My Two Cents On The Upcoming Ontario Election

Lord knows you don’t get any sort of definite impression from listening to him speak. He tends to sound a lot like a minor league version of Trump. He doesn’t really seem to have a lot of knowledge to back up his rhetoric and also, like Trump, I kinda get the feeling that he’s faking it till he makes it. And he may actually never make it.

Honestly, if you look at what he is opposed to, you can get a pretty good impression of the kinds of things he will do if he is elected premier.

And while some of them may be necessary, I think it will be very difficult for any government he forms to maintain a decent level of humanity.

Conservatives, by and large, care more about the system than they do the people who are affected by the system.

And if you want to see how that’s working, just talk to almost anyone in America right now. The middle class is being destroyed. Tax breaks are a joke. Health care is a tragedy. Drug prices are insane. International diplomacy is virtually non-existent. The entire infrastructure is being allowed to crumble. And basic human decency is as low as political corruption is high.

This is what Conservatives do. And this is why they have had a hard time forming a government here pretty much since Bill Davis’ day.

Now this current Liberal government is nothing to write home about. Kathleen Wynne has made a lot of mistakes. But I sincerely believe that the people of Ontario can hold her to a positive mandate much more easily than they ever could with a novice and Trumpish conservative like Ford.

PS: I have lived in Ontario all my life. Despite its warts, it is one of the most best places in the world for anyone to live. I count my blessings every day. A big part of the reason Ontario is so great is that the people are a true world society. They are hard working, smart business people, but most importantly they are real card carrying human beings.

Lately there has been a huge shift to the right in politics around the world. And if you do even a little investigating you will find, that seldom, if ever does it work to the benefit of all the people.

Ontario's strength is that, despite trends to the contrary, it has always stayed either centre left or right. And that has been the basis of its strength and humanity. And l I personally believe is that it's a lot easier to fine tune what's basically working than it is to trash it all and take it out there into an uncaring place.

Sometimes it's hard to find your way back.

Jim lives in St Catharines Ontario and is currently a partner at Bullet Proof Consulting. www.bulletproofconsulting.ca

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