by Natasha on Thursday, August 12, 2010, 8:04 am · 2 comments
BC’s Liberal government is in trouble over voter outrage about the HST. A petition against the tax, signed by more than 700 000, has been upheld: Our betters decided what is good for us having promised just the opposite. They have been handed their heads. I do have a legal question: The G&M indicates “Canada’s [...]
by Tasha on Saturday, January 16, 2010, 8:48 am · 2 comments
From Christie Blatchford: The government has tried repeatedly to quash the complaint. Now the AG’s office has tried to move Fantino’s court date 3 weeks ahead of the original court date of Feb 3: The absurd exercise lends credence to speculation that the AG was planning to stay the charge against the OPP boss yesterday, [...]
by Tasha on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 9:23 am · 4 comments
The stench of government corruption — that’s why hospitals face cuts. “We will see even more significant cuts to beds and staff and whole hospital departments, and the consequences of this are longer wait times, hospitals that are operating at over capacity or overcrowded hospitals, higher infection rates and more user fees for patients.” Ah, [...]
by Tasha on Thursday, June 18, 2009, 8:05 am
This is what happens when the government runs things: Untendered contracts, whopping huge bonuses for only 3 months on the job, consultants billing for coffee and cookies, hiring a $300/hour consultant to plan a staff Christmas party… And still Ontario’s premier McGuinty thinks Caplan should keep his job. McGuinty says he accepts full responsibility for [...]
by Natasha on Thursday, June 11, 2009, 9:11 am
How do you like getting shafted? This just gets better and better… eHealth scandal reaches Premier’s inner circle For $327 an hour, one former aide wrote to another former aide And what is Premier McGuinty’s lame response? He has confidence in Health Minister David Caplan, “even though ‘clearly unacceptable’ things have happened at eHealth.” McGuinty [...]
