Dowd

Aunion seeking help for some of the world’s neediest people has run into Ontario’s most influential lobby and its friends in government and been dumped on as if it wanted a 50 percent raise.

The most ambitious politician in Ontario is back in the number 2 job, but his chances of achieving his real aim of becoming premier are almost nonexistent.

If Stephen Harper really wants to help John Tory get elected premier of Ontario, he should stop saying all those nice things about him.

The first MPP to suggest wind power could help solve Ontario’s energy shortage was almost laughed out of the legislature.

The longest-running feud in Ontario politics is between two former premiers and it is not running out of steam.

Biker gangs have been given an extraordinarily easy ride by Ontarians and there are signs this still has not changed.

Politicians closely identified with a province find it difficult to get to the top in federal politics and this will be a problem for Gerard Kennedy and Bob Rae.

Anybody can be premier of Ontario as long as he is white, male and Anglo.

Forget those masterminds in the smoky back rooms with their fancy tactics and negative ads – there are other aids to winning elections. ERIC DOWD One of the surest is to have a mom, dad, husband or even grandfather pave the way.

An Ontario opposition leader has done something they said couldn’t be done. He has made himself known without having a seat in the legislature.