I Said It Once But Needs Repeating......

The Nuts Don't Fall Far From The Tree

Matt Gurney: David McGuinty aims at Harper, hits Dalton

Posted: September 28, 2009, 2:02 PM by Matt Gurney

Liberal MP David McGuinty fired a shot at Conservative economic forecasts today, in a critique that could easily be used to question the acumen of his brother Dalton's Ontario government.

In Ottawa, the federal Liberals announced that they would be tabling a motion of non-confidence in the Harper Government. The phrasing of the motion is not yet known, but it is expected to come before the Commons for a vote as early as Thursday. Of course, given that the NDP has signaled its support of the Conservatives, the Liberal motion -- barring anything dramatic -- is simply hollow posturing, and can be safely filed under "irrelevant."

What is interesting, though, is who the Liberals tapped to make the announcement to the public: Ottawa-area MP David McGuinty, the Liberal critic for Environment and Energy, who is also the younger brother of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.

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And Just Up The Street From Silly Hall......

....we have Dullton McGoonty and HIS merry band of clowns.

Duncan didn't see donut coming

By CHRISTINA BLIZZARD, SUN MEDIA

I hate to tell Dwight Duncan that I told him so.

I Agree......

Why pay teachers to babysit?

By CHRISTINA BLIZZARD, SUN MEDIA

Once you roll back all the edu-speak and the gobbledegook, you get to the core of what all-day kindergarten is really all about: All-paid daycare.

The Public Perception,,,,

.......The Reality.

Dalton McGuinty's baby talk soothes foes
by Jim Coyle

Pay More Attention To Queens Park, Less To Ottawa

*eHealth Scandal

*OLC Purge

*wrongful dismissal lawsuit

*HST

Opposition goes on the attack

By DON PEAT, SUN MEDIA

They're back.

HST

This is a response from a Liberal MPP and appears to be very informative but based on McGinty's performance and broken promises, no new taxes, you will have to understand I am skeptical......

Hi,

These are some general facts about the H.S.T.

If an item does NOT attract EITHER P.S.T. (provincial sales tax) or
G.S.T. (goods and services tax) today, it will NOT attract H.S.T. in the
future. If it attracts G.S.T., but NOT P.S.T., the tax will increase on that
item or service by 8% by "blending in" the provincial tax. If the item
attracts P.S.T., but not G.S.T. the tax will rise by 5% by "blending in"
the G.S.T. If you pay both taxes for the item or service right now, then
it will not change other than the two taxes together will be listed as one.
There may be additional exemptions, but as of now, there is none in
addition to what is already GST-exempt. Residential rents are GST-
exempt, so will not attract HST. But heating, hydro, cable, telephone
and related costs will be taxable by HST.

The problem with the H.S.T. on items or services that will not attract
H.S.T. at all (like some foods that don't currently have tax added) is
that prices may increase anyways, as the business that provides the goods
or service you are paying for is hit with an additional tax for all contracted
services, such as transportation, heating, cooling, maintenance, computer
services, equipment purchases, etc. This additional cost will end up coming
from the consumer, while the business may reduce their own costs slightly.

Over time, a business can claim their input credits on both the G.S.T. and
P.S.T. (as a combined H.S.T.) and may be able to reduce some of their
costs over time, but this does not mean they will reduce their prices.
The cost of providing goods and services in itself will likely go up, and not
just because of the H.S.T. (and prices for consumers will reflect that).

The government is saying this will be revenue neutral, which we know it
will not likely be that way for low-income people that pay little or no personal
income taxes. The government is reducing personal and business income taxes
and shifting the tax burden to consumption instead, which hits everybody that
buys subjected goods and services, not just those with higher incomes, and
in turn, that tax is regressive, as opposed to progressive like income tax.
If you do not have a lot of personal income taxes to reduce, but will end up
paying 8% more for many items
Angela

________________________________
From: Michael Bird michaelljb...@gmail.com

here's the scoop on rent and HST:

Dear Mike...
Thank you for contacting our office with your question. Here is some information that I hope will answer your question. Thank you again for contacting our office.

Craig Bradford
Communications Assistant
Constituency office of
Steve Peters, MPP
Elgin-Middlesex-London
Phone: (519) 631-0666
Fax: (519) 631-9478

Under the proposed single sales tax, residential rents would be treated in the same manner as under the GST, which generally does not apply to residential rental payments.

We Know The Cost Of An Ice Cream Cone Will Go...WHAT ELSE?

Liberals close the door on PC candidate

By KEVIN CONNOR, SUN MEDIA

Taxpayers are "horrified" by the government's new Harmonized Sales Tax, insists the Progressive Conservative candidate running in Thursday's St. Paul's byelection.

"I have been to about 6,000 homes in the last four weeks ... People are really confused about the tax and are confused about their pocket book," Tory hopeful Sue-Ann Levy said outside Liberal opponent Eric Hoskins' St. Clair Ave. W. campaign office yesterday.

