GOV HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS

Most of what Ottawa will be returning to one taxpayers’ pocket, the provinces will take out of the other,” Mr. Kavcic said. 

QUEEN'S PARK P!SSING MATCH

MacLeod said Wynne filed the lawsuit to quash legitimate opposition criticism, and accused the premier of killing legislation the very next day that would have allowed her and Hudak to challenge the suit.

EXPLAINING RESTRAINT TO ONTARIO LIBS

Fundamentally, Ontario’s financial woes stem from the provincial government consistently spending more than the revenues

CREATIVE ACCOUNTING IN ONTARIO

Ontario budget expected to beat $12.5-billion deficit target....another fairy tale authored by the Ontario Liberals.

HOW"S THAT SUPPORT OF THE WYNNE LIBERALS WORKING OUT FOR YA OFA?

"Some animals are more equal than others" was a rule from the book Animal Farm. Seems it is also the rule for Ontario farms when it comes to the debt retirement charge on Hydro One bills:
On April 23, 2014, the government announced that it is proposing to remove the DRC cost from residential users’ electricity bills after December 31, 2015. This would save a typical residential ratepayer about $70 per year. The DRC is to remain on all other electricity users’ bills until the residual stranded debt is retired — this has been estimated to occur by the end of 2018.

INNOCENCE OF A LAMB

Danielle Smith just a victim of the old bait and switch
h/t SDA

DAIRY SUPPLY-MANAGEMENT IS ON BORROWED TIME WHEN....

...the Globe and Mail, and its readers, are sick of it.

TAKE MY MONEY, PLEASE!

The banking industry has raised concerns about a deposit tax, saying it will have to pass the cost back onto customers...

I wonder if, between golf games, these lads and ladies ever worry about a bank run?

GU'GUL: OLD ODAWA WORD MEANING...

..."snake spirit".

WILDROSE PICKS NEW LEADER

Let's just hope and pray that Brian Jean has principles that he'll stick with...unlike Danielle "ship-jumper" Smith.

SOME FUN FOR EARTH HOUR

Perhaps there are those that would like to join along with the Green Party in writing an epic poem. No need to keep the verse clean...sorry.... I gotta go and burn some backhoe tires in celebration.

NO BRAINS IN NEW BRUNSWICK

 The province’s education minister has vowed to take action after learning French- and English-speaking students have been travelling on the same school bus.  The horror!

WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE...

What the Mounties do have led them and the Crown to lay charges so wide-ranging it’s hard to keep them all in your head at once. If they have a theme, it’s this: When Mike Duffy saw a dollar, he tried to get it.

OH, THE IRONY..

 Quebec's last hope of saving the Que data of the defunct federal long gun registry from destruction has been quashed.   Quebec’s practice of protecting its exclusive constitutional responsibilities from federal encroachment argued that the feds broke the principle of co-operative federalism. Snort..

GLOOM FOR GLOBAL WARMING DOOMSAYERS

 Earth is now entering a new Little Ice Age, Earth’s 19^th Little Ice Age, to be precise.

CANADIAN LANDOWNER ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW AWARDS CEREMONY

Along with the Fantinos (Resolute Refusal to Undertake Duty) and the Smiths (Abandonment of Principles) we now have "The Bryants"...which will be awarded annually for Blatant Yellow Hypocrisy.
h/t BC Blue

A MERE 47 PER CENT

Compensation for Ontario public servants has skyrocketed over the last 10 years of Liberal rule: Fraser Institute.  H/T SDA

AN ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG COMMUNISTS AND ANTI-CAPITALISTS

You get one guess as to where this group is before you open the link.

HOLY MILLION DOLLAR GRANT MONEY BATMAN!

The Skotidakis goat farm was raided Wednesday morning for potentially employing illegal workers.

SO THIS PSYCOPATH SAYS TO THIS JUDGE...

"Set me free and feed me...and I won't shoot you until I get my gun built."
Too bad the world is stuck with Judge Jughead instead of Judge Judy.

THIS SEEMS LIKE A HEALTHY TREND

The study calculates that between 2005/06 and 2013/14 (the latest year of available data), compensation spending by the Ontario government—including wages, benefits, and pensions—increased by 47.1 per cent, faster than all other program spending (38.8 per cent) and well beyond the combined rate of inflation and provincial government job growth (26.0 per cent).  

Geez. It's a good thing the taxable productivity of private enterprise is growing even faster. Oh wait...

UNIONS, BAILOUTS AND GREEN ENERGY ARE WORKIN' LIKE A CHARM

Canada’s automotive trade deficit topped $10-billion last year and threatens to deepen as more assembly plant closings loom and free-trade agreements with the European Union and South Korea take effect.
Feeling warm and fuzzy about those bailouts?

I think I'll read The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere to the kids tonight. 

...

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink.

...

