Blue Like You
Conservative musings - formerly Joanne’s Journey
The Pesticide Ban - Coming soon to Ontario
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Dalton promised a province-wide pesticide ban.
Get ready for it, and check out how Halifax is doing.
It’s on the store shelves, but people are ‘not supposed to use it’. However, they still do.
Why? It seems that Halifax doesn’t have the resources to follow up.
Get ready for a whole new regime of unionized bureaucracy, Ontario! Maybe we’ll get lucky and they’ll all go on strike.
If you haven’t voted yet…
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Please read Joe Warmington’s column - McGuinty not only skipped a last chance to debate the issues with his rivals, he also missed getting an earful from this voter. (H/T ASTTR)
I was disappointed because I had a number of questions for him — including why doesn’t he have a Support Our Troops ribbon on his campaign bus as the other leaders do?
…I find it a strange statement coming from a guy who put through the Highway of Heroes designation for the 401…
I don’t find it strange at all. Dalton is allergic to controversy, and will do anything at all to avoid it.
Four more years of slippery McGuinty.
Teachers working on McGuinty campaign
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007I think this is an issue we should investigate before the next election - Teachers took time off to work for Liberals.
Supply teachers have to be hired. Where does that money come from?
Meanwhile in Kitchener, the public board is throwing around the idea of making the kids pay for substitute teachers if they want to go on a field trip.
Isn’t public education wonderful?
Getting billed for our ‘free’, sacred public health care
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007The Legacy of Caledonia - Appeasement doesn’t work
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Today’s headline in the Record - Land Titles Under Review.
…A team of native researchers has begun reviewing all Crown land titles issued along the Grand River in the last 200 years to determine which parcels were illegally transferred to non-natives, according to a lawyer representing the Six Nations.
It’s the latest escalation in the long-standing dispute over who owns a huge swath of land extending 10 kilometres wide on either side of the entire Grand River, an area which encompasses much of Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge.
This week, councillors near the mouth of the river in Haldimand were warned for the second time in less than a month they could face dire consequences and legal action for ignoring the Six Nations reserve in their development approval process.
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(Aaron) Detlor said the Haudenosaunee Six Nations (HSN) has asked the province to put a notation on the title of any property within the Haldimand Tract that was improperly transferred to non-natives. He suggested this approach would help protect homeowners, developers and other parties from unwittingly buying a disputed property.But the province has refused the request and stood by its current land titles system.
In the meantime, he added, natives have warned an area bank about the risk of approving mortgages on disputed properties. They’ve also talked to agencies that set bond ratings for municipalities such as Haldimand County, whose tax base and ability to pay back loans could be affected by native land claims.
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Detlor said Ottawa has implicitly acknowledged responsibility for past abuses by offering a $125-million compensation package to the HSN during the ongoing land claims negotiations.But Detlor believes it will take “billions” rather than millions to properly compensate the HSN.
Last month, Haldimand councillors got a similar letter from the Six Nations Elected Band council urging them to stop all new developments.
“We would strongly recommend that Haldimand county cease all development permits until the land claim negotiations are complete and a settlement has reached,” that letter stated.
“This would help avoid any future protests/occupations within our mutual territories…”
I would recommend that the Six Nations plan occupations at the homes of every Ontario politician with any influence and responsibility in this fiasco, starting with Dalton McGuinty.
Oh yeah… Remember to vote today.
Moving Forward Together, with the Premier in the Bubble.
Four more years of this?
And this?
And this?
How about this?
Well, if you run into any problems, just remember this:
“Don’t call again. We can’t help you”.
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Post - The Caledonias Keep Coming. On the print copy the subtitle is, “This is what happens when police refuse to enforce the rule of law”.
It’s called anarchy, folks.
Spectator - Six Nations warns of legal actions over permits.
ASTTR: Caledonia - Coming to a subdivision near you.
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