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Length: 00:02:08
Posted date: February 22, 2012
Category: THOUGHT PROVOKERS
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| What does the 'Ottawa Status Quo' mean for Ontario? Liberal strategist Bob Richardson says it's time to finally fix the fiscal imbalance. |
| February 22, 2012 |
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| Former PC Minister David Tsubouchi says Don Drummond laid out the worst case scenario - which sets up the prospect of an agreement with the NDP to get the next budget passed. |
| February 21, 2012 |
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| They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: The former PC cabinet minister says the Liberals are killing off the entire horseracing industry and agricultural jobs to save a subsidy that's not all that it appears. |
| February 16, 2012 |
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| Dwight Duncan's political staff has interfered with who can attend the release of the "independent" Drummond Commission Report. ONW's Susanna Kelley has the story. |
| February 15, 2012 |
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| When it comes to election debates, Americans really know how to do it right. Former NDP MPP Paul Ferreira says Ontario should take a page from their book, demanding more from our party leaders. |
| February 14, 2012 |
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| New statistics showing people are moving west for jobs are a shot across the bow for Ontario. It must be more business friendly, says the head of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses. |
| February 13, 2012 |
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| Political Gridlock: When it comes to a badly needed expansion of Toronto's public transit system, it's as if the city is stuck in neutral. The Liberal strategist has some suggestions to get it moving. |
| February 09, 2012 |
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| Many say engaging ethnic voters in the so-called "905" area is the key to majority government in Ontario. But that means a lot more than just showing up at cultural fetes, says the former PC minister |
| February 08, 2012 |
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| With the Drummond Report expected Feb. 15th, not all the new ideas kicking around are worth considering, says the head of the union representing professional and management public servants. |
| February 07, 2012 |
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| Compared to the Texas cage match they call Republican primaries in the U.S., Canadian politics looks pretty tame. But all those rough and tough tactics are coming soon enough to a campaign near you. |
| February 06, 2012 |
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| Will the new Liberal plan for health care deliver what it's promising - better care for less money? Sean Conway, Janet Ecker and Natalie Maher on that with host Susanna Kelley. |
| February 02, 2012 |
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| The Liberals are signaling doctors' compensation is one place they hope to save money. Sean Conway, Janet Ecker and Natalie Maher look at their chances for success with host Susanna Kelley. |
| February 02, 2012 |
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| Dwight Duncan's political staff has interfered with who can attend the release of the "independent" Drummond Commission Report. ONW's Susanna Kelley has the story. |
| February 15, 2012 |
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| Health Minister Deb Matthews is targeting doctors' compensation, the second biggest health care cost, to find more money for front line patient care. Watch for on-profit clinics and more home care for |
| January 31, 2012 |
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| Dalton McGuinty is looking at health care reform and tough wage talks with doctors, teachers and other public servants to help lower the $16 billion deficit. But he won't unilaterally open contracts. |
| January 25, 2012 |
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| An unexpected election defeat and the fact the Liberal minority government could fall any time is driving a hot race for PC Party president - the first in a generation. |
| January 18, 2012 |
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| Ontario would do well to wean itself off a raw resource export economy, says Brian Topp. ONW's Susanna Kelley questioned the federal NDP leadership candidate after a speech to the Economic Club in Tor |
| January 11, 2012 |
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| Ontario's in for a very different manufacturing base and budget cuts in 2012, says Scotiabank's chief economist. But Warren Jestin tells Susanna Kelley it's still a good port in an economic storm. |
| January 04, 2012 |
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| Ontario could be in recession if eurozone politicians allow banks to fail. But, Craig Alexander tells ONW's Susanna Kelley, economic Armageddon has a way of focusing even the political mind. |
| December 14, 2011 |
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| The Red Cross, federal and Ontario officials have arrived. But NDP MPP Gilles Bisson says people on this James Bay coast First Nation are still living in unheated tents in sub-zero temperatures |
| November 30, 2011 |
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| The Premier has never been one to let a little thing like breaking a promise bother him. So why does he suddenly have to find religion on killing the Mississauga power plant? |
| November 24, 2011 |
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| The PC team denied it for two years, but Mike Harris and the Whiz Kids had key roles in the fall election - including the foreign workers decision. |
| November 21, 2011 |
