Topaz Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Ideas were printed to the Toronto Sun of how Ontario could use some ideas to get out of the money mess we're in. I agreee with most but I wonder what would the rest of Ontario say. http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnis...517521-sun.html Quote
DFCaper Posted October 26, 2009 Report Posted October 26, 2009 Ideas were printed to the Toronto Sun of how Ontario could use some ideas to get out of the money mess we're in. I agreee with most but I wonder what would the rest of Ontario say. http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnis...517521-sun.html I agreed with most of it as well... except for.. * Ban all overtime in the public sector. If you need to hire more people, give a job to someone who's out of work. OT is cheaper than new hires. Just make it nearly impossible to qualify... Not a fan of the child care plans. I don't use the public system and don't know why people who stay home or home days cares shouldn't be included in this benefit. It's bad enough we don't have many options when our child is older. (I'm offended by the no failing kids thingy) As someone who has taken worst than a 5% pay cut, I'm not sure it is fair that the government is going to raise my taxes substantially, to pay huge raises. My Ont gov't employee friend was happy with his 4+3=7% raise this year. He's glad he works for the government now.... Quote "Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it" - Hellen Keller "Success is not measured by the heights one attains, but by the obstacles one overcomes in its attainment" - Booker T. Washington
Shwa Posted October 26, 2009 Report Posted October 26, 2009 What "money mess?" The politically driven budget statement that is likely bloated with 50% contigency funding? Once the next election rolls around expect that 24 billion dollar deficit to be halved and the Liberals claiming to be economic superstars and so on. The good news (for them) is that they have effectively shifted the focus away from the eHealth and Second Career boondoggles. Just in time. Governance by obfuscation. As for the suggestions from Christana Blizzard, well they are naive and uninteresting. That is why she writes for the Sun and not some more reputable news source. If the province was serious about reducing the 24 billion dollar deficit, then they would simple keep all the taxes collected for one year - corporate, sales & income. That ought to do it without reducing salaries, cut programs, slash services, sell off crown assets, etc. Get a calculator and do that math. I am betting should Ontario do that, we would see who the real 'have-not' provinces are in very short order. Quote
madmax Posted October 26, 2009 Report Posted October 26, 2009 What "money mess?" The politically driven budget statement that is likely bloated with 50% contigency funding? Once the next election rolls around expect that 24 billion dollar deficit to be halved and the Liberals claiming to be economic superstars and so on. The good news (for them) is that they have effectively shifted the focus away from the eHealth and Second Career boondoggles. Just in time. Governance by obfuscation. Good observation. E Health and the less known 2nd Career have disappeared from the print media. 2nd Career isn't so much a boondoggle as much as it is in admitting that retraining costs a hell of alot of money. Lazy unemployed workers took them up on their offer to retrain. There wasn't enough funding to cover the demand. Budget is blown less then halfway through. Expect the Liberals to continue to toute 2nd Career as they restrict eligibility. A program is great if you make it sound great and offer it to few. Meanwhile, its just a drop in the bucket of the number of unemployed. The Ontario government has no vision for the future. Its a government run amok and most of their programs are out of control when given to 3rd party consultants and private sector service providers with their bellies up to the trough. Quote
Michael Hardner Posted October 26, 2009 Report Posted October 26, 2009 These ones were laughable: * Tell teachers, doctors, nurses, jail guards and other public sector workers who recently negotiated lucrative contracts that, much as we appreciate their work, we can't afford those pay hikes.Sorry, this is a crisis. When things get better, we can talk again. I'm sure they'll just say 'OK, we won't strike !' * While we're talking about eHealth, it should go without saying that government agencies should never, ever, be given the task of developing IT projects.Time and again, the bureaucrats get bamboozled by the baloney baffles brains brigade and they end up spending our money to produce precious little. Give the job to a private sector company -- preferably a start-up where people's livelihoods depend on their ability to deliver the goods. You can't develop IT without the involvement of senior management, though, and from the accounts I've read... as well as knowing how the gun registry went awry federally... they're the most to blame. Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
punked Posted November 17, 2009 Report Posted November 17, 2009 These ones were laughable: I'm sure they'll just say 'OK, we won't strike !' You can't develop IT without the involvement of senior management, though, and from the accounts I've read... as well as knowing how the gun registry went awry federally... they're the most to blame. How about wasting 81 million dollars on a worthless energy plant? Thank the Liberals. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/11/16/windsor-energy-centre-casino496.html Quote
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