Ontario Election
Lots of blarney being tossed about hither and yon. Just in case Ontarians weren't sufficiently aware we're in pre-election mode. Here's the opportunity to toss out an opportunistic and miserable failure of a premier, one who solemnly promised one thing, then casually disdained his promise once in the security of his office.
He dared tamper with health care premiums in a province that should be wealthy enough so that the status quo of no premiums imposed upon the populace would become history. In the process exacting a nasty burden on families in the most underhanded and unnecessary of ways.
We're considered so 'wealthy' in confederation that our funding of transfer payments to less economically viable provinces ensure their populace isn't burdened with health premiums.
And the provincial drug formulary didn't go unnoticed; under his watch and tutelage it too was altered so senior citizens without additional coverage would have to pay through the teeth for significantly higher dispensing fees. There's been a decrease in coverage under the formulary as well, with fewer medicines and tests and protocols being covered.
What's to complain about? Election campaigns encourage would-be achievers to promise the world. Once in office, they are enabled to do the most peculiar things.
While families now pay a burdensome health tax premium, Premier Dalton McGuinty has taken care of MPPs, and hasn't exactly failed himself. He wasted little time in awarding himself an annual raise to the cool tune of $40,000. And why would members of the provincial parliament object, since they too profited by a handsome $22,000 increase.
It might seem to be in the public interest to toss the Liberal government. The alternative, alas for anyone voting NDP or Green Party, appears to be the Conservatives. We'd have to bring in John Tory (yes, it's fuuuuuny!) to oust old Dalton. And what is Mr. Tory working assiduously in aid of? Groan. The pain of it.
Public funding of private religious schools. As though there isn't enough that divides this multicultural society. As though the hope for the future doesn't lie in bringing children of all faiths - and none - together in a mutually-beneficial setting to observe for themselves just how much each of them has in common with one another.
Yes, the pain of it.
He dared tamper with health care premiums in a province that should be wealthy enough so that the status quo of no premiums imposed upon the populace would become history. In the process exacting a nasty burden on families in the most underhanded and unnecessary of ways.
We're considered so 'wealthy' in confederation that our funding of transfer payments to less economically viable provinces ensure their populace isn't burdened with health premiums.
And the provincial drug formulary didn't go unnoticed; under his watch and tutelage it too was altered so senior citizens without additional coverage would have to pay through the teeth for significantly higher dispensing fees. There's been a decrease in coverage under the formulary as well, with fewer medicines and tests and protocols being covered.
What's to complain about? Election campaigns encourage would-be achievers to promise the world. Once in office, they are enabled to do the most peculiar things.
While families now pay a burdensome health tax premium, Premier Dalton McGuinty has taken care of MPPs, and hasn't exactly failed himself. He wasted little time in awarding himself an annual raise to the cool tune of $40,000. And why would members of the provincial parliament object, since they too profited by a handsome $22,000 increase.
It might seem to be in the public interest to toss the Liberal government. The alternative, alas for anyone voting NDP or Green Party, appears to be the Conservatives. We'd have to bring in John Tory (yes, it's fuuuuuny!) to oust old Dalton. And what is Mr. Tory working assiduously in aid of? Groan. The pain of it.
Public funding of private religious schools. As though there isn't enough that divides this multicultural society. As though the hope for the future doesn't lie in bringing children of all faiths - and none - together in a mutually-beneficial setting to observe for themselves just how much each of them has in common with one another.
Yes, the pain of it.
Labels: Inconvenient Politics, Life's Like That
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