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| He may be dead serious about his politics on the nightly news, but off camera, the Irish Premier's self-deprecating inner leprechaun often escapes. Check out this great election yarn he spun this week |
| November 17, 2011 |
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| Occupy Toronto protesters have won a reprieve from being evicted from St. James Park in the city core - until at least Saturday. Ontario's leaders are split on whether police should remove them. |
| November 16, 2011 |
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| What does the 'Ottawa Status Quo' mean for Ontario? Liberal strategist Bob Richardson says it's time to finally fix the fiscal imbalance. |
| February 22, 2012 |
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| Former PC Minister David Tsubouchi says Don Drummond laid out the worst case scenario - which sets up the prospect of an agreement with the NDP to get the next budget passed. |
| February 21, 2012 |
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| They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: The former PC cabinet minister says the Liberals are killing off the entire horseracing industry and agricultural jobs to save a subsidy that's not all that it appears. |
| February 16, 2012 |
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| When it comes to election debates, Americans really know how to do it right. Former NDP MPP Paul Ferreira says Ontario should take a page from their book, demanding more from our party leaders. |
| February 14, 2012 |
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| New statistics showing people are moving west for jobs are a shot across the bow for Ontario. It must be more business friendly, says the head of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses. |
| February 13, 2012 |
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| Political Gridlock: When it comes to a badly needed expansion of Toronto's public transit system, it's as if the city is stuck in neutral. The Liberal strategist has some suggestions to get it moving. |
| February 09, 2012 |
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| Many say engaging ethnic voters in the so-called "905" area is the key to majority government in Ontario. But that means a lot more than just showing up at cultural fetes, says the former PC minister |
| February 08, 2012 |
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| With the Drummond Report expected Feb. 15th, not all the new ideas kicking around are worth considering, says the head of the union representing professional and management public servants. |
| February 07, 2012 |
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| Compared to the Texas cage match they call Republican primaries in the U.S., Canadian politics looks pretty tame. But all those rough and tough tactics are coming soon enough to a campaign near you. |
| February 06, 2012 |
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| The Liberal government's decision to freeze green energy contracts is killing jobs across the province, says the leader of the Green Party of Ontario. |
| February 02, 2012 |
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| The investigation into possible questionable practices at ORNGE, Ontario's air ambulance service, illustrates the inevitable difficulties that seem to spring from public-private partnership deals. |
| February 01, 2012 |
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| A number of developments are swirling about and will soon collide, forcing the next generation of debates over public funding of Roman Catholic schools, predicts Andrew Pinto. |
| January 31, 2012 |
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| Will the new Liberal plan for health care deliver what it's promising - better care for less money? Sean Conway, Janet Ecker and Natalie Maher on that with host Susanna Kelley. |
| February 02, 2012 |
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| The Liberals are signaling doctors' compensation is one place they hope to save money. Sean Conway, Janet Ecker and Natalie Maher look at their chances for success with host Susanna Kelley. |
| February 02, 2012 |
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| The Premier says coming health reforms will save money while providing better care. ONW Insiders Hershell Ezrin, Howard Hampton and John Capobianco parse that with host Susanna Kelley. |
| January 26, 2012 |
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| He's always been called a "blue Liberal" - a fiscal conservative. But is he? ONW Insiders Hershell Ezrin, Howard Hampton and John Capobianco take a closer look. |
| January 26, 2012 |
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| Back in the day, Canadian CEO salaries increased one percent annually. Last year they averaged $8.3 million, shooting up 27 percent in one year alone. |
| January 12, 2012 |
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| He swore over and over he'd protect education and health care spending from cuts. Now Dalton McGuinty has halted over $40 million in research grants to universities. What up with that? |
| January 12, 2012 |
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| The euro zone crisis is cited as the number one threat to Ontario's economy. ONW Insiders Hershell Ezrin, Janet Ecker, Howard Hampton and host Susanna Kelley on just how bad it may get here. |
| December 15, 2011 |
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| Ontario's Auditor General calls it badly planned, expensive and short on jobs. Insiders David Caplan, John Snobelen and Howard Hampton with host Susanna Kelley. |
| December 08, 2011 |
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| The province's medical airlift company is accused of hiding its executives' salaries. ONW Insiders David Caplan, John Snobelen and Howard Hampton discuss that with host Susanna Kelley |
| December 08, 2011 |
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| Statistics Canada says wages are dropping; the OECD warns the Canadian economy is slowing. Should the worst come to pass, is Ontario ready for another economic storm? |
