Novocastrian

Yes, Dalton's no George Galloway. The answer to your question though is in your own post "if..it was at all likely to wash with the electorate".

This issue is not of McGuinty's making... why should he take a big political gamble at this juncture just because John Tory sees a possible issue which will win him votes (he thinks). He has more important fish to fry.

dbd33

I wondered if he'd been coached to sound like someone who was putting his best effort into saying something he didn't believe while actually believing it all along. If he didn't believe in a two-tier system he could have demonstrated that by sending his children to an ordinary school rather than a Catholic one. He can't say he'd abolish the present system, even if he believes that would be right, as it's unsaleable to Catholic voters. He can't seem to promote other religious lunacy as that's the Conservative position, so I wonder if he went for a double bluff, saying something, while obviously not supporting it, so as to convey the impression of thinking the opposite.

He's a slimeball but then he used to be a lawyer and now he's a politician, unless he takes up televangelism he can hardly get less reputable.

stepnek

Unfortunately I'm not allowed to vote just yet but I am allowed to pay tax so that puts me in the position of criticizing the eventual result without having voted. So you see PR status does have some benefit.

Oakvillian

I wondered about that when I first understood that non-citizen residents have no voting rights but are expected to pay taxes... wasn't it "no taxation without representation" that got the ball rolling towards American independence? Up the revolution, say I (but not too loudly in case CIC is listening...)

Novocastrian

It sure was.

dbd33

"Taxation without Representation"

is the motto on DC license plates.

Novocastrian

I know I'm going to sound naive, but I don't think he's so bad. Nor do I think John Tory is so bad.

I don't want to paint myself into a corner where I have to agree with everything the Liberals have done in the last few years, but they're certainly an improvement over Harris/Eaves.

It's hard to say much about the present PC lot, because they have no known policies (on issues other than knee jerk garbage) and essentially all of the Harris/Eaves front bench have either quit politics or moved to Ottawa.

Edit: Or is that Eves? I suppose I could google...

Edit again: It's Eves. Me mind's going.

dbd33

No question the Liberals have been better than Harris/Eves.

stepnek

We'll all just whisper.

Novocastrian

Well that's it then. We two are certainly completely representative of the Ontario electorate at large, so the poll results will be Lib 100%, PC 0% (margin of error +/- 200%, 19 times out of twenty).

dbd33

Settled then. Perhaps Sazalou could try another province.

Novocastrian

I missed this post earlier. If you get a wind turbine in the backyard, you can brag that it's carbon offset for all the horse-shit produced at Guardianista Acres.

dbd33

Will it also cover bullshit generated by residents of Guardianista Acres?

Novocastrian

Quite; if those pitbull hating liberals get back in it'll be the end of life as we know it in Alberta and Nova Scotia.

You could consider Australia.

Novocastrian

Oh yes. I was going to suggest this myself, but thought it insensitive.