newcomers to Canada has perhaps scared the NDP into this "fairness for everyone" theme in their latest announcements such as their proposed tuition freeze.

Horwath vows to freeze Ontario tuition, nix interest on student loans

This all around "fairness"  just doesn't make sense to me, just like NDP plan to cut taxes on gas at the pumps in Ontario.  I wonder if any analysis is done to realize any benefit/cost/waste on these ideas?  Take a look at this chart, easily found at Stats Canada, with regard to allocation of family income that is used by various income brackets for savings of retirement and post secondary education.

Notice the large amount of lower and middle class families that don't save for retirement or post secondary education (PSE) at about 40% for the lowest group.  Also infer from this that the actual percentage of income it requires from those families to save for PSE is much greater than those in the higher brackets.

Families with higher incomes don't need a freeze on tuition but they would get it with this NDP idea that should have been left in the "brainstorm" sessions where it was concocted.   Higher income families will have no issue sending their children through PSE.  Do voters really want to pay for these well off families?  

It's very important that everyone in Canada has easier access to PSE but without unnecessary expenses.

Hudak and his PCs promise $2 Billion in funding for PSE but don't add any details as to where this is coming from or how it will be used.

The Liberals have a much better idea in their platform to help lower-middle income families with a reduction of tuition fees by up to 30%.  That makes allot more sense to me and doesn't waste resources on families that don't need the assistance.

Is it the weekend yet?  Hope you are all having a great day!

Ontario Party Supporter Stereotypes

This may be nothing but I have come to notice some commonalities with the Canadians that support the various political parties in Ontario. I'll elaborate a bit below.

The Green Party

A bunch of stoners who seem to think that the green party wants to legalize marijuana.

The PC Party

Rich selfish people who want to privatize everything because they can afford it and want to control it, buy shares of it and sell the shares and make more money they can admire miserly. There is also a large amount of rednecks(aka Ontario Landowners Association aka Canadian Tea Party)that seem to have been brainwashed somehow into thinking that cutting government services so their mid-level income family can get tax breaks will do them any good with their assumed debt load. A note to this 2nd group of supporters: Small tax breaks only help the rich who put all their money in banks and earn interest off your debt that you will likely pay off with funds from any tax break you might get. Is $10-20/ month going to make a world of difference when you will have to spend more time in waiting rooms after PC health reforms??

The NDP

Really, really, really nice people that want to help everyone, including those that don't want any help. Also many who converted over in the federal election to Jack Layton's NDP. These converted NDP supporters, don't get that Layton has nothing to do with the Ontario NDP. The Ontario NDP platform doesn't really make long term sense. It looks like similar promises of tax cuts like the PC Platform and changes to programs that are already working but were in some consultant's market research report that was produced 3 years ago.

The Liberals

Quite often the Canadian guys and girls who have drank more beer that anyone else on any given night. They don't mind paying government for programs that they likely won't use themselves because they see the province and country as a whole and understand that we need government to run certain programs. These Canadians are either very and shy and pretend they are undecided because they don't like talking politics or very are passionate about the good balance of social and economic policies the Liberal party offers. They ignore name calling and realize there's allot more to an government than making changes to personal taxes and finding ways to cut programs rather than investing in making things better so that they will benefit all Canadians in the long run.

I'm not sorry if I offended anyone in this post.

Seriously though I would like to urge everyone going to vote in Ontario to actually read through all the party platform documents and cast a vote that makes the most sense for you and your family's situation. Make your vote count and don't just listen to what you see in the media. You can't make a good decision by simply reading or watching the news. Also understand that whoever is elected will likely have to take back or change one or two of their plans because economic, social and other conditions will change.

Here are links to the platforms for each party! READ THEM ALL! PLEASE!

PC Platform

NDP Platofrm

Liberal Platform

Ontario Election Underway

The Ontario election for Premier is well underway! It looks like it's going to be an exciting race for sure. Last, and I think most accurate, poll has the Liberals ahead by 11 points.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-steele/mcguinty-hudak-and-drunks-on-lampposts/article2159989/

There's been much mud slinging, name calling and the fences are already up! Who do you currently support and why??

Anyhow I have to run to a BBQ right now but expect me to be updating this new blog often with my thoughts and opinions on the race. I'm currently undecided but leaning towards the team of FRed because the other 2 don't make any sense to me and in my opinion, the rest are just a waste of a vote!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.