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WE THE PEOPLE must take a stand

Mary T nailed it when she mused that it’s rather hypocritical of Iggy to say ‘we make the rules‘, and then force his democratically-elected caucus members to vote the way he wants, rather than according their constituents’ wishes on the subject of the Long-Gun Registry.

What with this and the Liberal obsession about the long-form census, they seem to be evolving into the Party of Bureaucratic Coercion and Enforcement.

I’m with Prairie Tory on this one, wondering what’s their game-plan?

This dog won’t hunt – except among Big City and Top-Cop elitists and irate public sector unions.

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Worth Reading:

More from Tom Brodbeck at Raise a Little Hell.

Why the Gun Registry Needs To GoGarry Breitkreuz

ABP gaining traction?

Is the ‘Anyone But’ Party going to be the big winner at the Ontario municipal and provincial level?  And if so, how would that impact the next Federal election?

While driving home yesterday afternoon we happened to tune into AM 640 and Arlene Bynon’s program was centering on these questions – especially the first.

Lorrie Goldstein was interviewed on the subject and has a column in this morning’s Sun outlining the effect of the arrogant lefties’ assaults on Rob Ford – it is causing support to increase for Ford’s more fiscally conservative stance.  The tax and spend mentality of the NDPers in Toronto may have finally hit the wall of voters’ tolerance, especially in the outlying ‘burbs.

Christina Blizzard picks up this theme and extrapolates it to the Ontario Liberal government which is now the status quo and becoming increasingly arrogant and out-of-touch with the taxpayer.  The 2011 election may see a backlash there.  In fact it has already started:

…For the first time since he was re-elected in 2007, Dalton McGuinty is trailing the PC leader in the polls.

Ipsos figures show the PCs at 36%, have a narrow lead over the Liberals, at 35%.

The NDP is at 18% and Greens are at 11%.

Sure, a slim 1% margin hardly makes Tory Tim Hudak a shoo-in for the premier, but it gives the Tories a needed boost.

That figure isn’t the most important one. On every question, the Tories were ahead. A whopping 64% of those polled want a change in government.

What’s most surprising about the figures is that Hudak is largely unknown. It’s not so much Hudak they’re voting for as it is McGuinty they’re voting against.

They want anyone but him…

So if voter intention is moving against the status quo in Toronto and Ontario, what about the federal scene? Are the incumbent Tories in trouble?

My guess is not, because of the minority situation where the Government’s hands are bound by the 3 opposition parties and the constant threat of an election. So federally the fact is that the status quo is still the tax & spend mentality because a more fiscally-responsible position would be trashed by the left.

Therefore I think that if the Harper Conservatives could put forth a vision of Canada that would safeguard our economy, our communities and our borders, and restore respect to the taxpayer, then a majority is a realistic possibility – especially if it builds on the anyone-but-lefties momentum.

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Related

Iggy to Harper: “We make the rules!”David Akin (Great truth-ad fodder for the next election!)

And how about this from the same source?

The Conservatives, for the last three years, have raised twice as much money from twice as many people as all the other parties, including the Liberals, combined.

“Politics is not a spectator sport,” Ignatieff told the crowd here. “We need your help. We are up against the toughest political machine, the nastiest political machine in the history of Canadian politics.”

So any grass root supporters donating to the Conservative Party are enabling the nastiest political machine in the history of Canadian politics, according to Michael Ignatieff. Don’t you feel ashamed of yourselves?

I’m sure that Maria Augimeri would not be impressed with your progress on the ‘learning curve’ either.

Days I’m glad I’m just a blogger

There is an advantage to being a lowly unpaid blogger – I don’t have a deadline and am therefore not forced to put out crappy columns like this one by Susan Delacourt.

However even this load of partisan verbiage contains a kernel of truth:

I’ve done a bit of roaming outside the Ottawa bubble this summer, but it’s mainly been with the Liberal Express, Michael Ignatieff’s summer-long tour of the country. Granted, this is a bit of a bubble itself — mainly the crowds consist of committed Liberals. But what I’ve heard generally backs up the observations of Hebert and Martin.

Bubble girl refers to ‘stats’ regarding a Canadian Press (!) ‘investigation’ reporting that focus groups are frustrated with Government communication regarding the “direction the government is taking”.  While I don’t disagree that communication strategies need to be improved, I question the sampling and purpose of this study even though Ipsos was quick to point out that the results shouldn’t necessarily be extrapolated to the entire Canadian population:

The focus groups were conducted in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Mississauga, Ont., Halifax and Trois-Rivieres, Que. Participants were described as “heads of household or co-heads of household” and were designed to reflect “a mix of gender, age, and education levels,” the pollster’s report states.

