Friday, November 14, 2008

The Have-Not Province Has All The Answers

Where to begin?

In one article, the Toronto Star accidentally shows the hypocricy, greed, and ineptitude of the Ontario government.

The highlights, emphasis mine:

Ontario is at a "crossroads" over growing youth violence fuelled by poverty, racism, poor housing and troubles in the school system, says a long-awaited new report.

It makes 30 recommendations to Premier Dalton McGuinty, key among them $200 million in improved mental health care for youth to keep them on the right track.

"In a province with a health budget of $40 billion and a youth incarceration budget of $163 million, we believe that the $200 million estimate of the cost of providing universal mental health services is manageable," said the authors, former cabinet ministers Alvin Curling and Roy McMurtry.


But I thought Ontario was broke? Gotta love that free health care. And whatever happened to the word "parents" when discussing children? Sorry. Forgot. The state's their nanny.

To combat racism, the authors called for the province to take "immediate steps" to make sure teachers and administrators at schools "better reflect the neighbourhoods they serve."

In other words, hire based on race.

It comes as McGuinty's government struggling with a shrinking economy because of the global financial crisis, which is draining tax revenues to the point that Ontario will run a $500 million deficit this year.

Yup, that dastardly - cue creepy music - Global Financial Crisis. The perfect excuse for a government that wants to spend more cash by taking more of your money, then whining that they didn't take enough of it.

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