06-17-2022, 08:35 AM
(06-17-2022, 01:12 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(06-16-2022, 08:51 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I think part of the problem was the Liberals had poorly considered ideas. “Buck a ride” is dumb unless it’s clear what happens to the overall funding level. I don’t trust the populace at large to evaluate policy decisions well, but on some level I think many people can, at least some of the time, detect when a policy is just a brainstorm idea from an election campaign rather than a well considered idea that actually has some solid thinking behind it. I mean, I like the idea of lowering fares, but only in the context of increasing funding so the service can handle the additional ridership and to increase the number of people for whom the newly-reduced fares are useful.
Dumb ideas doesn't seem to hurt conservatives.
Yeah, I don’t know why that is. What I’d like to see in Ontario is for more of the population to wake up and notice that the Conservatives are, at present, toxic, and that on the other hand the NDP, while nowhere near perfect, would be no worse than the 2 bigger parties. Until the Conservatives get their act together the main contest should be Liberal vs. NDP.
It’s possible Doug Ford saved himself by booting out those anti-vaxxers from his party. It signalled that he is not going to go down the Trumpian route. We’ll see if it’s an accurate signal.