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Tell it to the judge (02/16/05)

Visions of Premier Dalton McGuinty and politicians anywhere for the first time being hauled into court and held responsible for broken promises have been dashed ? but it could not have been any other way.

Citizens standing in line to sue government (02/02/05)

Dog owners are threatening to sue Ontario?s Liberal government, but they will have to stand in line.

Eves won?t budge for Tory (01/26/05)

Ontario Progressive Conservatives? new leader John Tory might have been better off calling Ticketmaster to get himself a seat in the legislature, but he is luckier than the last opposition party leader in the same predicament.

What?s up with Liberals and booze? (01/19/05)

Ontario?s Liberals are making a big effort to create distractions to take voters? minds off their real concerns, and they have turned again to a tried and trusted one, booze.

Be swayed by performance, not catchy slogans (01/12/05)

Ontario?s Liberals had a catchy slogan ?choose change? that helped win the last election, but prefer not to be reminded of it. Premier Dalton McGuinty and his party, in fact, keep getting reminded.

Loose lips can sink ships (12/17/04)

Ontario’s Liberals have the leakiest government ever – if it was a ship, it would have sunk long ago.

Sometimes politicians say the darndest things (11/26/04)

Ontario’s politicians do not provide much memorable debate, but they have their moments.

Church lobbyists here don’t have much in common with Christian

Organized religion has a vastly different view of politics in Ontario than it does than in the United States, and a lot more Christian spirit.

Offending female politicians has become commonplace (11/14/04)

About the worst offence politicians can commit is offending women – so why do they keep doing it? Shafiq Qaadri, a Liberal MPP and family physician, shouted across the legislature to New Democrat, Marilyn Churley, who was heckling, saying that she wa

Is government intervention going too far? (11/05/04)

The next big issue in Ontario politics will be “nannygate” – a charge the Liberal government is intent on running residents’ lives from the cradle to the grave.