Liberals trying to turn the tables on opposition over Ornge scandal

(Ornge-Opposition) TORONTO – Ontario’s governing Liberals are trying to turn the tables on the opposition parties over the Ornge scandal.

Government house leader John Milloy says both the NDP and Conservatives knew about the changes at Ornge that shielded public money from government oversight.

He says the NDP received a letter in 2010 about the organizational changes that allowed Ornge to create a web of for-profit entities that were owned by its senior officers.

Milloy says the Tories were briefed by Ornge on all of their operations last May.

…Milloy says the opposition didn’t sound the alarm either, despite their recent howls of outrage over Ornge.

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I haven’t said anything about the Ornge file, as I have a personal conflict of interest.  But the stinking hypocrites in the Ontario PCs and true NDP have finally persuaded me to make an exception.  As Ontario Liberal Government House Leader John Milloy just brilliantly pointed out in the Legislature, the deputy leader of the PCs, Christine Elliott, knew all about what was happening over there almost two years ago.  And she did zero, zippo, zilch.

Oh, except for lobbying for an Ornge base in her riding, that is.

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Come to the show Wednesday night at the Bovine!

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I’ll leave the movie reviews to my betters, like Paul Wells.

I’ll only say this: saw it yesterday with Son 3. He loved it, I hated it.

It is basically a movie about children murdering children. That makes it despicable enough. But what makes it worse is that it pretends to disapprove of children murdering children – while simultaneously profiting from precisely that.

It is a disgrace. It will be a huge success.

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Here’s the thing about the NDP.

They suddenly lost their charismatic, talented leader in the summer. They had an interim leader who used to be a card-carrying separatist.
They had a leadership race that was duller than dishwater. They have a caucus bursting at the seams with children, none of whom were expected to get their deposit back, let alone elected. They haven’t said or done anything of significance inside or outside the House of Commons since
May 2011. In fact, they have had a year that has been remarkably unremarkable.

But here’s the thing: As of this week, the pollsters at Environics tell us, they are tied for first place with the governing Conservative party. And their extraordinary victory in last May’s general election, which every pollster and pundit (including this one) regarded as temporary, an anomaly?

Well, it’s increasingly looking like it wasn’t temporary at all.

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They got to where they are because of a guy who was populist and human and kind.

They’ve now elected a guy who is the polar opposite, on all fronts.

Good luck, New Democrats. You’ll need it.

(illustration by Joseph a.)

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Remember: McGuinty came from fourth place to win.

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My former colleague, Mayor Peter Fassbender, lays a smackdown. Ouch.

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…If Cullen wins, it’ll be a keeper!

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Spotted by the ever-alert Rick Mercer this morn on his way to work in this, the Canadian Banana Republic.

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