DEET RAY-HA'ARANJ'MANT: OLD SHONA PHRASE MEANING "MIK DA WIGHT MAN PAY"

Stressing, in this context, the importance of establishing a clear set of principles for the management and resolution of financial crises that take into account the obligation of sovereign creditors to act in good faith and with a cooperative spirit to reach a consensual rearrangement of the debt of sovereign States...

UN Preparing For Global Sovereign Debt Restructuring

CLASSIC BRITISH DEADPAN UNDERSTATEMENT OF TRUTH

The lessons of history are that such situations are prone to escalate into rancour and, ultimately, conflict. That’s the unfortunate truth... In the end, you see, whatever the actions of politicised central bankers, the fundamentals win.
I'd say this chap appears to be "spot on", eh?

THE HIPPIES HAVE AMMO NOW

The hippie types will be be using this news to get bans in place...."The safety of glyphosate—and the research on it—is under a microscope after the World Health Organization on Friday labeled the popular herbicide as “probably carcinogenic.”

TWITTER NAZIS BAN DEBATE

Twitter account of ‘prominent AGW skeptic’ Steven Goddard suspended; Joe Bastardi asks ‘who’s next?’ 

Update: A day later, after a deluge of complaints, Steve Goddard's account is reinstated, and he picks up a couple thousand extra followers (and counting). The "deniers" win again!

IT'S FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, YOU SEE

Fighting The "War on Terror" By Banning Cash

EXOTIC RUSSIAN DANCER

Swivelling around the metal pole, she'll keep you captivated in this video.

BETTER OFF WITH BIBI

 Standing with Benjamin  Netanyahu.

DR. PATRICK MOORE: CLIMATE SKEPTIC

Co-founder of Greenpeace. Moore is now an AGW non-believer.  I am skeptical humans are the main cause of climate change and that it will be catastrophic in the near future. .”

WHEN ATTENTION SEEKERS WHINE

Outspoken First Nations activist says she’s being tracked by the government.

THE INTEGRITY OF THE OPP

“(T)here is considerable evidence that, both at Queen’s Park, the seat of the Ontario (Liberal) government, and at OPP headquarters in Orillia, there was the stink of fear in the air,

ANTI-GUN HYSTERICS SHOOTING BLANKS

 “Oh, excuse me Mr. Burglar, before you shoot me, might I suggest you read this helpful brochure entitled ‘With our words, not our fists.’

CANADIAN IMMIGRATION PROGRAM PROBLEMS

Foreign students left behind in new Express Entry immigration program.

WHEN THE WIND DOESN'T BLOW IN GERMANY

Once again, conventional fuels save the day.  But hey! stick to your green guns Angela.

EXPOSING MORE OF THE GREENIES' LIES

New Climate Paper Gives Global Warming Alarmists ‘One Helluva Beating’

EVEN THE LEFTIES AGREE WITH PM HARPER

But one woman who chose to wear a niqab, after becoming a Canadian citizen, said it’s not fair to tell a new citizen not to be herself when she’s taking her oath.

A RUSSIAN STRIPPER'S WORST NIGHTMARE:

The nonexistent urges of the modern metrosexual Canadian male.

QUESTIONING WYNNE'S ETHICS (SNORT)

Premier Kathleen Wynne’s $2-million libel action against two Progressive Conservative MPPs over the Liberal gas-plant scandal continues.

CANADIAN TREE HUGGERS

As we approach the United Nations International Day of Forests on March 21, Canada can feel proud that its forest products industry has become a world leader in environmental credentials. I'll sleep easy now.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNBUNDLING TV

Consumers could see Internet bills rise in light of CRTC ruling, analysts say.

THE GAVEL DESCENDS

Guilty verdicts for two men involved in terror Via Rail plot

ALBERTA BLACKFOOT NATION TO BESTOW HONOURARY TITLE

Chief Notmee.

O' AINAIY: OLD HURON WORD MEANING....

....suckers in scrubs.
May 2014: Ontario Nurses' Association launches radio ads against Ontario Conservatives' cuts to Health Care.
March 2015: CHEO cutting 50 nursing positions.

COMPILING THE TERROR ALLEGATIONS

Where four current cases stand in the courts in Canada
.

FREEZING IN THE HEAT

This past winter ranked warmer than any other on record, according to the NOAA.

CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS.

Albertans will see the province’s long-delayed climate change strategy “when it’s ready,” Premier Jim Prentice said Wednesday.

LEFTY BUDGET BALANCING

Balance or bust - debate over fed's push to eliminate deficit in 2015

RELIGION VS THE LAW IN QUE.

A divided Supreme Court of Canada upheld the religious freedom of a historic school to teach Catholicism in the way it chooses.

THE POWER OF THE CRTC

Canada's broadcast regulator is announcing new rules today that will require cable and satellite companies to offer customers a trimmed-down, basic channels package.

