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LOL This is getting so ridiculous. The council needs to get some balls and pass some recall legislation so we can kick this idiot out of office.

I've stated it's a nice bonus to help ease the austerity measures and that there are no severe economic impacts with an increase of that percentage. The onus of proof is on you to show all services are bloated or that the tax increase will be harmful to the economy.

Raising taxes is taking money to pay for bloated services? Are all services "bloated"? Is raising taxes by a small increment versus a large increment irrelevent to you? You see, no one will take you seriously if you continue to make this kind of armchair analysis.

Like I said in another thread - just watch question period. Everytime there is a perfectly rational criticism of policy, instead of owning up to it, the conservatives deflect to the failings of previous governments. This is a common argumentative tactic, but there needs to be a widespread revelation by the media to condemn these kinds of logical fallacies. They're unproductive, deceptive and harmful for all of us.

What's to bash? Enable all reasonable cost saving measures you want. In addition to that, enact a 10% corporate tax hike and save an extra billion dollars a year. Everyone's happy.

There's been a lot of talk about recall legislation these days. I wonder why...

You're a week late and you're gonna get spanked.

$1 Billion/year in revenue is not meaningless at all. We're all in agreement that this is only one part of the strategy anyway, so please - keep your panties from getting in a bunch.

The cons use this trick in QP as well. It's getting old.

Yes, I thought this would be self-evident as well. Did Cotler end up getting an apology in the house?

The sleazy CPC strikes again.

More commuter propaganda incoming. This is abhorrent. Ford Brothers Host 'The City' on NewsTalk 1010 Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Councillor Doug Ford have decided to take a shot at being talk show hosts and it'll happen right here on NewsTalk 1010. They will be the new hosts of NewsTalk 1010's The City starting this Sunday from 1p.m. to 3p.m. The show has become a very popular spot to discuss local politics and issues important to Torontonians. The Mayor and Councillor Doug Ford made the announcement on NewsTalk 1010's Jerry Agar Show on Thursday morning. http://www.newstalk1010.com/News/localnews/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10351760

Mayor’s opponents building coalition to derail subways The showdown, which will play out on the floor of city council, is turning into a game of numbers and procedure, with the mayor’s opponents working to gather enough support to control the agenda and poring over bylaws to plan their attack – which could include an attempt to take over the transit commission. Councillor Adam Vaughan says a bigger issue is whether critics of the mayor’s plan can get the two-thirds of council necessary – 30 votes – to control the agenda. “If that 30 votes materializes, all bets are off,” said Mr. Vaughan, a vocal critic of the mayor. “It goes way beyond transit. It is a game changer.” Mr. Vaughan said the very public firing of Mr. Webster, who two weeks ago outlined the merits of surface light rail during questioning by council, has helped to move numbers closer to the 30 mark.

Again, no evidence to show that a 10% raise in corporate taxes will cause economic harm.

I never meant to imply that the article stated corporate taxes specifically - that's just what I believe is a necessary measure to take regarding revenues. Your $15 billion shortfall is a total amount, whereas the revenue from raising corporate taxes alone is $1 billion/year. Again, there is no evidence that raising corporate taxes by 10% will have a truly detrimental effect on the economy.

Both.

What makes his opinion uninformed?

Someone in the NDP must be really into child pornography. Tories accuse NDP of ‘dirty, sleazy’ Twitter attack on e-snooping champion

Right. That's why I said, in addition to. And the rate should be raised by 10% as that would create a $1 Billion bonus every year. Also, keep in mind, that there is no evidence to support that a change in corporate taxes will actually have any significant effect on consumers. Companies will still make a profit. G&M is getting on board with the program: Governments, especially the McGuinty government, refused to tell the truth to the electorate. They kept assuming, and hoping, that the robust economic times of yesteryear would return. And they did two things simultaneously: They refused to raise taxes, and they kept on adding new spending programs or letting existing ones expand. In the last election campaign, none of the parties came remotely close to levelling with the voters. Ontario can no longer hide from taxes, restraint

They should do most of the above and raise corporate taxes by 5%. Take a look at this infographic to see why: http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/drummondreport3.jpg

There are values that synonymous with both Liberals and NDP voters that make up the 60%. I think that's what people usually refer to when they quote the 40% Conservative base, or make statements that the country is clearly not centre-right as they would have you believe.

It appears as if he was just making an offhand comment about the life of a separatist and how it could be valid if the worst ideals of conservatism came to fruition. Makes sense, but based on his statement, he's also aware that it will never really come to that.

A conservative twisting the message to suit his political agenda? No way... Trudeau says he'll help Quebec separate - The Toronto Sun

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It's been a while since we've had a poll but the new numbers are in. Approval - 43% Disapproval - 47% For reference, the last two polls had the following results: Approval - 59% Disapproval - 41% Approval - 65% Disapproval - 35% This is the first time that disapproval of Ford's performance outweighs approval. When broken down regionally, the only section of Toronto that has an approval rating over 50% is North York. This survey was fielded using Stratcom’s Rapid Poll, an automated phone poll, from February 9th to 10th, 2012, yielding a sample of 1300 completed surveys and a margin of error of +/-2.7%. http://www.stratcom.ca/assets/Ford_Suffers_Disaffection_Poll_Feb_12_2012.pdf