General Politics Discussion

[jeffster]

I will note that, in addition to the failings of the opposition campaigns (and NDP in particular), the PC policies are significantly more centrist than before, reducing the maneuvering room for the Liberals and NDP. This is not the Mike Harris government, to be sure -- nor is it the Trump-lite that many of us feared after Ford was first elected.

I do agree with this...although centrist policies right now are extremely harmful, there are multiple crises going on, and he doesn't really have a plan to fix any of them, other than just ignoring them.

But also, we're going to have to see what he does. He has proposed a ton of spending and no way to pay for it...

Yep. That is one issue. Mind you, with gas at $2/litre, they're bringing in a lot more money with this type of tax. With average incomes up, they should be bring in a lot more money that way too.

Speaking of gas, that was a weird promise that Horwath spoke about - trying to regulate gas prices somehow. There was an article in the paper talking about this, and how it has worked (and not in a good way) out east.

I think an issue people have is politicians over-promising then underdelivering.