So the Ontario Budget has passed and it is with great credit to both Premier Dalton "Dad" McGuinty and Third Party Leader Andrea "Mom" Horwath. I would like to first congratulate the two leaders for deciding to compromise together. They certainly understood that no one wants another election and neither of them want the other guy in power, which could have been the result.
And of course "Tea Party" Tim Hudak gets the brickbat for his inability to negotiate a suitable plan, hoping he'd get a do-over of a disastrous campaign. But it was not to be and Timmy once again was on the outside looking in. And I'm sure he can expect far more of this. Tim Hudak still hasn't learned his lesson and will have to sit in opposition for another two years. Too bad, so sad. No power for you!
Now it's time for McGuinty and Horwath to co-operate with each other and keep shutting Timmy out. This man is a loose cannon and is truly not worthy, let alone mature enough to take the reins of the economic powerhouse that is Ontario. Yes folks, Ontario is still the economic powerhouse. No prosperous Ontario, no prosperous Canada. That's the equation.
We certainly can't afford to tie our economy completely into the energy industry. At some point, one energy company will do something incredibly stupid and next thing you know, energy companies start going under. If there is anything we should be learning, it is not to put all our eggs into one basket. Ontario remains the financial center of the country and where most acts of commerce happen. Ontario doesn't need to be in lockstep with Alberta, because we're not Alberta.
The sooner we realize this, the sooner we will understand that such ideologies should be confronted with the same level of ferocity as they have used in dividing us in the first place. Social conservatism will be ruin of our country, our province and our place in the world.