Yeah not a huge showing from rural Canada. I’m smelling a whiff of something from Delacourt’s column if she’s trying to use this study as her statistical reference.

Oh yes, we have the ever so non-partisan recent EKOS poll to back up her theory, but I’m still not buying the spin.

Even Don Martin admits that “Having lived out of a suitcase for the last month from Cape Breton to Toronto to Alberta to Inuvik, I can tell you the long-form census fight does not even rate being called a trifle to the average voter.”

But as I said before, bring it on.

And I guarantee you that we Conservative bloggers will be out in full force, doing our civic duty to offer a smidgen of balance to all the Tabolos, Travolos and Delolos out there.

Entitled to Egmont

Michael Ignatieff told us that the Liberal Party has learned its lesson: “We have to earn the confidence of Canadians.”

Except when it comes to Egmont, PEI.

Egmont voters obviously made a mistake in the last election. How dare they put a Conservative in a Liberal riding?

It belongs to the Liberals, don’t ya know?

(Check out the comments at the Guardian.  H/T Maz2)

Being McGuinty means always having to say you’re sorry

I hope the Ontario PC party‘s war room is busy collecting clips of Dalton’s many apologies.  They will make great ‘truth ad’ fodder for the next election. Just edit them all onto one video.   Run it day and night.    “I’m sorry.  I goofed.  We messed up.  We dropped the ball…”

I’m sure that his strategists are relying on the widely-acknowledged principle that any emerging screw-ups should be nipped in the bud before they take on a life of their own, but lately Premier Pinocchio has had to spew an awful lot of mea culpas – the latest being for eco-fee mismanagementChristina Blizzard documents more of the recent ones including G20 communication problems and OPP raids, and then of course there was eHealth, OLG, and the list goes on.

And the man just exudes sincerity and compassion, no?

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Saturday Update

Eco fee group strikes secret deal – Canoe

Brief Hiatus

I will be taking the next few days off and hope to return to the control centre here Sunday.

My In-House Assistant may approve comments when he gets a moment but anything remotely questionable will be held in moderation.

And please don’t forget to check out some of the other Blogging Tory sites. Thanks.

“I have some bad news for you”

Dalton McGuinty fully expects his sneaky Liberal government to be reelected without the loss of one seat – according some Nervous Nellies interviewed by the Star’s Robert Benzie.

Yes Dalton expects the Ontario Lemmings to overlook all of the following and more:

Solar power rates slashed affecting rural voters (only)

- “Special diet allowances” slashed affecting welfare recipients with medical conditions.

- Secret G20 law and subsequent confusion affecting both protesters and police.

- HST affecting all Ontario consumers and now hurting many businesses as we all tighten our belts yet another notch.

- SuperCorp fiasco which according to Benzie had sparked “an outcry from public-sector unions, opposition parties and many Liberals.”

- Eco tax/fees which have now caught the attention of the Auditor General and are causing headaches for both retailers and customers.  Meanwhile Dalton is MIA when it comes to accountability as usual.

- Energy prices skyrocketing through heavy subsidies to “green” power, which affects all Ontario citizens and businesses.

And now McGuinty is telling government ministries to “pursue new cost-recovery fees to stay on budget and to pay for additional programs” according to the Sun’s Antonella Artuso.

But wait! There’s more!!

Maz2 alerts us to a Star report that the OPP’s anti-rackets branch have “executed search warrants and raided government ministries in the Macdonald Block near the Ontario Legislature on Thursday.”

Innocent until proven guilty of course.

But where exactly is the tipping point when the majority of Ontario voters will finally decide they’ve had enough?

If anyone out there voted Liberal in the last Ontario election, I’d love to hear from you.

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Twitter feeds to keep an eye on:

- #ecotax
- #mcguinty
- @McGuintyhas2go
- #justpaidmore

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UPDATE

Looks like we got us a PROTEST!!!

ATTN Residents of OTTAWA: Protest McGuinty’s Eco Tax Julty 17thBig Blue Wave

Protest against Onario’s illegal eco-tax: Saturday, 17. July 2010 - Xanthippa’s Chamberpot

Canadian Tire admits to overcharging on eco fees [and check out who's on the Board!] - CTV:

Residents in Ottawa plan to protest the fee outside Premier Dalton McGuinty’s office on Saturday.

Alright!!!

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Bonus! Photos of the demonstration in front of Dalton McGuinty’s riding office!