Raving Red

It appears that the CUPE workers are going to go on strike in Ontario, an illegal strike. The reason? While apparently the union thinks that firefighters and police officers do not deserve to be able to stike early. The physical back braking work of putting out fires is easy compaired to the poor lunchlady serving slop to kids.

The truth is that CUPE and other unions know they have outlived thier purpose, but drag their heels refusing to admit it. That's why we get these so called "wildcat" stikes. They are loosing power and support so they are resorting to more militant tactics.

Perhaps what upsets me the most is that they are going to close 80 schools down for this strike, locking out thousands of kids from their studies and leaving parents to find places to put them. No union should be allowed to force kids out of school. Parents need to resort to militant tactics themselves. Resort to threats of legal acton on even form counter protests across the street from pickets. If you do, just don't resort to violence. Don't stoop to their level.

Grarbage will also not be picked up. My solution? Find the picket line and dump your grarbage into their fire bin and make them breath in the toxic fumes.

Why an I so harsh. I don't like unions to begin with but this is illegal. They have no right to go on strike, especially over something so trivial. It's time people started fighting back. I would like to mention that not all CUPE local leaders agree with their union. Peel and Ottawa will not be going on stike. My power too them for standing up to their principles and refusing to break the law. As for the others, they should loose their jobs. The Ontario government should also take a lesson from BC and fine/sue CUPE if they do go on strike.

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Violence Does Not Help the Poor

I've been pondering this for some time now. It concerns the now infamous rights group, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. Is it just me, or are these people terrorists? They violently protest in order to help Toronto's poor, but are they really helping them?

First of all, I don't like the word poverty being used as an adjective for lower income people living in Toronto. They are not poor. Nine years ago, I went to Venezuela for a vacation. The hotel I was staying at was not far from the local slums. You are poor when you're house is cardboard and you're kids play in their own urin. You are poor when you cannot afford to get medical care for your dying child. You are poor when you cannot even get an education, or welfare. Lower income people are not poor as our country offers a basic standard of living. They have access to health care, education, welfare, and clean living spaces.

OCAP however seems to think that this isn't enough. They advocate the poor and often resort to violence to get their way. They think they have the right to protest. Peaceful protest is legal, but not violent protest. They are obviously confused. OCAP's political leanings tend to be fuzzy to. They seem communist, but they really aren't. Communism is for the working man, but they aren't. So what are they. They are simply a terrorist organization. Why, well they terrorize to get their way so they are indeed one. They are made up of very ideolistic but very confused young people.

OCAP has been in some pretty violent protests. There was the infamous one at Queens Park. Just today they engaged in a shouting match with the Health Minister. They wanted welfare rates to be increased more than 3%. What they neglect to tell you is welfare recipients get more money than my grandma gets from her pension, and unlike her, they get full medical not covered by OHIP. Seems to me welfare bums have it pretty sweet for somebody not working.

However, allow me to get to my original point as I've gotten off track. OCAPs often violent tactics actually distract from the people they claim to help. Governments don't listen to people like this. Other left wing organizations such as trade unions have even cut support for them. Lack of support doesn't help the less fortunate. If OCAP was so concerned about the poor, why don't they go out on the streets and into the shelters and soup kitchens to really make a difference? They won't because they are lazy trouble makers. We don't need these people in our society.

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Update on Stern Article

Serius Canada has stated that Howard Stern will now be available over Canadian airwaves to their customers. Good to see the randy devil back.

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Recall McGuinty

For the last two years, Ontarians have dealt with the crap from Dalton McGuinty. I say its enough. Its time to hold a recall vote.
In the same year McGuinty was elected to office, our neighbours down south in California held a historic recall vote. The vote decided to kick out Democratic governor Gray Davis. Although the conditions were different in that election, I think its time we did something similar here. Here are the reasons why I think McGuinty should be made to face the music.

