Clear Cut Choice

Some advise for Tim Hudak:

For the most part the electorate is very simple; they pretty much know what they don't want and they are easily swayed to some extent by a bribe or two with their own money. They also have some set ideas about the different parties. Unfortunately they for the most part believe that Progressive Conservatives are for big business. A perception in need of updating.

The poor results was in part due to lack of clear cut differences. It was a choice between Dalton red and Dalton blue; they electorate chose the devil they knew over the one they didn't. Of course the NDP always give a clear choice; socialist utopia vs reality; not really a hard choice to make.

Health Care: we need to tailor make a two tier system where those that can afford to can seek private care and insurance. We need more Doctors licensed to practise in Ontario. It is a supply and demand issue presently. You can unburden the current system reduce wait times; perhaps even reduce costs through competition. Anything is better than the current Liberal HMO.

Education: The Ministry should set the syllabus for each grade hand it down to the local boards. Set policy to allow the local boards to administer to the local needs; put teachers and trustees together on how to achieve the goals. Allow for failure and repeating of grades; stop worrying about student self esteem and put the efforts into their success rather than producing crutches for them.

Commerce: Tear down the barriers of regulation where it is necessary to do so. eliminate min. wage and payroll taxes. Determine what is a realistic wage and advertise it so people know that they shouldn't accept less than that if they have a family to feed. Perhaps have an anti-exploitation statute on the books to curb abuse. Bottom line pay a fair wage or we will impose one. Simplify Labour Law and Health and Safety. And please reform the WSIB.

Energy and Resources: We need an oil pipeline from the oil fields of Alberta or Saskatchewan. Even better still exploit our huge gas reserves that are yet untapped. I would lay odds that if they drilled a little deeper they might even hit the oil beneath it. We have gold in Ontario as well as many other minerals it only makes sense to get them out of the ground and paying some of the bills here.

We need a leader that will once and for all put an end to the "Nanny State" It is not the business of Government to tell anyone how to live their lives. We need to curtail the mandate of the Human Rights Commission and bring it into line with our Constitutional values ie:presumption of innocence. The complainant ought to pay for their legal fees and the tribunal ought to have qualified judiciary( retired justices would work) but most all stop the "Hurt feeling complaints" the "they have offended me and everyone like me complaint. A start would be using a more American approach to civil liberties.

We could use our own Constitution with our own bill of rights that will protect property and enshrine Common Law protections of person and property.

But most of all we need a leader who is passionate enough to present these ideals to the people and give them a clear cut choice at the next election...

Way To Go Dalton!

In the immortal words of Forest Gump "Stupid is as stupid does". It is not enough that he has run Ontario into the ground; failed to make enough cuts in the budget that our bonds were down graded. Dalton has decided to kick the proverbial hornets nest "Firearms Owners" yes us!

Mark Holland the erstwhile MP for Ajax-Pickering decided that he would make us enemies. As you probably noticed he is the erstwhile MP..Firearms owners work very hard in that riding for his opponent logged thousands of volunteer hours knocking on doors and manning phones. The bottom line is we mobilized our forces and made a difference. Ajax-Pickering has a fine new Conservative MP now.

So why does Dalton think it is a good idea to raise the ire of my community? Does he not realize the significant voting block we represent? There is an estimated 7 million firearms owners give or take; not everyone acquiesced to the Ottawa Edict and licensed not everyone registered either; in a Province of 12 million people where do you think a good portion of that 7 million live? Though many of them may well not vote PC and quite frankly could have voted liberal or NDP. It still remains clear we as a community vote! when you do organize we have quite a bit of clout. This move by Dolton to thumb his nose at the federal legislation calling an end to non restricted firearms registration.

Dolton's contention is that the 1977 firearms act is now in play; really? since when? The Edict from Ottawa called Bill C-68 repealed that making it null and void the new firearms act supersedes it; It is the statute now; I would also like to point out section 126 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
Disobeying a statute

• 126. (1) Every one who, without lawful excuse, contravenes an Act of Parliament by wilfully doing anything that it forbids or by wilfully omitting to do anything that it requires to be done is, unless a punishment is expressly provided by law, guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 126; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 185(F).

Without positive law stating otherwise Dolton and Chris Wyatt have not lawful excuse. Using the clause stating that he(Wyatt) can place any reasonable condition on a licence holder is flimsy at best in the face of the legislative intent of Bill C-19 which clearly states that all data collection must stop. Secondly Wyatt is a sworn officer of the peace he is not qualified to interpret a statute; even so the statutory interpretation act is in play; which more or less states that the legislative purpose is part of the process in interpreting any act. So if ending the registering of non restricted firearms is the legislative purpose how can Wyatt claim colour of right when he in fact is committing a criminal offence. What is worse the Premier is counselling him to break the law.

Way to go Dalton! What is paramount to the rule of law is first equality before the law(though arguably statutes are not laws) no one can get around it. Secondly I would argue that them who presume to have authority over us need to obey the law scrupulously. Other wise it comes down to this. Why should we have to obey the law if they don't.