In a perfect world, todays budget would start something like this: “We the Liberal party of Ontario have suddenly realized that we have made a huge mistake and we are withdrawing the HST legislation immediately…..etc”

Doesn’t it feel good to dream.

Coinsidering the ever increasing tax load we are bearing (HST)etc. We need a new government. One that can run our business efficiently.

Are you kidding a Liberal Government running anything fiscally soundly where have you been for the last 35 or 40 years
JM

Time will tell. But I really can’t see any meaningful change or improvements. It is Liberal/liberal ideology that took us here and Dalton is a committed leftist who has an agenda. The citizens and economy be damned. I can’t believe some miracle has occurred and Dalton has found any answers that aren’t more liberal disasters in the making. Even if they do claim they have had some sort of conversion, why would anyone believe a word he says or promises anyway?

I was born in Ontario and joined the Army in 1959 and with the exception of another 7 years of postings in Ontario I have lived in New Brunswick and now Nova Scotia. I still consider Ontario, and New Brunswick as one of my homes away from home and take special interest in what goes on in New Brunswick and my birth province.

Ontario is not the only province where Premiers do not listen to the people and take advantage of the people who elected them. Even though NB Power is not being sold to Hydro Quebec it isn’t because the Premier, Shawn Graham, backed down because the majority of the people of NB did not want to sell the power company, it is not being sold because Quebec has had second thoughts and wanted to change the conditions of sale. The people of New Brunswick were not even considered, the premier was going to push it through regardless. In Nova Scotia politicians of all three parties have been financially abusing the system for years in purchasing items at tax payer expense. The auditor General went back as far as 2006 but I believe that if he went back further he would have found that this has been going on for years before 2006. A referendum was held a few years back on Sunday shopping in which the majority of Nova Scotians voted against having Sunday Shopping. The two major grocery chains, Super Store (Loblaws) and Sobeys objected and the then Premier gave in and now we have Sunday shopping. So much for democracy.

Ontario is not the only province that its citizens do not believe “is being run with any semblance of efficiency.” Things need to change and the change has to start with our provincial and federal politicians stopping all of the evident waste.

Dalton will tell us that there will be no more tax increases however what he doesn’t talk about are new fees. About a year ago the Ontario Liberals introduced an eco fee that applies to paint among other things, it started out at .35 cents per gallon, then it went to .65 cents per gallon now they have announced very quietly that as of July 1st 2010 it goes to $1.00 per gallon. What’s this money being used for, they have announced that so quietly that I couldn’t hear maybe someone with better hearing can advise me. Yes for sure no new taxes, just new fees.

I want compensation for public service employees to be reflect their level of skill and risk. I want an independent person to review the healthcare and education systems to advise why they are bottomless pits: stop throwing money at something that is broken. I want tax relief, and I want the government to shove the HST. I want my healthcare levy, or whatever Dalton called that tax, to be repealed because it isn’t helping me or the system. I want tax dollars to go towards specific items, and not into general coffers where the piggys can delegate elsewhere that what it was intended. I want the government to stop spending money on every little issue in this nanny state and move towards pay per use: my wife and I do not have five kids so I object to money going to daycare and education. Give me the option to opt-out of paying for healthcare and let me go on a pay per use. We generally look after ourselves, so why are we subsidizing others who do not!?!. I could go on forever….

Until Ontarians and Canadians in any number get involved and pay attention I’m afraid nothing will change. Politicians don’t fear us or respect us. It needs to start with the people and move up the chain. People need to get involved in Parties and the candidate selection process to break up the clubs that have been long established. Using taxpayer money to buy votes and hand out gifts like it’s Christmas all the time is killing us. We are responsible for our own demise. Politicians continue to get away with it so they have no reason not to continue the practises. If more people don’t take interest we will go over the cliff.