Category Archives: Ontario Election

If Ontario goes to the polls this spring, these are the ridings to keep an eye on

Posted on 05/03/2013 by

Global Toronto News [Excerpt] Progressive Conservative Randy Pettapiece won Perth-Wellington by the slimmest of margins – 1.4 per cent, or 210 votes. The riding, which borders the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound area, could be affected by the wind turbine issue that led … Continue reading →

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Gas plant cancellations cost $585 million: Ontario Power Authority

Posted on 05/01/2013 by

Toronto Sun TORONTO - Ontarians will pay at least $585 million to not build gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga. Premier Kathleen Wynne wouldn’t apologize for the debacle Tuesday, but said she is frustrated with the process that led to the siting … Continue reading →

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Liberal Gas Plants growing out of control…

Posted on 05/01/2013 by

MacKay Editorial Cartoons

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Looking for help from NDP to defeat Liberals at Queen’s Park

Posted on 04/23/2013 by

By Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer News that Ontario’s budget will be released May 2 won’t derail Tory plans to introduce a non-confidence motion over the Liberal government’s handling of cancelled gas power plants in Mississauga and Oakville. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob … Continue reading →

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‘They have not been honest’: Ontario PCs to call for non-confidence vote before Wynne can present budget

Posted on 04/22/2013 by

National Post Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives plan to move a motion of non-confidence in Premier Kathleen Wynne’s minority Liberal government even before it presents the provincial budget, The Canadian Press has learned. The basis for the motion, officially called a want … Continue reading →

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Liberals, NDP ignore wind turbine concerns

Posted on 04/20/2013 by

Petrolia Topic A local contingent of municipal leaders and residents of Sarnia-Lambton watched at Queen’s Park in Toronto on April 18 as Liberal and NDP members of the Ontario legislature voted to continue the march of industrial wind turbines across … Continue reading →

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Cancelled Mississauga power plant cost $275 million: Ontario auditor general

Posted on 04/18/2013 by

Rob Ferguson and John Spears. Toronto Star Ontarians are paying twice for a single power plant, Auditor General Jim McCarter says in a scathing report that found it cost $275 million to scrap a generating station in Mississauga and move … Continue reading →

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