Tag Archives: Ontario Government

People of Ontario: note to self

Posted on March 4, 2017 by admin

Do you want to be well prepared for the Ontario election on 7 June 2018? May we suggest that you make notes to yourself and put them in your property or income tax file. Let’s start with a gem from … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged misappropriation, mismanagement, Ontario, Ontario election, Ontario Government, pension plan, taxpayers' money, teachers' union, Tentative agreements | Leave a comment

Ratepayers need details on ON/QC electricity deal

Posted on October 24, 2016 by admin

We second the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s call for the Ontario government to reveal the nitty-gritty of the seven year deal to buy hydroelectric power from Quebec. Why? CTF Ontario Director Ms. Christine Van Geyn gets to the core of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged Canadian Taxpayers Federation, dumping excess electricity, imported electricity, ON/QC electricity deal, Ontario Government, Quebec | Leave a comment

Yoohoo, Ontario PCs … over here

Posted on August 31, 2016 by admin

It may be the summer heat that has caused Ontario PCs to loose sight of what are THE issues in Ontario. Let’s start with how the summer was kicked-off. Who can forget those ominous words from Mr. David Suzuki: “… … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour | Tagged "climate change", "climate change" commercial, Bonnie Lysk, David Suzuki, global temperatures, IPCC data sets, Ontario Government | Leave a comment

As a taxpayer, do you mind paying double, triple?

Posted on June 3, 2016 by admin

Let’s go back to 23 November 2005 when the Canadian government announced the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and compensation package. According to ResidentialSchoolSettlement.ca, following are the highlights of the settlement that Ontario taxpayers along with their fellow Canadians are … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged AMMSA, Canadian government, hydro hikes, Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Ontario, Ontario Government, pandering to teachers, Premier of Ontario apologizing, taxpayers | Leave a comment

Brantford-Brant boundary babble, part 8

Posted on April 12, 2016 by admin

Let’s continue your tour of the potentially profitable properties along Brantford, Ontario’s Henry St. Starting just east of Wayne Gretzky Parkway there is this one on the north side: Crossing to the south side, you see this spacious property. … Continue reading →

Posted in Intelligent Development | Tagged boundary adjustment PROPOSAL, Brantford Ontario Henry St., Brantford-Brant boundary babble, building fee permit, Crombie report, development charges, Ontario Government, Six Nations, speculative investments, vacancies | Leave a comment

Pension plan ads or developmental disability specialists

Posted on August 12, 2015 by admin

Some Ontario politicians apparently have lots of time on their hands. They spend it telling Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of the federal government how to do their jobs. It must mean that all the issues the Ontario … Continue reading →

Posted in Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged community living, corner's inquest, developmental disabilities, developmental disability, developmental disability specialist, group home, Guy Mitchell, institutions, Ontario Government, Ontario Registered Pension Plan, oversight, Stephen Harper, taxpayers' dollars, utopia | Leave a comment

Brantford’s athletic complex mania

Posted on July 31, 2015 by admin

Mr. Twain was right: “Truth is stranger than fiction.” It boggles the mind that the municipality of Brantford, the Ontario government and the Canadian government have no scruples over the apparent inexhaustible use of the taxpayer’s dollar to fund the … Continue reading →

Posted in Intelligent Development, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged 2024 Olympic bid, athletic complex, Brantford Ontario, Canadian government, Facelift for Democracy, Kiwanis Field, Laurier-YMCA, Ontario Government, Pan American Games, Pauline Johnson Collegiate Kiwanis Field, the taxpayer's dollar, Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre | Leave a comment

Government needs to lie in the bed it makes for itself

Posted on November 25, 2014 by admin

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. – Abraham Lincoln Mr. Lincoln’s wise words remind us that it never pays to pass the buck. It doesn’t pay to evade Ontario’s spending problem and blame the federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Brantford, Canada's federal debt, Drummond report, economic woes, FedDev Ontario, Lacasse Park Baseball Diamond, Laurier-Y, needs, Oakville Curling Club, Ontario Government, Ontario's spending problem, wants, WGSC | Leave a comment

Education: Perspective Anyone?

Posted on April 17, 2014 by admin

The Brantford Expositor recently reported here that the Ontario Government cited Brantford as a “model community for the way it has reinvented itself through education.” While its true that there are more bricks-and-mortar post-secondary education options in Brantford, points in … Continue reading →

Posted in Intelligent Development, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged be all and end all, Brantford Ontario, downtown, Drummond report, education, government stimulus, Mohawk College Elgin St. Campus, MOOC, Ontario Government, Post-Secondary Education, satellite campus, The Grand Valley Education Society, Wipro | Leave a comment

Huronia et al Settlement Unsettling

Posted on March 11, 2014 by admin

Last December, settlements were reached in class-action lawsuits that allege abuse at three former regional centres (Huronia, Rideau and Southwestern) operated by the Ontario Government for people with developmentally disabilities. The total cost of the settlements is $68 million. Just as outdated … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Behaviour, Infrastructure, Responsible and Accountable Expenditures | Tagged appropriate developmental services, community living, developmentally disabilities, Dr. Brian Hennen, Eric Jensen, Fragile Fighters, Huronia, Huronia class-action lawsuit, Huronia Regional Centre settlement, Manitoba Developmental Centre, McGhie Apartments, Midwestern Regional Centre, Ontario Government, Oxford Regional Centre, Philippe Telford, Rideau Regional Centre settlement, Southwestern Regional Centre settlement, Trish Crawford | Leave a comment