Electricity:
Dalton McGuinty closed the Lakeview Generating Station in Mississauga. The idea was to close coal fired generators to reduce pollution. The problem is, we now have an energy shortage. We now have to import power from US coal stations which pollute far more than ours do. The smog they generate just happens to blow over Ontario. Both the energy union and an independent think tank have advised McGuinty to restart Lakeview or turn the coal plants to natural gas. He has said he would not. He has also been slow on building new plants. They propose nuclear power, it will turn us into mutants. They propose wind, it produces a low pitch sound that drives people insane. Come on. McGuinty can't keep the lights on.

Education:
I have two points to discus here.
-Back in the mid 1990s, Mike Harris and his conservatives introduced a new curriculum. The idea was to raise the standard of Ontario education to the level of other countries. People however complained it was too hard. Standardized test scores were lower. The Liberals answer, dumb down the tests, and dumb down the curriculum. This isn't fair to those who went through it before he got in. He has also given into outrageous demands by the teacher union. McGuinty's wife just happens to be a teacher. I'm sure he doesn't get any action if he doesn't cave into her union, if you know what I mean. If you don't let me flag it out for you... CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
-In 2003 McGuinty promised a university tuition freeze. It lasted two years and now its about to end. Students are now bracing for a big shock next year. Universities slow to prepare for the double cohort are just beginning to expand now, and are out of money. Students already pay a rediculous amount and can't pay much more. Rises in fees are going to deter people from going to higher education. Students in university now can barely afford to pay for it. What are they going to do when the fees go up? McGuinty has no further plans to help students.

Taxes:
McGuinty ran under the promise that Ontarians wouldn't pay "a penny more under a liberal government" then they would under a conservative one. In other words he wouldn't raise taxes. He won, and his administration soon levied the largest tax increase in Ontario history. The so called health care premium. Ontarians are already giving way more in taxes than they receive in services. Ontarians give nearly 50% of their income to the tax man. To ask for more, well he'd better have a damn good reason, which he didn't.
McGuinty has also raised taxes significant amounts on cigarettes. While I don't smoke and I do not condone smoking, I feel this is wrong. It encourages smuggling is why. People know they can just buy illegal cigarettes on First Nations reserves tax free, or they go to the US and smuggle them in. If you don't want people to smoke, ban them. Taxing cigarettes has just become a tax grab, it doesn't stop people from smoking.


Gambling:
Casinos have been expanding big time since McGuinty got in. Gambling addiction, coincidently I'm sure, has also gone up. Casinos are yet another cash grab.

Corruption:
Transportation minister Harinder Takhar was accused, and convicted of conflict of interest. It was recommended that he be reprimanded, which he was. He should also have been fired from his cabinet post, which he never was.

Transportation:
McGuinty ran on a promise of reducing Highway 407 tools. The problem was, it's illegal for the government to do so. A binding contract was signed stating that the 407 ETR company was in full control of the road including the rights to raise and lower tolls. Surely McGuinty must have known this. That means he lied to the people for making a promise that he must have known he could never fulfill. If he didn't know, that paints a worse picture of him, because he's asleep at the switch.

Cities:
McGuinty recently passed the City of Toronto act. This law gives the city of Toronto extra legislative powers. It also gives Toronto jurisdiction over things that were traditionally provincial without requiring provincial permissions. The problem is that the act forgets Ontario's other major cities. Both Ottawa and Mississauga were upset by the act as it shows favourtism toward Toronto, despite these two cities being the third and second largest cities respectively.

Environment:
McGuinty promised to stop building on Oakrides Moraine. Unfortunately the contracts were signed and building happened anyway. Either he knew or he was asleep at the switch yet again. Another problem has raised though which I'm sure he doesn't know or care about. The Town of Milton has given approval to build a subdivision on protected Escarpment country. For someone so opposed to building on protected land, he's stragely quiet about it.

With all this, I therefore propose a historic event in Canada, a recall vote. McGuinty has lied and cheated his way into power, just like his Federal cousins. It's time to remove this half -baked Norm Bates look-alike from power. Now I can't say all bad, he did freeze election dates for example. However, I don't think this justifies he staying in office.

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