Columnist Tony Dean observes that opposition missteps paved the way for the Premier's solid grasp on power but she has a tough job ahead: in respecting public expectations and reckoning with the unions. ...
Category: Tony Dean
Dean: All three main parties buy into tough fiscal constraints
Columnist Tony Dean says balancing the budget would be no cake-walk for any party and the public service is going to take some stick regardless of the election's outcome. ...
Dean: Notes on a weird campaign and top platform picks
It's been a weird campaign for the June 12 election, but each party has at least three great ideas, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
Dean: ‘Caretaker’ role of government is a real ‘power outage’
Election campaigns force governments to take on a 'caretaker' role, which changes the jobs of many in the Cabinet Office, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
Dean: 2013 budget bargaining gives Horwath lift in campaign
Columnist Tony Dean keeps score of NDP Leader Andrea Horwath's and Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne's commitment-keeping from the 2013 budget. ...
Dean: Public service buffeted by winds of change
Columnist Tony Dean says times like these call for inclusive and forward-thinking leadership to manage the nature, degree and speed of change. ...
Dean: Public service transition planners are on standby
Columnist Tony Dean describe what amounts to the highest test of a good, honest bureaucracy - serving as the glue that keeps the government together while the reins of power are handed over to a new regime. ...
Dean: Hudak’s deficit-cutting plan is so 1980s
Columnist Tony Dean observes that the Tory leader's policies are right out of the Thatcher-Reagan playbook - while the Liberals continue to beat the social spending drum and the NDP seem to be fading fast. ...
Dean: Will life go back to normal at Queen’s Park?
Some of the craziness at QP may be temporary, but other factors are here for the long term, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
Dean: Liberals’ policies deserve recognition, so do public servants
Good news is getting the cold shoulder as the Liberal government moves ahead on policy fronts in education, health and governance, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
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