tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post6695548273153311876..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: A Ship Of FoolsOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-51388528179449663112019-08-22T09:39:39.000-04:002019-08-22T09:39:39.000-04:00And all I can add, Ben, is that there's a lot ...And all I can add, Ben, is that there's a lot Ford doesn't understand.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-19487604840024684772019-08-22T06:58:27.611-04:002019-08-22T06:58:27.611-04:00For many many years the Cons have hated the CAs. T...For many many years the Cons have hated the CAs. They stand in the way of development and they suck up municipal levies - "there is only one taxpayer!" goes the mantra.<br /><br />This move may be a good but only if we can see what they intend to replace the CAs with. At the moment CAs are multi jurisdictional and cross municipal boundaries and govern watersheds. For example Durham Region deals with FIVE CAs, can you imagine the chaos when the Planning departments of each municipality decide to implement policy?<br /><br />This is asinine and ideologically driven by the "small is better" adherents - so colossally stupid, it could have only be driven by Ford's animus towards Agencies that he doesn't understand.Ben Burdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-16707612657214871362019-08-21T13:24:28.065-04:002019-08-21T13:24:28.065-04:00Precisely, UU. To the Fordians, the conservation a...Precisely, UU. To the Fordians, the conservation authorities are simply obstacles which must be eliminated.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-65605152977276243392019-08-21T12:32:24.403-04:002019-08-21T12:32:24.403-04:00The PCs cut the funding for the core mandate by 50...The PCs cut the funding for the core mandate by 50%. Now they are telling the Conservation Authorities to stop anything they do beyond their core mandate. All of these other activities are funded by municipalities and private donations. They do not cost the province one cent. <br /><br />What does Mr. Yurek have to say to the thousands of generous donors to the various conservation foundations that provide funding for these other activities? These foundations operate separate from the CAs.<br /><br />This would appear to be another area where Ford & Co do not understand what they are trying to control.<br /><br />UUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-65151137818547574442019-08-21T12:17:55.018-04:002019-08-21T12:17:55.018-04:00That's the deep irony of modern conservatism, ...That's the deep irony of modern conservatism, Cap. They don't care about conserving things. They want to cut them off at the root. It's the textbook definition of "radical."Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-81903783114333801122019-08-21T12:05:34.095-04:002019-08-21T12:05:34.095-04:00Conservative: Favouring traditional views and valu...Conservative: Favouring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.<br />Conservation: The act or process of conserving. <br /><br />Maybe they should just go with the "Progressive Party" since they seem to have lost track of the conservative part of their name.<br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-59967846285185129482019-08-21T11:34:54.013-04:002019-08-21T11:34:54.013-04:00Good question, Lorne. As Hamlet said, "One ma...Good question, Lorne. As Hamlet said, "One may smile, and smile, and be a villain."Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-43479948269660365382019-08-21T10:50:52.545-04:002019-08-21T10:50:52.545-04:00Compounding the idiocy is Ford's belief that b...Compounding the idiocy is Ford's belief that by smiling and saying he listens to people, he is <br />selling his policies; I wonder how long his self-deception will continue, Owen.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com