| December 01, 2011 |
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| Pictures don't lie: people living in tents and garden shacks without heat in sub-zero temperatures, using buckets for sewage. How can this be happening in first world Canada? |
| December 01, 2011 |
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| of economic malaise. The Finance Minister brought down his economic statement this week...and it isn't pretty. Richard Mahoney, John Snobelen and Howard Hampton talk with host Susanna Kelley. |
| November 24, 2011 |
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| Leadership races and reviews abound - from U.S. Republicans to the federal NDP and Liberals to Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak. That old political pro Dalton McGuinty has some sage advice. |
| January 23, 2012 |
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| The political rollout of the Drummond Report is already well underway, says ONW's Susanna Kelley. And to think the Liberals didn't help write it is naive. |
| January 16, 2012 |
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| The predictions for 2012 are enough to make you want to stay under the covers until 2013. But to ONW's Susanna Kelley, all the bad news presents a grand opportunity for governments |
| January 03, 2012 |
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| It's The Law: Canada is legally bound by treaty to provide First Nations with housing, health care and education. In return, non-natives get to share the land. |
| December 06, 2011 |
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| He can send police in to forcibly remove the OccupyTO encampment, as Mayor Rob Ford is expected to do very soon. But that won't end the Occupy protest, says ONW's Susanna Kelley. |
| November 15, 2011 |
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| Over 75,000 more Ontarians lost full time jobs in October. Yet, there's a distinct lack of urgency emanating from the new minority Liberal government. |
| November 08, 2011 |
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| Susanna Kelley on McGuinty's challenge: cut costs amidst biggest protests in 40 years |
| October 31, 2011 |
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| The political treasures Ontarians hold dearest were achieved by minority governments. ONW's Susanna Kelley calls it the most democratic our undemocratic system gets. |
| October 11, 2011 |
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| The traditional "last-week-of-the-campaign-scare-mongering" to get every last vote has begun. Susanna Kelley says don't believe everything you hear. |
| October 03, 2011 |
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| Andrea Horwath puts on a strong performance, Dalton McGuinty is steady, and Tim Hudak gets his message out but denies calling Canadian immigrants "foreigners." |
| September 28, 2011 |
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| There are two ways for a leader to campaign: using the politics of division, or the politics of unity. The Ontario public has already signaled which it prefers. |
| September 12, 2011 |
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| Finally, an adult arrives at the election party. ONW's Susanna Kelley looks at Dalton McGuinty's economic plan for a struggling Ontario. |
| September 06, 2011 |
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| It will be the king-maker - or queenmaker - in the Ontario election. ONW's Susanna Kelley has prepared this mini-doc on races to watch in the riding rich "905" area near Toronto. |
| September 01, 2011 |
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| When you've got 22 ridings, it's hard not to think of yourself as the centre of the (election) universe. ONW's Susanna Kelley prepared this mini-doc on the races to watch in Toronto. |
| August 25, 2011 |
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| Small Towns, Big Fights: It's the classic story of small town Ontario-PC candidates from establishment families vie with Liberals for power. Here's Susanna Kelley's mini-documentary. |
| August 18, 2011 |
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| ONW travels to a land where the fiercest riding fights are about protecting public services, not cutting them. Susanna Kelley prepared this mini-doc. |
| August 11, 2011 |
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| The J Word: Jobs are the big issue in southwestern Ontario campaign fights. Susanna Kelley checks in on the hot ridings, concluding this week's ONW pre-campaign tour. |
| August 04, 2011 |
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| The Liberals are increasing the number of international university students by 50% over five years. Susanna Kelley looks at whether Ontario students could get squeezed out. |
| July 07, 2011 |
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| There's much more going on than just dropping that platform. Susanna Kelley reports. |
| June 28, 2011 |
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| Former Ont. Liberal Premier David Peterson says politics would be better off without any polls at all. As Susanna Kelley reports, polling is often just another pressure tactic used by groups pushing |
| June 23, 2011 |
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| Why aren't there more women in politics? Some of the answers in Susanna Kelley's mini-documentary may surprise you. |
| June 20, 2011 |
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| Will federal budget cuts choke off Ontario's recovery? Or will the private sector start to invest? Susanna Kelley speaks to two economists with opposing views. |
| June 09, 2011 |
| Ontario's high unemployment rate has voters fearful for their jobs and finances. Susanna Kelley looks at the parties' fight to stake their claims on pocketbook issues. |
| June 06, 2011 |
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