Oct 30, 2014
Toronto election results reveal a polarized city
Dr. Kara Santokie
The Ford era is over for Toronto (for now). But as bleary-eyed Torontonians return to reality, what are they really waking up to?
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Jun 13, 2014  No love lost between newly elected Wynne and PM HarperKarl Nerenberg The areas of tension between Ontario and the federal government are numerous: equalization, debt and deficits, pensions and refugees and much more. |
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Jun 13, 2014  Ontario election: OK, that didn't really work … can we get back to being New Democrats now?David J. Climenhaga All the New Democrats really had to do to have a chance to win the government of Ontario was act like New Democrats. |
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Jun 9, 2014  Fear of Hudak may tip Ontario election to WynneGeoff Stevens Someone will win on Thursday, although it can be argued that no one deserves to win. Liberals hope that fear will trump loathing. |
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Jun 2, 2014  'Likely' voters crucial as crunch time in Ontario election nearsGeoff Stevens Tuesday's leaders' debate could change the course of what's left of the campaign, as many voters finally tune in to evaluate the leaders and their parties. |
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May 28, 2014  What's missing in election commitments to stoke Ontario's Ring of Fire?Ontario's political leaders have been circling the potential mining developments known as the Ring of Fire during the 2014 election campaign. Here's a breakdown of the different platforms. |
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May 24, 2014  Andrea Horwath, the Left, and the unintended consequences of strategic votingAlice Funke Popular political blog Pundit's Guide responds to left-wing critics of Andrea Horwath, raising the spectre of strategic voting. |
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May 23, 2014  The practical results of voting symbolicallyThe act of voting is less simple than it seems. People are quite able to vote or act against what seem like their "real" interests in order to take a symbolic stand. |
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May 20, 2014  Ontario election is an unpleasant, unpredictable affairGeoffrey Stevens Voters are disgusted with all the options, and pollsters are bewildered and chasing their tails. With the electorate so uncertain, the leaders' debate on June 3 assumes unprecedented importance. |
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May 12, 2014 Hudak's job-killing plan will dismember the economyTim Hudak's plan to eliminate 100,000 jobs in the public sector will dismember the Ontario economy and sets the scene to drive the province into another recession. |
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Mar 21, 2014  The political fight for Ontario's middle classTrish Hennessy With election fever mounting in Ontario, the political field is quickly crowding around the middle of the income spectrum. And unsurprisingly, low taxes are dominating the list of enticements. |
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May 21, 2013  Ontario election off the table: NDP agrees to support Kathleen Wynne's budgetrabble staff Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath held a press conference Tuesday to announce her support for the budget put forward by Ontario's Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne. |
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Oct 10, 2011 After the Ontario electionGerry Caplan Don't be fooled by all the analysts. Dalton McGuinty is king of Ontario. Whether or not he finally gets the magic 54 seats required for a formal majority, the province is his. |
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Oct 6, 2011 Its election day, Ontario! Don't let Sun media turn you off votingrabble staff It's election day in Ontario, and Sun media is doing what it can to grow voter apathy. Don't let them turn you off voting. |
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Oct 5, 2011 Ontario's stimulating election platformsErin Weir A common refrain has been that all of Ontario's election platforms are unrealistic given a deteriorating economic outlook. We should evaluate how each party's platform would fare in a downturn. |
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Oct 5, 2011 The 1985 Liberal-NDP Accord and the upcoming Ontario electionGerry Caplan This Ontario election sounds a lot like the scenario in 1985 that led to the unprecedented and never-repeated Accord -- capital A -- between David Peterson's Liberals and Bob Rae's NDP. |
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Oct 4, 2011  Andrea Horwath: The rabble interviewMeg Borthwick Two days before Ontario's election, the NDP leader talks exclusively to rabble.ca about healthcare, the environment, those orange heels, and Bob Rae's legacy. |
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Sep 30, 2011 Bill Davis and Progressive Conservatives from a bygone eraThe old Progressive Conservatives shared the zeitgeist of an earlier time. It involved a sense of the usefulness of government and the importance of some kind of social solidarity. |
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Sep 29, 2011 CCPA comparison of three Ontario election platformsHugh Mackenzie of the CCPA has prepared a comprehensive comparison of the election platforms of the three major parties in Ontario's election. |
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Sep 29, 2011 Progressive public policy in the Ontario electionAs we head to the polls in Ontario, the irony is that whenever lefties gather these days, someone asks whether it's the NDP or the Liberals who are the most progressive party running in this election. |
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Sep 28, 2011 Tim Hudak's got a $10 billion hole and nothing to sayHugh Mackenzie If Tuesday's Ontario leader's debate was a poker game, the player with the biggest bluff to carry off was Conservative leader Tim Hudak. |
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Sep 27, 2011 Canada's new role as tax haven for the richWhile Canada's reputation as a leading peacekeeping nation has taken a nosedive, we're punching above our weight on the international scene on a new front -- as a tax haven for the rich. |
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Sep 26, 2011 Ontario NDP platform: The full montyErin Weir The Ontario NDP presented its comprehensive platform costing yesterday, including all policies announced during the election campaign. |
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Sep 21, 2011 Ontario's mystery ridings: Ten uncertain outcomesMarco Vigliotti Some battleground ridings have somehow been slipping under the radar -- yet they are interesting for their ability to give a diagnosis on the political state of the province. |
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