HERE'S A SYMBOLIC GESTURE TO YOU, BLAKEMAN

Liberal leader announces her intention to run for the 3 lefty parties in Alberta in order to unite the left.  The genius is then told by Elections Alberta that she can't do so.

SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY

The declining value of the Canadian dollar continues to provide attractive marketing opportunities for western Canadian farmers who don’t mind trucking their grain across the U.S. border.

TRUDEAU'S INTELLIGENCE ON DISPLAY AGAIN

David Frum: Trudeau didn’t just defend the niqab. He defended the niqab by trivializing the Holocaust.

NEW AGREEMENT ON CUSTOMS CLEARANCE

The change is meant to open the Canada/U.S. border to legitimate travelers following a decline in land travel after the 9/11 terrorist attacks affected border rules.

FLINGING THE TURD

There is SO much to clean up at Hydro One......

ONTARIO'S DESPERATE LIBERALS

Spring budget is Liberals' fire sale to cure 12 years of mismanagement.

CANADIANS TRAVELLING ABROAD FOR HEALTH CARE

The report suggests possible motivations include lengthy wait times, a lack of available medical resources or concerns over medical quality of care.

KEEPING SECRETS

Federal cyber security officials kept a tight lid on who was aware of a serious cyber attack at the National Research Council last year

PRACTICAL CANADIANS

Evidence shows that Canadians are in a wary mood about both politics as well as economics. It’s not an even split, though. Above all, it’s jobs, decent ones, that most Canadians care most about.

FLINGING ALLEGATIONS IN LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN

Ontario's Progressive Conservative leadership campaign has taken a nasty turn with less than two months before members cast their votes.

OFF THE MARK AS USUAL

Mulcair calls PM Harper irresponsible.... Que. Premier Philippe Couillard adds his two cents worth as well.

JUST SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF HER TIME

Ontario Teacher hands out book about "inter-sexed" boy getting raped to 12 year olds.  Maybe it's on Wynne and Levin's suggested reading list?
h/t therebelmedia.com

OWPEE - PEE' YAY: OLD PIEGAN WORD MEANING...

...thieves in blue buckskins.

SIN CITY vs. THE MORMONS

Or is more of a case of urban vs. rural over water supplies?

RAISING LITTLE NARCISSISTS

Children “overvalued” by their parents tended to score higher on narcissism tests.

I'M SKEPTICAL TOO

A close ally of murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov says he is "totally sceptical" that the two men charged organised his killing.

ON LIBS REWARDING THE FAITHFUL

Former Liberal MP John Godfrey appointed Ontario climate change adviser.  Just what we need - another useless, expensive Greenie.

FREE US FROM THE CBC

The Friends of Canadian Broadcasting spreading hyperbole again.

ASTONISHING PREJUDICES AT QUEEN'S PARK

But times have changed. I’m just part of an old-fashioned generation that considers sex crimes against children to be disgusting.

SUPREME COURT JUDICIAL ACTIVISM

The conservative movement has no choice but to resort to "strategic constitutional litigation"  to regain lost ground.

THE FIELD WHERE LIBERTY WAS SOWN

Steyn celebrates the Magna Carta, while revealing the ignorance of politicians.

BRING ON THE PIPELINES

CN train carrying crude derails, catches fire in northern Ontario -  the third time in the past month for a derailment in northern Ontario

DARING TO CHALLENGE THE EPA

The head of the EPA does not know whether their projections have been right or wrong.

HOT BREATH ON ELLIOT'S NECK

Patrick Brown driving the Tory change train in Ontario

THE PIG TRAP

I checked out SDA this morning and clicked on the link to TaxiCab Depressions.
I think we've found another kindred spirit! Click on The Pig Trap for a great rant from an intelligent (and perhaps prescient) Regular Joe American. I can certainly relate to this form of therapy.  Enjoy!

MAGNA CARTA: OUR SHARED LEGACY OF LIBERTY

If you haven't yet, dear reader, drop a $20 (or more if you can) on John Robson's project. This is the kind of documentary our country needs - to contrast and compete with CBC-funded documentaries...for our childrens' sake. 11 Days to go!

DESIGNED BY A DEVIANT - TAUGHT BY SHEEP

Ontario's Sex-Ed program was guided by pervert.  Protest?  Certainly not from the Teachers' Union:
"Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) said the curriculum provides 21st century life skills that need to be learned from a young age."


And just in case you were wondering what those "life skills" might be:  "Grade 6 will learn about masturbation and "gender expression," while kids in Grades 7 and 8 will discuss contraception, anal and oral sex..."

AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS STORY!

Prairie chickens alive and thriving in Calgary suburb.

MONTREAL A SHOE-IN TO HOST NEXT NDP LEADERSHIP CONVENTION...

...seeing as all the necessary facilities are already in place.

HOPE YA GOT YER AMMO STOCKPILED!

The ban on ammo is underway.