By Pepper Parr
June 8th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
They keep getting elected.
Ontario MPPs learned about their pay increase and their new pension plan last week and then headed home with a surprise: Ford’s Tories told them to stay away until Oct. 20.
That’s a 20 week summer break for provincial politicians who have been in their legislative seats for just six weeks this year. Another seven weeks of work awaits them when they return, after which they’re back home for the Christmas break.
Question period: A time when the government is called to account.
Total time at work in the legislature: 13 weeks out of 52 for the whole year.
While they are not in the Legislature questions can’t be asked – and there are plenty of questions.
The really dismal number of housing starts – Ontario has yet to met even one of its housing targets,
Unemployment: above 7% overall – at above 20% for young people.
No word on the RCMP investigation on just who benefited and by how much on the Greenbelt scandal.
Premier Ford is sticking to his “I’ll save Canada from Donald Trump” gig – an issue he won’t get much in the way of blow back on. Unlike the plan he has to build a tunnel under the 401 to improve the flow of traffic.
The theme park wasn’t something anyone wanted a closer look at who is behind the development suggests there are good reasons for bringing it to an end before construction goes any further. Hundreds of trees have already been cut down.
That development at Ontario Place is getting a closer look from the government. The more it gets looked at the muddier the water gets.
The For’s have always loved big projects – not much in the way of cultural depth with that family, which is fine – who cares what they do in their private lives.
It’s what they impose on the public that hurts.
If an election were called tomorrow, they would get elected with an even higher majority.
The question people would ask is – will Bonnie Crombie manage to get elected during the next election?
The Liberals can use the time out to do the leadership review they do after an election.
Time for them to find a new leader – and there is one waiting in the wings.
Charlie it’s a stretch to call Ford a conservative.
One could say the Provincial Conservatives have merely copied the Liberal Government in Ottawa as far as sitting! For that matter what have the Liberals done?