Patrick Brown decided today that he was ending his candidacy for the Ontario PC Leadership race due to death threats and harassment his family received, and also due to his mother apparently being hospitalized because she can’t handle the stress of her son’s public life. This abrupt end to Brown
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Mind Bending Politics: Has The Ontario PC Party Opened Up a Pandora’s Box With Brown?
Since the Patrick Brown scandal broke on CTV, there are a lot of unanswered questions about the allegations surrounding Brown’s accusers of sexual misconduct, to the role both the party and the reporting by CTV News. In a two part interview with Global TV which played out over two days,
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Political Coup and The Dangers of Knee Jerk Reactions to Unproven Allegations
Former Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown Faces Unproven Allegations of Misconduct Like many when I first heard the news about the allegations made against Patrick Brown, I jumped on the bandwagon. My first thought was how disgusting a man he is, but when I actually saw the reports and those
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ontario NDP Digs Huge Hole With Millennial Vote Over College Strike
(Andrea Horwath Looks Tone Deaf on Biggest Voting Demographic) The decision by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to order striking college workers back to work was a decision that was based purely on politics geared towards getting the millennial vote ahead of provincial election. Wynne has seemingly backed the Ontario NDP
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ombudsman to Ontario Parents and Students – We Don’t Believe You!
(Ontario Ombudsman Taking A Hands Off Approach To Systemic Issues With Ontario’s School Boards) Just as the Ministry of Education’s probe of more mishandling of public funds at the York Region District School Board becomes clearer, the Ontario Ombudsman has sent a strong message to tax payers that it will
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: CUPE Blasts Help For Autistic Kids And Puts Its Members First
(CUPE Says Money Should Go To Its Members Rather Than Autistic Kids) CUPE who is the union representing educational assistants (EA) in the province of Ontario released a press release this week in which it has lambasted the provincial government for piloting a project which will allow autistic kids to
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ontario Minimum Wage Increase A Good Idea
(Businesses Across Ontario Are Being Too Penny Wise With The Proposed Wage Increase) Scary clowns are a big hit these days at the box office, and while the people of Ontario get acquainted with a clown called Pennywise from the latest version of Stephen Kings IT, the Financial Accountability Office
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: NDP Could End Up Winning Ontario In 2018
(Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Could Be the Strongest Leader In Contention For 2018) With the next provincial election coming into view in Ontario, have the Liberals made a fatal mistake on keeping Kathleen Wynne at the helm? Recent polls put Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown up front, however
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Parents Set To Protest New Autism Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ———– June 14th, 2017 TORONTO – The parents of several autistic kids will be rallying at Minister Children and Youth Services Michael Coteau’s constituency office on Friday, June 16th, 2017 at 1:00pm. Parents are concerned that transitional services over the past year to the new Ontario Autism
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Human Rights Appears To Be An Issue In New Ontario Autism Program
Minister of Children and Youth Services Micheal Coteau has been a champion of human rights especially in the black community and around racism, but when it comes to autistic kids it may be a different story. Coteau made an announcement yesterday that was very short on detail regarding the
Continue readingDefend Public Healthcare: Ontario is not sinking into deficit: Better public services can be won
The Financial Accountability Office (FAO) predictssignificant deficits over the next several years – despite also predicting significant economic growth. Using the government’s accounting method, the FAO is predicting budget deficits of $0.5 billion this year, increasing to $3.6 billion in 2021-22. If the FAO is right then we do have a
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Minister Coteau Finally Sighted By Parents On The Autism File
Micheal Coteau the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services as been somewhat like a Sasquatch to many in the autism community. There have been reported sightings, but often those reports come with fuzzy details, and then he seems to vanish into the wilderness of Queen’s Park. Almost a year
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Autism Parents Say They’ve Been Duped In Open Letter To Coteau
(Autism Parents Say MCYS is still cutting therapy from kids 5 and up) In an open letter to the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services, several parents of autistic kids say they’ve been duped by the province into thinking that funding was restored for intensive therapy for kids over
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: York Board Sets Georgina Community Consultation For March 23rd, 2017
The York Region District School Board [YRDSB] has set its “community consultation” on how to fill the vacant seat in Georgina for March 23rd, 2017. This is remarkably right after March break, when most parents are getting caught up on other things, and very little notification is being given
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: YRDSB Leadership Crisis Builds As True Cost of Trustee By-Election Not Known
YRDSB Chair Loralea Carruthers (right) Still Dealing with Massive Public Confidence Issues This past week there was much indecision at the York Region District School Board [YRDSB] on how to fill former Trustee Nancy Elgie’s seat, punting the ball in an unprecedented move to the people of Georgina. Trustee Elgie
Continue readingDefend Public Healthcare: Ontario government spending grows. But the deficit falls like a stone
Yesterday’s third quarter report from the Ministry of Finance indicates that their estimate of the deficit for 2016/17 fiscal year has fallen by $2.4 billion — from $4.3 billion to $1.9 billion. This despite the announcement of another $223 million in new spending increases for 2016/17. If you recall, the
Continue readingDefend Public Healthcare: Ontario government spending grows. But the deficit falls like a stone
Yesterday’s third quarter report from the Ministry of Finance indicates that their estimate of the deficit for 2016/17 fiscal year has fallen by $2.4 billion — from $4.3 billion to $1.9 billion. This despite the announcement of another $223 million in new spending increases for 2016/17. If you recall, the
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Trumpism in Canada, Part 1: Ontario
You might be shocked to hear this, but Donald J. Trump is not popular politically in Canada. In fact, according to any poll he isn’t popular almost anywhere, including within the country he’ll now lead. Yet the man convincingly won an election through the Electoral College – the question is,
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Trumpism in Canada, Part 1: Ontario
You might be shocked to hear this, but Donald J. Trump is not popular politically in Canada. In fact, according to any poll he isn’t popular almost anywhere, including within the country he’ll now lead. Yet the man convincingly won an election through the Electoral College – the question is,
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Ministry Responds To My Open Letter To Minister Coteau
As many of you may remember I wrote an open letter to the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services Micheal Coteau regarding some concerns I had with the transition process, and with my son’s situation. I was hoping for a direct response from Minister Coteau instead I received
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