#toronto Mayor Rob Ford, no, this wasn’t from Hallowe’en
#WritingFromIsolationWard
Before:
Kevin was born on the mossy hills of Scotland and lived for a while in West Lothian before the mores of pre-Thatcher and REALLY pre-Oasis Great Britain sent his family across the ocean to North America. They moved here and there and Kevin did the same when he was old enough. Now he lives in London with his family and a Dog.
Kevin Wardrop is an amateur writer, amateur photographer and professional pain in the ass. He has worked in the PC support business for most of his adult life and has been accustomed to simply answering technical questions as a matter of fiat, it was his career choice after all. Now he herds cats and puppies for a living as well as babysitting the web enterprises at the heart of western industry.
Lowering the corporate tax rate to 10 per cent immediately, and to 8.5 per cent after the budget is balanced in 2016 is at the centre of the PC tax plan. Instead of helping only a few companies with grants the way the Liberals do, argue the Conservatives, they’d give all companies a break by lowering the general tax rate. That would take about $600 million out of the province’s coffers this year, and $1 billion by 2017, according to the PC platform. Critics point out that Ontario already has a relatively low corporate tax rate in North American terms, while others argue that companies don’t necessarily use tax savings to create more jobs. However, the PCs are also promising to lower personal income taxes by an average of 10 per cent starting in 2018.
Lowering the corporate tax rate to 10 per cent immediately, and to 8.5 per cent after the budget is balanced in 2016 is at the centre of the PC tax plan
Oct 5, 2011 – Hudak vows to scrap Mississauga power plant:
“Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak pledged Wednesday to get rid of a gas-fired power plant west of Toronto, just one day before Ontario voters head to the polls.
The Tory leader has repeatedly derided Premier Dalton McGuinty for promising to pull the plug on the 280-megawatt facility midway through the campaign, calling it a crass attempt to grab votes.
This election itself is a referendum on corruption,” she said. “I think anybody who is not prepared to understand that that’s why we’re in this campaign in the first place,… they’re not paying attention to what Ontarians are saying.
Lobbyist Robin Sears for Ottawa-based Earnscliffe Strategy Group came to her defence in the Star, with a rousing attack on “the pile-on by embittered NDP pensioners.” They include longtime social justice columnist Michele Landsberg and Cathy Crowe, street nurse and defender of the homeless.
Finck, who last saw Bourque at the Walmart about three weeks ago, said his friend was an outgoing guy who liked camping, hanging out with buddies and being the life of the party.
But Finck said he noticed changes in Bourque’s behaviour over the last year, particularly after he created a new Facebook page for himself in February and filled it with anti-police messages and conspiracy theories.
“I just want to know what was going through his head,” he said.
“What caused such a shift from the guy I knew?”