Tag: Ontario politics
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Premier Ford’s $30-Million Mea Culpa: Grounding the Gravy Plane
Doug Ford’s aborted $28.9M ‘Gravy Plane’ purchase exposes deep hypocrisy in Ontario politics. Echoing the 1981 Bill Davis ‘Two Lists’ scandal, this op-ed highlights the glaring disconnect between executive luxury and the harsh realities of underfunded healthcare, calling out political shell games, wasted taxpayer funds, and an impenetrable political bubble.
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Open for Business or Armed for Business?
Premier Doug Ford’s proposal to legalize pepper spray and empower private security is a “Mad Max” admission of policy failure. Instead of fixing a broken justice system or addressing bail reform, the government is outsourcing public safety to $18-an-hour guards. We need data-driven policing, not mall-level “Delta Force” fantasies.
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610 CKTB| Buck-a-Beer to Boutique-Bounty-Hunters: Premier Ford’s Wild West Retail Security Plan
Jon Liedtke joins Gene Valaitis to discuss Premier Doug Ford’s controversial retail security plan. Liedtke critiques the proposal to arm security guards with pepper spray, calling it a “Mad Max” policy shift that ignores proven, data-driven policing methods used successfully in cities like Windsor to combat retail theft.
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610 CKTB | Al Quds Day
Jon Liedtke joined The Gene Valaitis Show on Niagara’s 610 CKTB to discuss his latest opinion piece, Majority of Nothing: Premier Ford’s Al Quds Performance Art, and Al Quds Day in Toronto.
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Majority of Nothing: Premier Ford’s Al Quds Performance Art
Doug Ford’s failed 11th-hour injunction against Al Quds Day 2026 was a masterclass in political theater. Amidst a global week of antisemitic violence and the ongoing Iran war, Ontario’s majority government opted for performative optics over legislative action. Jon Liedtke argues it’s time for the Premier to stop playing Monday morning quarterback.
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LIVE & LOCAL: Dec. 31 2022
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW of Ontario politics with Megan Ball Rigden & Get Gardening with Prof. Jay Terryberry.