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Wynning!

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In her endless thirst to confiscate more money from taxpayers, Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne is planning on a tax increase for air travelers in her province:

The fuel tax, currently at 2.7 cents per litre, will jump to 6.7 cents by 2017, under Ontario’s budget proposal — an “unbelievably punitive” hike according to Ben Smith, Air Canada’s chief commercial officer. Smith isn’t wrong. Airlines, which continue as barely profitable in 2014, operate on the tightest of margins. The hike is expected to cost Air Canada alone more than $50-million next year. To put this figure into context, the airline generated just $50-million in net profit in 2012.

Sadly, Leftists like Wynne, have never understood the Law of Unintended Consequences:

So news of Ontario’s fuel tax hike is sure to set hearts aflutter at U.S. border airports. The tax increase is expected to direct an additional 300,000 to 400,000 Canadian passengers to U.S. airports, according to Canada’s National Airlines Council. This will do serious damage to Canada’s airports, critical generators of job growth, and thus the Canadian economy overall.

h/t Peter J.

Shocker: Toronto’s Red Star Supports the Ontario Liberals

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The Toronto Star published an editorial that starts with this:

At this point in the political cycle, Ontario’s Liberals ought by all rights to be on the ropes. After 11 years in power they are dragging a clanking chain of mismanagement and scandals behind them. Another party, with an inspiring leader and fresh vision, ought to be a shoo-in next Thursday.

Yet they came to this conclusion: “Based on her record over the past 16 months, we believe Wynne has earned that opportunity.”   Strange times we live in.

Will Ontario Taxpayers Be Four Times Unlucky?

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Since October 2, 2003, Ontario taxpayers have suffered the wrath of spendaholic Liberal regimes. The first three were headed by Dalton McGuinty. Now Kathleen Wynne has the reins. Will she take her party to victory once again?
One of the Liberals’ propaganda arms, The Red Star, has already gone into full support mode:

It was left to anonymous government officials to let the Star’s Robert Benzie in on the real story: faced with stagnant revenues and a deficit of $11.7 billion, the Liberal government is contemplating a new surtax in its upcoming budget on people earning $150,000 and more.

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Politicians can’t protect citizens — taxpayers — from fiscal realities forever. If we want the services we get from government, we’ve got to pay for them. And if we truly worry about growing inequality, increasing the burden on the (comparatively) well paid is one important way to address it.

What’s The Opposite Of Diversity?

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University!

I would like to propose a more rigorous standard: one of “academic justice.” When an academic community observes research promoting or justifying oppression, it should ensure that this research does not continue.
The power to enforce academic justice comes from students, faculty, and workers organizing together to make our universities look as we want them to do. Two years ago, when former summer school instructor Subramanian Swamy published hateful commentary about Muslims in India, the Harvard community organized to ensure that he would not return to teach on campus. I consider that sort of organizing both appropriate and commendable. Perhaps it should even be applied more broadly.

Oh Shiny Pony

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Following in the footsteps of PSY’s Gangnam Style phenomenon, Justin Trudeau has come up with his own “Manhattan Style” PR campaign, pitching economic illiterate Chrystia Freeland as one of him main economic advisers. Ezra Levant explains:

In democracies, citizens deserve the politicians they elect. Such will be the case for Canadians if they succumb to the Media Party’s narrative and elect the Shiny Pony and his fellow “stars” in 2015.

Harper Derangement Syndrome in Full Bloom

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One might have thought that the following headline would sit well with all Canadians:

Stephen Harper announces tougher measures against sex offenders
Legislation will also create publicly accessible database of child predators

Apparently not. Vancouver radio station CKNW has been talking about it all day. Here’s a sampling of the comments on their Facebook page:

I don’t agree with anything Mr. Harper says or thinks or does.

This is nothing but pandering on the backs of child sex abuse victims, the tories had their chance with C-10 and failed miserably for ideological reasons, now they’re in poop up to their ears and hoping to turn this into an attack on opposition, they are no worse than the child abuser they purport to protect us from. I’m more worried about the level of fraud and corruption in the federal govt at the moment. i will not be distracted by such an obvious attempt to change the channel

The reason why haRper dosnt care about why they do it, is because harper dosnt believe in science or research, only oil, thats why, lol..
A public database is a great tool for vigilantes.
Rather than letting them out so we can track and trace them, why not indefinitely detain them until they are no longer sick in the head?
Let’s not bother with the Courts then. Free pitchforks and torches would be much cheaper to provide for everyone! At least the murderers will have a chuckle while enjoying their peace and quiet.

Great Moments in Socialism

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Any Canadian who follows politics is well aware that a few times each year the Canadian Centre for Policy Failure Alternatives comes out with some new “paper” insisting that minimum wages across the country need to be dramatically raised to a “livable wage”. This then causes politicians and business leaders to duck for cover for a few weeks until the PR campaign gets pushed out of the news cycle.
Such has been the case in America this past week. In a well coordinated campaign, organized by the militant SEIU, their more than willing comrades in the media, have done their best to paint a bleak picture for restaurant workers everywhere.
Bill O’Reilly shares some personal thoughts on the matter.
Update: Here’s a brief mathematical analysis of the situation.   h/t Maureen

One of the Shiny Pony’s Friends in the Spotlight

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Justin Trudeau appears to be surrounding himself with some people with rather “interesting” views. As BC Blue has reported, his Social Media Manager* Ashley Martyn appears to have no respect and little tolerance for anyone who believes in God. A few days ago she tweeted this:

Religious people are less intelligent than atheists.

It would be interesting if the Media Party asked Muslim, Jewish, and Christian leaders how they feel about a representative of a major Canadian political leader saying such derogatory things about them and their congregation. A logical follow-up question would be to ask Ms. Martyn how long she has felt this way towards Muslims and Jews. Furthermore, if she feels that she is smarter than all Muslims and Jews, isn’t that the textbook definition of a bigot?
Update: SDA regular Mississauga Matt has provided this link to a most fascinating photo of Justin Trudeau sitting with a group of Muslim men. The Shiny Pony should clearly come clean and explain why he has someone in his political organization who has so publicly revealed her bigotry and feeling of intellectual superiority towards them.

An Honest Conversation About Race

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Looks like the age old Race Discussion is slowly turning in the right direction. But can the situation really ever improve if POTUS is, himself, a race hustler?
Update: Very much related is this recent discussion between Adam Carolla and Drew Pinsky. As Carolla alludes to, the folks on the Left have NO solutions to helping poor Blacks & Hispanics rise above their squalor. But when he suggests that the key lies in focusing on the family and education, he’s immediately deemed to be a racist. h/t Kathy Shaidle

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