Levy, who has taken a leave of absence from her job as a Toronto Sun columnist, branded the HST "the largest tax grab in Ontario history" which will drive up the cost of rent and utilities among many other things.

"During this entire campaign, Eric Hoskins has been making claims that rent and condo fees will not go up under Dalton McGinty's proposed Harmonized Sales Tax. Yet, he has not given us any numbers, any substantial facts on how this could be," Levy said. "St. Paul's voters deserve answers."

According to the Federation of Rental Housing Providers, the HST will drive up rents by $300. The Association of Condominium Managers of Ontario says condo fees will rise by 6%.

"I want to know where Mr. Hoskins really stands on this. Does he agree or disagree with these numbers?

"If he does not agree, I want to see his numbers. I want to see hard facts that prove these fees will not increase," Levy said.

She also called on Hoskins to explain comments he has made about how the HST and other plans the Liberals are implementing will cost the government $2 billion in revenue.

Staff at Hoskins' campaign office closed the building's open doors just before Levy started her press conference.

One staff member said Hoskins was unavailable for comment.

The NDP candidate running in the by-election is Julian Heller.

KEVIN.CONNOR@SUNMEDIA.CA

What is the HST?

The harmonized sales tax (HST) applies in the following provinces (the "participating provinces"):

• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Newfoundland and Labrador

GST and HST rules are basically the same. The HST rate is 13%, of which 5% is the federal component and 8% is the provincial component. Businesses registered for the GST are automatically registered for the HST, and must collect and remit the 13% HST on the taxable supplies (excluding zero-rated supplies) they make in participating provinces.

Supplies include

• the supply, by way of sale, of tangible personal property;
• the supply, by way of rental or lease, of tangible personal property; and
• the supply of services, if all or substantially all (90%) of the service is rendered in a participating province.

Go Get Him Tim!

McGriddle warms for McGuinty

With MPPs heading back to work, opposition can finally let loose on Liberals over eHealth, OLG scandals

By CHRISTINA BLIZZARD, SUN MEDIA

What Are You Hiding Dullton

NDP claims coverup as Liberals block eHealth brass from testifying at committee

TORONTO - The opposition parties accused the Ontario government of a deliberate coverup Tuesday after the Liberals used their majority to block Conservative and NDP attempts to force top brass from eHealth Ontario to appear before a legislative committee.

McGinty Hiding HST Behind "Scandals"

Dalton's Scam Posted 9/1/2009 1:00:00 AM

Why are your rights being sacrificed for those of business?

We’re supposed to accept the new DMT --- Dalton McGuinty tax --- because it’s good for business. By blending the GST and PST, not only will business be able to reduce paper work, it will be able to deduct provincial taxes along with the federal ones in that great government shell game of Input Tax Credits.

It’s more of this BS trickle down theory. If we cut taxes for business, then they’ll prosper and create jobs for us.

Except it doesn’t work that way! Free trade was supposed to help the average Canadian. All I did was hold down Canadian wages, encourage companies to move to Mexico and tie our economy to the failing, has been US economy..

We were badly burned and now we’re supposed to buy the same guff again, knuckling under to fat cat business interests while ..

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How Many Years Has McGinty Been In Power.....

.....what has he done but make promises.

Broken welfare system punishes province's poor

Nate Laurie Ontario Works, the new name that former Ontario premier Mike Harris gave to social assistance in 1997, is one of the cruelest ironies left over from his assault on the province's most vulnerable residents.

Another Broken Promise By Those Who Voted For Change

Mom vows to stay put for answers

For the past 22 days, single mom Maria Bunda has protested outside the front doors of the provincial Legislature with a sign fixed atop her backpack that reads: “Six-years-old, severely autistic boy, denied therapy, denied a chance.” 18 August 05:24

Livent Principals Going To Jail For Screwing Investors......

.....and the reality is that you and I are labeled as taxpayers but aren't we also investors?

A memo from McGuinty

So what if we blew a billion on eHealth?

By LORRIE GOLDSTEIN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Memo To: All hands

From: Premier Dalton McGuinty

Re: eHealth Ontario

Dear colleagues:

It occurs to me we may be addressing the fact we've now spent close to $1 billion not delivering on eHealth in the wrong way.

You know, those computerized medical records we keep promising to create that will easily move with patients through Ontario's health care system, thus improving their quality of care and saving taxpayers money.

First, let me emphasize that I had absolutely no idea there were such huge problems with this thing going back to when we took power in 2003. After all, I'm just the premier.

Further, I can vouch for the fact Health Minister David Caplan and his predecessor, George Smitherman, were as utterly clueless as I was.

After all, if they were responsible for this fiasco, which occurred over six years right under their noses, I would have fired them both by now, wouldn't I? And did I? No! Hence, they must be blameless.

Anyway, I think we may be able to turn this whole spending money not to provide health care services thing to our advantage.

In fact, spending almost $1 billion of public money -- and counting -- not to deliver computerized medical records to the public, could be a blessing in disguise.

