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• Brace yourself, 2012 is coming...

  In a couple of days time, 2011 will be done and dusted. A year that saw multiple elections will have passed and the #cdnpoli world (thank-you twitter!) will turn its attention towards 2012. The coming year offers much for politics watchers across Cana

  by aguywatchingpolitics - December 29, 2011

• McGuinty reneges on election promise. It didn't take long

  Here's a surprise: Now that the election is over with, Dalton McGuinty and the Liberals are breaking their election funding promises.  And, STOP THE PRESSES, they are saying it is due to the advice they are getting from Bay Street 1 percenter Don...

  by dallan - November 05, 2011

• Health Care spending declines as % of economy

  This year's National Health Expenditures Trends is out.  It expects per capita health care spending increases in 2010 and 2011 to grow at 4.7% and 2.8% respectively.  "When adjusted for inflation and for population changes,...

  by dallan - November 05, 2011

• Private health care inflation falls -- to 14.4%

  Miracle!  A new study from Buck Surveys reports that insurance companies providing group private health care insurance expect costs to increase only 14.38% this year, down from a 15% increase last year. "This is a significant shift downward after...

  by dallan - November 05, 2011

• Plus ça change?

  Earlier tonight Kathy Dunderdale was elected Premier in Newfoundland and Labrador. Her victory brings an end to the fourth provincial campaign to take place this fall. Already, we have seen voters in P.E.I., Manitoba, Ontario and now the Rock head...

  by aguywatchingpolitics - October 12, 2011

• Election Reflections

  Well there you have it, Ontario. The election is over and the results are in. A minority Liberal government has been tasked with navigating the province through what promises to be tumultuous times. Having followed the campaign for the past several..

  by aguywatchingpolitics - October 09, 2011

• Province's health care funding increase 1/4 of federal government's

  The health care funding plans by the Liberals would see annual average increases over the next four years of about 3.2%. For the Progressive Conservatives, the increases would be just slightly less (for the reason noted in yesterday's post). This contr

  by dallan - October 03, 2011

• The speech Ontario should hear, but won't...

  As we enter the homestretch of this too-close-to-call provincial election, we find the Liberal, PC and NDP leaders spending their time criss-crossing the province. Whether they are in a riding they hope to steal or one they are trying to protect, the...

  by aguywatchingpolitics - October 02, 2011

• Province will only chip in 1/4 of what federal government will for health care

  The health care funding plans by the Liberals would see annual average increases over the next four years of about 3.2%. For the Progressive Conservatives, the increases would be just slightly less (for the reason noted in yesterday's post). This contr

  by dallan - September 29, 2011

• Is Liberal health care funding falling even lower?

  A few months ago, the Auditor General reviewed the Liberal health care funding plan for the next two years and reported that those increases would average 3.6% annually. This is much less than previous years (about half) and the Auditor was openly...

  by dallan - September 28, 2011