Almost a year has passed since the 2007 provincial election and Ontario finds itself in unfamiliar territory. Where it once was a driving force behind Canada’s economic success and land of opportunity, it now lags behind in growth while Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia take the lead in job creation.
September 22nd marks the end of
summer with the new Legislative session beginning. It still looks a lot like summer outside and I
don’t want to be the guy who tells you it’s coming to an end, but a rapidly
filling schedule of events suggests that’s the case. It’s everyone’s favourite
time of year but it just flies along, doesn’t it? Well, there’s work to do, so
let’s get on with it!
Whatever else
he brings to the Ontario Legislature, Peter Shurman has a set of pipes that
always makes it sound like three in the morning. When the rookie MPP for
Thornhill speaks, it conjures visions of a martini, a cigar and some Sinatra to
nurse life's loneliness and regret.
