This column first ran in the Financial Post and is now free to reprint.
What could Kathleen Wynne possibly have left in her progressive bag of tricks? There's an election one year away, and the premier has already offered universal pharmacare for kids, rent control and a $15 dollar minimum wage. What costly razzle-dazzle does the premier have left to wow voters?
Behold Wynne's June 6th proposal of "universally affordable" child care--which is neither universal nor affordable. With this idea the premier is following in the footsteps of the NDP's Thomas Mulcair, the NDP's Rachel Notley, and of course the separatist former Quebec premier Pauline Marois.
