Category Archives: Responsible and Accountable Expenditures

Will city’s land purchase of 6719 acres fix current roads?

Posted on July 14, 2017 by admin

The City of Brantford-Brant County boundary adjustment, hyped to the point that it makes The Second Coming look like chopped liver, was approved last December.   The Liberal government of Ontario, in its infinite pragmatism, gave the boundary adjustment “deal” its … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Surprise, surprise, surprise, part 2

Posted on June 19, 2017 by admin

Hey, what about the Mohawk Lake clean up our pet, ahem, L-E-G-A-C-Y project we can’t forsake? Canadians will handout 2M if Brantford folk pony up 5M. Wait a minute, we haven’t paid back the $18M debenture for the Greenwich-Mohawk clean … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Surprise, surprise, surprise*

Posted on May 29, 2017 by admin

The 2017 budget of the City of Brantford was oh so frustrating. We had surprises but did our best in deliberating: 4.39% hike for homeowners 7.15% hike in commercial class 2.65% hike in industrial class It’s a shame (pass me … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Educrats: 36 Superintendents of Education & counting

Posted on May 16, 2017 by admin

The Toronto District School Board ‘s (TDSB) Senior Team Leadership Directory lists 5 Executive Superintendents and, count’em, 36 Superintendents of Education. Holy educrats, Batman! The 2017 Ontario budget made scant attempt to reduce the bloated civil service. The cost of … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

M103: how can MPs vote on a so-called Islamophobia motion without defining it?

Posted on March 25, 2017 by admin

Mr. Lorne Gunther of the Edmonton Sun offers us possible definitions of Islamophobia: “Does that (Islamophobia) mean an irrational fear of all Muslims based on a very real fear of several thousand radicals who truly do want to harm Western … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment