Hudak’s Tories dealing themselves out again

Martin Regg Cohn, The Hamilton Spectator
February 21, 2013

The duty of the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is to oppose. You can look it up in his job title.

By that measure, Tim Hudak is pretty good at his job. The Tory leader opposes everything under the sun — and anything shady.

It’s a thankless job — and not one he sought: Hudak ran to be premier in the last election, not the runner-up dispensing perpetual put-downs.

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Tim Hudak’s plans to link student loans to grades is silly

Editorial, The Toronto Star
February 15, 2013

American president Harry S. Truman once observed that “the C students run the world.” If Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak gets his way, they won’t even obtain a post-secondary education — at least one funded by government loans.

In his most preposterous policy position yet, Hudak says university and college students should receive loans only if they reach a certain — undefined — level of academic success.

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Right-to-work laws no help to economy

Brian MacLeod, The Sudbury Star
February 14, 2013

There is no reason for Ontario to emasculate its workforce to compete with the dregs of the U.S. economy.

Yet that’s what Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak would do if he got a majority government. He wants to turn Ontario into a province with a so-called right-to-work law, like many of the poorest U.S. states, under the guise of freedom of association.

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@jeffreyyurek “Public sectors workers wages are 14% greater than those of private sector”. It just means those wages need improving. #onpoli

About 3 months ago from Working Families Ont’s Twitter via web