Arthur Weinreb

Panicking Liberals play the anti-American card

The federal Liberals are certainly not looking forward to this evening's Speech from the Throne. Certainty is rare in politics; why we haven't seen it in well over a week when it became apparent that John Tory was not going to be the next premier of Ontario. But it is pretty well assured that the Liberals are not looking forward to the resumption of Parliament that begins with Governor General Michaelle Jean delivering the Throne Speech.

Pennies from heaven, but not from Stephen

Toronto Mayor David Miller has not given up in his quest for the federal government to hand over one cent of the GST that is collected within the city. Miller's insistence upon receiving the cash is consistent with what is defined as his mayoralty--a constant begging for money from other levels of government while refusing to consider slashing the city's expenditures.

Tory the TINO has to go

It is often said that people get the government that they deserve. And no one deserves another four years of a Dalton McGuinty majority government more than those small "c" conservatives and members of the Progressive Ontario Party of Ontario who "held their noses" and supported the Tories. The results of last night's election is further proof of the theory that I have always held - that there is something wrong with a society that makes it a criminal offence to drive with 90 milligrams of alcohol per every 100 millilitres of blood but it is perfectly legal to get dead drunk and vote for a party leader who can potentially become the prime minister of Canada or a provincial premier.

Ontario: another step towards a police state

First it was Caledonia. The OPP decided which Canadian and Ontario laws that they would enforce. After the Douglas Creek Estates were illegally "occupied" by aboriginals, the police did nothing to enforce the law. The OPP were accused of standing around and doing nothing while people, mainly the innocent residents of the town, became the victims of criminal acts.

Left wing Hampton blasts left wing media for being, er, left wing

Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton let the media have it last week for ignoring issues that he and the NDP (and no doubt a lot of Ontarians) care about. Hampton opened up on the fourth estate while being questioned by reporters during a campaign stop in Hamilton during the final week of the campaign.

Another reason to abolish hate crimes

Several incidents occurred north of Toronto recently that point out the absurdity of current hate crimes legislation; being enacted not as a measure to deter or punish crime but simply to make proponents feel better about themselves.

Bill O’Reilly: he’s not a racist; just a typical media elite

Fox News personality and radio talk show host Bill O'Reilly got himself into deep doo-doo a few days ago after he had a discussion about race with NPR's Juan Williams on O'Reilly's syndicated radio show. O'Reilly recounted (bragged?) about how he had lunch with the Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's, a black-run restaurant in Harlem.

A weak argument against first-past-the-post voting

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that that have been tried Winston Churchill

Killing a red herring in panhandling debate

Over a week ago, Ross Hammond, a 32-year-old man from St. Catharines Ontario and a friend were walking on Queen Street West when they were confronted by a beggar. The one turned into four and an argument broke out. When it was over, Hammond had been stabbed at least eight times and the four; two men and two women were arrested and charged with aggravated assault. A couple of days later Hammond succumbed to his injuries and one of the panhandlers is now facing a charge of second degree murder.