19
Apr

Andrew Lawton: An Open Letter To Tim Hortons

Editor-in-chief of Landmark Report Andrew Lawton wrote an  open letter to the CEO of Tim Horton’s. I think this is a great idea and does  have my wholehearted support.

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9
Apr

Remembering The Battle of Vimy Ridge


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As a former student and History Major, I always mark April 9th as a special day of remembering Canada’s contribution and sacrifice of the Canadian troops who gave their lives during the second world war and therefore allowed the people like myself and my sibling to have the freedoms and luxuries to enjoy almost 100 years later! This day should never go by unacknowledged by the hard-fought war of these soldiers, on the Battle of Vimy Ridge; I just wanted to recognized their sacrifice for our freedoms!

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8
Apr

Margaret Thatcher The iron lady was one-of-a-kind RIP

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This morning, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away, from a stroke.  She was a true statesman and conservative icon; her leadership was not only an example for her fellow countrymen, but for generations of political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic who were inspired by her resolve.

Moreover, this is a time to reflect upon the successes and reforms that Thatcher did achieve during her time in office. Thatcher was one of the driving forces behind the end of communism; as well a vigorous defender of the morality of freedom and free markets.  That alone makes her one of the greatest Prime Ministers since Winston Churchill. For all that the iron lady accomplished in her life that is why she is one-of-a-kind.

 

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7
Apr

75 Months – McGuinty/Wynne Legacy

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27
Mar

Ontario PCs The Party of Ideas

Since the end of the last provincial campaign. The Ontario PC party has been the most active in formulating ideas and solutions to the problems that face the province.

From the Globe and Mail

Of the three major parties, only one appears to have finally decided to grapple with reality. Tim Hudak and the Progressive Conservative Party have released a number of interesting, innovative and occasionally controversial policies that seriously attempt to respond to the problems facing the province. It is unclear whether there is much room for ideas over rhetoric in a media-dominated political landscape, but for those who believe a politics of ideas is crucial for the future of the province, the PC Party policy papers are a good place to start.

 

The article goes on to outline a few areas where the Ontario PCs have outlined unique thoughts on a few key public policy questions.

 

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19
Mar

Stephen Harper leader of the West

Last night Ezra Levant interviewed national review columnist Jay Nordlinger on the source. They discussed the recent cover story featuring Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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6
Mar

Welcome to My New Website

I just wanted to write-up a quick note, after a couple of weeks and a few tweaks. I have completed the migration from blogger to WordPress. Overall I am happy with the website for now. I want to thank those who encouraged me to make the switch. It looks like there will be a provincial election in Ontario sometime in this calendar year, and there is no better time than the present to start posting on a more frequent basis.
For those who wanted to update their bookmarks. Here is the most recent RSS feed for the blog http://www.toryredux.com/feed/

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27
Jan

New Ontario PC Radio Ads

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Today, the Ontario PC party launched a series of radio ads reminding Ontarians of the economic record of the liberals while, premier designate Kathleen Wynne  was at the cabinet table with Dalton McGuinty.

Here is one of the ads

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25
Oct

Tim Hudak’s Open letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty

Tim Hudak

Earlier this week Tim Hudak leader of the Ontario PC party penned an open letter to outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty . He detailed many of his grievances against the prorogation and urges McGuinty to recall the legislature.

Some of the letter is below
 

The consequence of your decision to prorogue means that we are unable to take the meaningful action required to rein in government spending and enact policies to kick-start private sector job creation. Before you prorogued, the Ontario PC Caucus had put forward a number of bold ideas designed to undo many of the harmful decisions your government has made to restrain economic growth. Our proposals to rebuild Ontario’s economy included legislation to help small business owners cut through red tape, strengthen transparency in government, and reform the broken arbitration system – with our Ability to Pay Act. In effect, proroguing means you have put the government on autopilot, leaving your reckless spending to continue, unchecked, and the debt to…

….Failure to order the Legislature back now means you are making the job we will need to do when it returns even more difficult and perhaps insurmountable. Your plan to wait until the weekend of January 25-27 of next year for a new Liberal leader to hand off these important decisions to means any practical action will be delayed until at least well into 2013.

Premier, when we are confronted with tough times, leaders are required to rise to the challenge, not turn out the lights and go home.

I stand ready to do my part. Ontarians are counting on you to do yours.

Yours truly,

Tim Hudak, MPP
Leader of the Official Opposition and of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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13
Oct

Sir Isaac Brock

 by Sean_Marshall

 Today marks the bicentennial of the Battle of Queenston Heights and the death of Sir Isaac Brock. I still remember the day trips with my family to the Niagara region when I was a young impressionable boy .   We did a complete circuit of Fort George and Fort Niagara of course ending off at Brock’s monument and learning about the battle at Queenston Heights. These trips were an important part of sparking a lifelong love of history in me that continues to this day.
An excellent Bicentennial blog 1812 now has an in-depth post on the battle of Queenston Heights using primary sources; which gives you the sense of what it felt like to be there.
Putting aside the solemn remembrance of heroes who have long passed away this is for me at least one of the reasons Canadian history has a personal connection!

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