Cross-country tour
A fossilized separatist in Quebec, a scrambling premier in Ontario, and RCMP-related shenanigans in British Columbia.
The National Post's John Ivison explains how and why Dalton McGuinty's Teflon coating may finally be wearing off, which is something we've been dying to see. It's just unfortunate we can't muster any enthusiasm whatsoever for Tim Hudak — and neither, polls suggest, can a lot of Ontarians. You certainly won't hear a principled argument against the harmonized sales tax from Mr. Hudak, Jim Coyle explains in the Toronto Star. Rather, he's relying on the well-known psychological principle that people vote against “greedy tax grabs” and “boondoggles” and the “gutless” politicians who foist them upon the hardworking taxpayer — as Sun Media's Christina Blizzard puts it, “an outrageous tax hike is still an outrageous tax hike” — whilst Mr. McGuinty, touchingly, continues to insist the HST is simply a good idea for Ontario's future. In this rare case, we're rooting for Mr. McGuinty, because it's about time that approach actually won an argument in this country.
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