How India became Ontario’s political battleground

[Vikrant]

Usual Canadian news in Canadian style.

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The next provincial election is still two years away, but a bitter Ontario rivalry is already underway — on Indian soil.

The high stakes contest pits Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne versus Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown, both crisscrossing India this month on competing trips. But India’s stunning vistas are merely a Bollywood-style backdrop for a more ambitious gambit — not just winning over Indians on the subcontinent, but winning the votes of Indo-Canadians back home in Ontario.

Wynne pushes off later this month with a 73-person delegation that would typically generate politically useful photo-ops with Indian dignitaries. That’s still the plan, but the premier has been pre-empted by Brown’s juggernaut.

The opposition upstart has upstaged her with his wild ride across India, starting with a picture-perfect elephant ride, and culminating with the father of all photo-ops — a meeting with India’s wildly popular prime minister, Narendra Modi.

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How India became Ontario’s political battleground: Cohn | Toronto Star

 

[Moonglow]

So Canadians are that dumb........

 

[tinydancer]

Usual Canadian news in Canadian style.

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The next provincial election is still two years away, but a bitter Ontario rivalry is already underway — on Indian soil.

The high stakes contest pits Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne versus Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown, both crisscrossing India this month on competing trips. But India’s stunning vistas are merely a Bollywood-style backdrop for a more ambitious gambit — not just winning over Indians on the subcontinent, but winning the votes of Indo-Canadians back home in Ontario.

Wynne pushes off later this month with a 73-person delegation that would typically generate politically useful photo-ops with Indian dignitaries. That’s still the plan, but the premier has been pre-empted by Brown’s juggernaut.

The opposition upstart has upstaged her with his wild ride across India, starting with a picture-perfect elephant ride, and culminating with the father of all photo-ops — a meeting with India’s wildly popular prime minister, Narendra Modi.

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How India became Ontario’s political battleground: Cohn | Toronto Star

Brown can take her I think. This is such an important election for Ontario. If they go lib again it's something in the water or it's rigged.

Think about what the Liberals in Ontario have accomplished. Ontario has the largest debt now per capita world wide from what I gather.

With twice the debt of California, Ontario is now the world’s most indebted sub-sovereign borrower

 

[tinydancer]

Check this out.

"While Ontario’s population is about one third of California’s, its debt load is more than double that of the biggest U.S. state.
S&P cut Ontario one step on July 6 to A+, the fifth-highest level. The company cited infrastructure spending that will lead to a “very high” 267 per cent debt-to-revenue level in the next two years."

With twice the debt of California, Ontario is now the world’s most indebted sub-sovereign borrower

 

[Vikrant]

^ That is a lot of debt. What are they borrowing?

 

[tinydancer]

^ That is a lot of debt. What are they borrowing?

Over the top spending on union jobs. But that's their muscle to get elected. Time and time again. S&P knows for true what a shit house Ontario is. Hey you get your 50% on the government tit those voters are going to move their asses to the polls and vote in droves.

 

[tinydancer]

Btw. One of the most beautiful places to live on the planet. Hells bells I really miss zone 5. It's truly a very beautiful province.

 

[Vikrant]

Btw. One of the most beautiful places to live on the planet. Hells bells I really miss zone 5. It's truly a very beautiful province.

Canada in general is a very beautiful country.