So sayeth the Star.

Personally, I still don’t think so, but what do I know?

What thinkest thou, O wk.com readers?

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But I’m certain Rocco Rossi will fix it all up for him!

Inside the low-rise office tower overlooking the Queensway near Blair Road, Dr. Wilbert Keon, former heart surgeon and recently retired Conservative Senator, chided Hudak for speaking in generalities.

“ I have no idea what his plan is and a general statement like doesn’t make sense to me at all,” said Keon, who started his tenure as chairman of the Champlain LHIN board of directors last week. “The big mistake in health care in Canada is there is too much centralization, too many mega-facilities and not enough attention to services at the local level.”

“I’m a card-carrying Conservative but my love for health care transcends my political persuasions,” Keon added. “I have agreed to do whatever I can to help local health networks make the necessary adjustments to streamline the system as a whole.”

Keon added that he was waiting for the Conservatives to demonstrate they have a plan for the money that would be freed up by scrapping the LHINs, which have a mandate to streamline health care at the local level.

“If (Hudak) doesn’t have a plan for producing more community services, the money will just get wasted, as it has been in the past.”

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As regulars at this site know, Harry S = Nola = Moira = Walter Water = Justin B = Bud = Carlos = Consistent = Observant.  There are a multiplicity of other names.  In some cases, he is now appropriating the names of other, real, people.  Which is a criminal offence.

He comes to this site to spew venom and threats, and I try and delete him as often as possible.  To avoid detection, he unplugs his modem regularly – he’s in the 65.95.13*.*** range, always – and he’s persistent.  Last time a few of us focussed on him, he pledged to stay away, claiming he was “sick.” He hasn’t.

I want to get this guy, once and for all.  He’s a menace.  Who’s in?

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“@kinsellawarren: Ministers are entitled to write whatever they want on papers put before them. Lying about what they wrote to the H of C? Not.”

UPDATED: A resourceful CP photog caught her behind the Commons this morning. Charming, isn’t she?

Harper loyalist Odious Oda displays her government’s commitment to smoke-cessation.  And optics.

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WK and the Replacements’ Tommy Stinson – taking a break from selling SFH merch – at the Bovine last year.

Twenty years later – a fabulous oral history, with the infamous SFH/Replacements night recalled:

Cam Carpenter: Toronto would be a lot sadder without the Bovine. It would be like losing a clubhouse. You wouldn’t have the chance to look across the bar and go “Who is the dude with the blonde perm? Oh, he’s in Bon Jovi.” Or you’re there to see Shit from Hell and you look up and there’s Tommy Stinson from The Replacements. You just don’t get that very much. It’s also a really good place to find Ian Blurton if you ever need him for anything.

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The National Post…calling for Bev Oda to be fired, or resign. You know she’s toast, now.

Personally, I favour letting her stay on, so that the stench starts to rub off on everyone else on her side of the House. That way, you kill multiple blue birds with one stone.

The National Post editorial board, critical of the Harper government’s way of doing business! Wow. Colour me impressed.

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February 15, 1932: we miss you.

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How much of what Jason Kenney has to say these days – about Sikh kirpans in the Quebec National Assembly, about veiled voting – is about governing?

And how much of it is about Jason Kenney, and his Conservative leadership ambitions?

Because, make no mistake, the Calgary MP is running to replace Stephen Harper.

It’s an open secret in federal Conservative circles. And, if the current Conservative leader were to abruptly resign, it’s widely acknowledged Kenney would be the frontrunner to replace him.

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Here’s the new Ipsos:

The poll, conducted from Feb. 8-10, found the Conservatives supported by 39% of decided voters — up by five points.

Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals are at 25%, a four-point drop. The findings could be troubling news for Ignatieff, who has been the target of a recent Tory ad campaign that attacks his character.

The NDP, led by Jack Layton, would garner 18% of the vote — up by two points and a continuation of the party’s climb since it was plagued by internal turmoil last fall over issues such as the gun registry.

Your job: spin it, whether it be for the Grits or the Cons (or the Dippers, even – knock yourself out). Have fun, keep it clean, and spin away!

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