Today was a good day for the NDP

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Brachina
Today was a good day for the NDP

 The Accountablity office bill passed and the Tories and Liberals basically fucked themselves with the union busting absolutely corrupt bill that even Randy Hillier couldn't stomach. That bill has to be the stupidest thing Kai Wynn has ever done in her political life. I mean its a nake bribe for goodness sakes.

 

 I expect this kind of stupidity from Hudak, its to the point where I'm almost starting to believe he's an NDP plant designed to destroy the PC's from the inside out ;p

onlinediscountanvils

amirite, RevolutionPlease? Wink

felixr

I don't think a bad day for labour is necessarily a good day for the NDP.

mark_alfred

Brachina wrote:

 The Accountablity office bill passed and the Tories and Liberals basically fucked themselves with the union busting absolutely corrupt bill that even Randy Hillier couldn't stomach. That bill has to be the stupidest thing Kai Wynn has ever done in her political life. I mean its a nake bribe for goodness sakes.

 

 I expect this kind of stupidity from Hudak, its to the point where I'm almost starting to believe he's an NDP plant designed to destroy the PC's from the inside out ;p

I'm totally confused.  Could you provide a link to what you're discussing?  When I did a search for "accountability office bill" I came up with this site, entitled "New Democrats delivering results: Financial Accountability Office becomes law".  If this is what you're referring to, then it hardly seems the NDP are opposed to it -- IE, there's nothing there to suggest the NDP feel it's "the stupidest thing Kathleen Wynne has ever done".  In fact, quite the opposite.  The post on that site is dated September 26, 2013, so it's a relatively recent event.

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mark_alfred

Oh, okay, that makes sense.  It's the EllisDon Bill that's being referred to.

felixr

Ok. That makes more sense and is a mild relief. The Liberals and PCs pass an isolated, speciific anti-labour bill and the NDP (and labour) can fairly use it as a stick to beat them with.

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Brachina

 The both the Tories and Liberals got money from these DonEllis people and this is the big thank you. Outright corruption, people should be going to jail for bribery charges as far as I'm concerned.

 And yes the Accountablity Office is a good thing.

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Brachina

 Sadly true.

mark_alfred

The Liberals have pulled support for the EllisDon bill due to a court decision, though may reconsider if it's appealed. 

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“What she (Wynne) has basically said is, ‘We won’t legislate to take away your rights as long as you don’t fight for your rights in the courts.’ ” NDP Leader Andrea Horwath told reporters at Queen’s Park.

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Brachina

 Wynn's trying to have it both ways,  epic fail.

mark_alfred

Be interesting to see what Wynne's position will be now.

Brachina

 If Wynn keeps flip flopping it will only do her more damage.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1psGZXZlw

 

Listen to the beginning.

felixr

Unreal.

Geoff

I just saw the election results from Nova Scotia.  Could someone explain which day was a good one for the NDP.  Obviously, it wasn't today.

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Geoff

I don't often agree with Toronto Star columnist, Martin Regg Cohn, but I have to say his column this week sums up nicely the origins of the billion dollar boondoggle, and they go back to Mike Harris, Tim Hudak and the privatization of power generation and delivery. 

If the ONDP plays its cards right, it can target the Liberals as incompetent, which they are, for signing ridiculous sweetheart deals with the private sector, but can also point to Hudak and company as being responsible for selling off public power and setting up a system where private operators can fleece the public through P4s (public pays gor private profit).

If Andrea and the party simply parrot Hudak about the money wasted without identifying Hudak as part of the problem, the NDP will probably end up helping the Tories win a majority, while getting clobbered in the next election.  Sadly, it will be their own fault. 

Here's the link:  http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/4149623-cohn-a-billion-dollar-bonfire-of-insanity/

 

 

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