Columnist Dwight Duncan notes the essence of Ontario's political fundraising rules have been unchanged for 41 years, and he raises questions about some of the issues that need to be addressed. ...
Category: Opinion
Purchase: Details of fundraising reform will reveal real Wynne
Columnist Bryne Purchase says the premier will have to "simply do the right thing" — not for herself or her party, but for the sake of government itself. Most importantly, the public's trust is counting on it. ...
Duncan: Remembering Leon
Columnist Dwight Duncan pays tribute to Leon Korbee, a well-respected CTV journalist who later served as an adviser to two premiers. ...
Purchase: Why carbon pricing should be used to cut the HST
Columnist Bryne Purchase suggests the best policy for revenue-neutral carbon pricing is to reduce taxes on consumption. ...
Purchase: Embracing carbon pricing gives Brown a political opportunity
Columnist Bryne Purchase says the PCs can use carbon pricing to reinvent themselves in an economically, environmentally and politically winning way. ...
Duncan: Ontario politics have long had a bit of Trump in them
Columnist Dwight Duncan writes there are many factors that have diminished public debate in this province - 'and we all share responsibility for that.' ...
Purchase: Only a matter of time before voters wise up to Liberal policies
Columnist Bryne Purchase says Wynne government plans for cap-and-trade, the Hydro One sale and the ORPP all have a cost - one that Ontario Liberals will pay for at the ballot box as the public comes to realize the true i ...
Purchase: Ontario needs to find a way to boost private-sector spending
Columnist Bryne Purchase says the big question for the upcoming Ontario budget is how to get private businesses to start investing again — and argues the ORPP is counterproductive for this goal. ...
Duncan: How governments set the agenda on budget day
Columnist Dwight Duncan reads the tea leaves on the government's prebudget announcements, and takes a guess at what surprises — if any — we might see on budget day. ...
Why is human trafficking tolerated in Ontario?
Progressive Conservative MPP Toby Barrett calls on the provincial government to set up a task force to combat human trafficking, which he says is a growing problem in the province ...