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Hudak's decision to flip flop on Ottawa LRT was a huge boost for the Liberals. The Liberals had a crushing victory in Ottawa. The suburban seat of Ottawa-Orleans, expected to be a close race and containing the eastern terminus of Ottawa LRT Phase 2, went Liberal by over 10,000 votes. Ottawa...

ECLRT is NOT a true P3, because the design work is still done by Metrolinx, only construction is tendered. And the government still coordinates construction, and has separate contracts--there's a contract for one tunnel section, another for another section, another for stations (and surface line...

That's exactly what Ottawa did. It launched a true competitive bidding process, that was won by a consortium consisting mostly of foreign companies. Infrastructure Ontario allowed it under the condition that whoever won must use at least 20% Canadian source materials for the vehicles. Ottawa...

Yes. I hate the Harper conservatives more than you can imagine, but the one thing they got right was managing the books. The Liberal government back in the 1990s balanced the budget and paid off a bunch of debt, but it came at significant cost to our economy and society. While Harper has damaged...

Hey, people, you know something interesting: Wynne's approach is better for Ontario's finances than Hudak's. Hudak's dramatic spending cuts will weaken the economy and his tax cuts will shrink the revenue base. Both will only increase the deficit. You can't cut your way out of a deficit without...

The 416 is already a Liberal zone. If the polls are believable, the Liberals are headed to a near-wipeout of the 416, with Toronto-Danforth being the only remaining non-Liberal seat. It's the rest of the province that matters. Especially Ottawa. There's 4 seats there that are still too close...

I had no idea Bill Davis was still alive, but I just looked it up and he's 84 years old. Good luck of getting him to be politically active.

He will not. Hudak has made it very clear he's not cancelling Phase 1 of Ottawa LRT. In any case, it's impossible for him to do so. The province has already given the $600M check to the City of Ottawa, they've already cashed it and given it to the contractor, so he can't revoke funding. The...

Exactly. From a TO perspective you can't see this, but many Ontario cities (Guelph & Kingston are two that immediately come to mind) are dependent on the provincial public sector to survive economically. Just look at all the economic malaise the city of Ottawa is now facing because of Harper's...