In other words, it's the perfect way to ease into not spending the entire $42.6 billion annual health care budget on ... er ... health.

Hear me out. It would be like during the Cold War when the military generals on both sides told their respective political leaders: "Look, suppose we accidentally fired off a single nuclear missile by mistake and levelled Moscow. (Or Washington.) Now, as regrettable as that might be, we would then have two options. We could either apologize and promise to do better in future (pretty much what I've been saying on eHealth, by the way) or, we could say 'screw this, let's fire off all of our nukes and take the enemy by surprise'."

I suggest we do the same to the people of Ontario.

After all, so we accidentally blew almost $1 billion not delivering computerized medical records to Ontarians in a health care system that is perpetually starved for cash and regularly screws patients out of needed treatments, drugs, operations, equipment and rehabilitation.

WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

So what? What's the big deal with not having computerized records anyway? So more people get prescribed the wrong drugs and a few of them die as a result. So doctors duplicate tests because they don't know the patient's medical history. So patients waiting in emergency rooms for treatment have to wait longer while intake workers try to figure out their medical histories on the fly. No biggie.

That's why I recommend we go for the whole enchilada and spend the entire annual $42.6 billion health care budget -- roughly 40% of all government spending -- on not delivering health care services to Ontarians.

Take doctors -- please. You know how it is with doctors. First they see patients and the next thing you know they want to diagnose, treat and cure them. Apparently these clowns think money grows on trees, unlike our thrifty eHealth consultants.

The problem is with all this -- ugh! -- treatment going on, you then have to hire more nurses and hospital technicians and pay for more tests, equipment and beds. It's a vicious circle. Heck, I'd engineer a doctor shortage to save money if Bob Rae hadn't beat me to it two decades ago.

But what we could do is pay doctors not to see patients. Then we could conduct random audits of doctors by contacting their patients and asking them to confirm they did not receive any medical care on a given day.

We could call it "fee for no service" medicine. Your thoughts?

Sincerely, Dalton

LORRIE.GOLDSTEIN@SUNMEDIA.CA

Where Have We Heard That Before.......

In the lexicon of all polictians at all levels of panhandlng,,,,,,

Lineup Starts At Queen's Park

Will Be Looking For The Government's Reasons.....

....but in all fairness the use of the word "promise" when talking about the McGinty left wing liberals is at best naive.

MacGregor Point and Sauble Falls students get support from the public

July 27, 2009

Students at MacGregor Point and Sauble Falls Provincial Parks, members of OPSEU Local 224, flagged down cars July 25 to let people know they aren’t getting the vacation and holiday pay they were promised.

“The most common reaction we got was, ‘the government can do that?” reports Caitlin Underwood, a gate attendant at MacGregor Point who helped organize the information pickets at the parks. “People were surprised that the government doesn’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else. They were supportive of our fight to get back the pay.”

This is Caitlin’s third summer at the park. She will be entering her fourth year in the Nursing program at MacMaster University in the fall.

Like most students, Caitlin counted on receiving the 8.16 per cent pay in lieu of vacation and statutory holidays this summer. She had received it in past summers and signed a contract in April which promised students the pay.

“You take a job expecting the money and then you don’t get it,” says Caitlin. “It’s not right. I could have gone and worked somewhere else and made more.”

“Just because we work for the government doesn’t mean we deserve less than everyone else,” she adds. “The government is showing us that we aren’t important to them.”

About 3,400 high school, college and university students work for the Ontario government in the summer. They work in provincial parks, travel information centres, tourist attractions and for many other programs. Many of the government services that Ontarians enjoy in the summer rely largely on student labour.

More protests are expected to be staged by students in the provincial parks during the civic holiday long weekend.

Fairness for Ontario government summer students Index

Harmonization Brings Little Harmony

No matter how you cut it this is just another brtoken promise of "NO NEW TAXES" McGoonty

B.C. does the impossible, makes Dalton McGuinty look good

Posted: July 24, 2009, 3:00 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Full Comment

Is that a smug little smile creeping across Dalton McGuinty's lips?

The Ontario Premier has been under pressure since he agreed to harmonize Ontario's provincial sales tax with the federal GST. Opposition to harmonization was a central theme in the recent competition to replace John Tory as Ontario Progressive-Conservative leader, with candidates agreeing Dalton was sending the province straight to hell in a handbasket.

But now British Columbia says it will move to a 12% harmonized tax next July 1, the day as Ontario. And what are they using to justify the move? Why, because Ontario's doing it, and B.C. can't be left behind:

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Any Relationship Between The Two

Ontario hates jazz?

Benjamin Boles Posted on May 23, 2009 at 05:09 AM

To many people in Toronto (and afar), the Toronto Jazz Festival is one of the highlights of the summer concert season, so why has the Ontario government decided that this year they aren’t worthy of a grant from Celebrate Ontario? You’d think that at least some of that $11-million of funding could have been sent their way, especially since the goal is to boost tourism.

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