Columnist Tony Dean says Peter Wallace, Toronto's new city manager, is well-prepared given his experience in the provincial sector to face the challenges of municipal government. ...
Category: Opinion
Dean: Liberals gladly take criticism for not raising taxes
Columnist Tony Dean says tax increases should enter the picture as a revenue strategy in the next year or two to make up the difference in what's likely to be a shortfall on the government's path to balance. ...
Purchase: Selling Hydro One is faulty economics
Columnist Bryne Purchase contends that the people have a right to know if the Liberals' rationale for this asset sale is supported by both the financial market theory and the facts-on-the-ground evidence. ...
Purchase: Cap-and-trade is a risky policy
Columnist Bryne Purchase says the Liberal government's cap-and-trade policy announced Monday is the more complex way of controlling greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Dean: Ontario pension, Hydro One could be Wynne’s legacy
Columnist Tony Dean observes that, if not handled deftly, the sale of parts of Hydro One and the creation of a provincial pension plan could just as easily become hot potato issues in the next provincial election. ...
Dean: Wynne government gets loud about sexual violence
Columnist Tony Dean says Premier is stepping up to challenge sexual violence and finding an international reach in the face of silence from the federal government ...
Purchase: Employee ownership and selling Hydro One
Columnist Bryne Purchase says selling part of Hydro One to its employees could improve productivity, but the idea needs to be studied more. ...
Dean: Integrity commissioner urges training for political staff
Columnist Tony Dean writes that Lynn Morrison's proposal to build staff skills is a positive development - one that the premier's office is embracing through the appointment of an HR director. ...
Dean: Possible Hydro One IPO grabs centre stage
Columnist Tony Dean calls the plan to potentially privatize Hydro One a 'World-Cup-level political football' ...
Dean: Public sector compensation not out-of-whack
Columnist Tony Dean takes issue with recent reports from the Fraser Institute and CFIB that suggest public employees are overpaid compared with their private-sector counterparts. ...
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