Management is the key to any organization at every level. Generally speaking businesses live and die based on the strength of their management group. Government should be no different.
by on February 27, 2012
Ontario, dear Ontario, where are we heading? (Part 5)
by on February 25, 2012
Ontario, dear Ontario, where are we heading? (Part 4)
Education. Once a powerful force feeding Ontario’s public and private sectors with a work force that attracted businesses from all over the world has recently gone off the rails. The current Provincial education strategy is creating a work force that businesses in all sectors of the economy are struggling to make use of. [Read more...]
by on February 21, 2012
Ontario, dear Ontario, where are we heading? (Part 3)
Perhaps we should look to the past to give us some direction for the future. How was it that Ontario became the engine of the country until the current derailment? Since the end of the 2nd World War there was one major driver of job creation in this Province and that was ample and affordable electricity. [Read more...]
by on February 20, 2012
Ontario, dear Ontario, where are we heading? (Part 2)
Continuing with our strategy to turn this Province around to avoid the iceberg that our economy is heading for.
Once we stop digging our financial hole we focus on job creation. In order to accomplish this we must first recognize what the Liberals don’t. Governments do not, and should not, create jobs. Obviously there is an appropriate number of civil servants that are required to run the Province, but economic growth does not come from the government hiring thousands of additional bureaucrats. Other than having a small group of talented civil servants the government must provide the environment for job creation in the private sector and then get out of the way. Monitor the situation and severely punish those who want to abuse the system but otherwise make yourself invisible. [Read more...]
by on February 19, 2012
Ontario, dear Ontario, where are we heading? (Part 1)
Is anyone really surprised with the Drummond Report? We here at The Parkdale Party certainly are not. Mr. McGuinty’s transformation of our economy from one of manufacturing to one of services is just about complete. Criticising with 20/20 hindsight is easy but the damage to our economy has been done and the folly of the Liberal Party’s policies have been painfully exposed. So, where do we go from here? As tough to digest as The Drummond Report is it is our opinion that, aside from the obvious cuts in spending that have been identified, there really is no job creation plan. So let’s move forward. What would The Parkdale Party do to create jobs? [Read more...]
by on February 18, 2012
Ontario – Where are the Jobs?
Just how long are we expected to wait for the Ontario Liberal job creation machine to fire up? We’re shedding manufacturing jobs fast and can’t wait much longer. Mr. McGuinty, where are those jobs you promised? [Read more...]
by on February 1, 2012
Self-Employment – Good or Bad?
As Ontario’s economy sheds full-time jobs there is a growing movement towards self-employment. Is this a good thing? Well, let’s have a peek into the positives and negatives. [Read more...]
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