548 – Topics

00:03 Go Doug Ford: false hopes raised with the election of Doug Ford as PC leader, conservatism, progressivism, liberalism, PC expectations, Trump parallels, holding someone accountable to one’s own expectations, a review of the PC leadership contest, gender identity, Ford’s flip-flops to reflect PC policy, Just Right accused of being a pro-Liberal front, who PCs believe you are, Progressive Conservatives preach and practice ideologies of the Left, how Doug Ford is a nice guy, Doug Ford running with the wrong party

12:40 Conservatism’s litany of Leftist rule: Ford’s lack of policy, from letting the market dictate to dictating the market, Conservative is not conservative, the power of a word, PC’s introduce rent control in 1975 (Davis), Conservatives under Ferguson create the state monopoly Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), PCs create foreign owned oligopoly ‘The Beer Store’ (1927 under Howard Ferguson), identity politics promoted through the Ontario Human Rights Commission (HRC) created by Conservative Premier Leslie Frost in 1961, universal single payer health care introduced (medicare-1957) by Leslie Frost, OHIP (1960s) introduced by PC leaders Robarts and Davis, abolishment of private health insurance by PCs, Ontario provincial income tax introduced by PCs, NDP begun as CCF started by communists and labor unions, Doug Ford supports medical monopoly, Ontario Cannabis Store monopoly supported by Doug Ford, PCs opposed to legalization of cannabis, Ontario Hydro monopoly created by Conservative Sir James Whitney, nuclear fiscal waste created by PCs, TV Ontario state monopoly created by PC John Robarts (1970), Freedom Party banned by TVO because of opposition to climate change politics

31:35 Fiscal realities about Ontario’s Conservatives: all PC governments increase the provincial debt, Mike Harris’ government raised provincial debt from $90.7 billion to $132 billion during his premiership, nothing conservative about Conservatives, fiscal conservatism means state management of economy, fiscal conservative does not mean free markets but controlled markets, Freedom Party arises as option on the Right, Doug Ford seen as a symbol of conservatism but stands for nothing, why Freedom Party ‘not viable’ to PCs, PC blindness to principle and conservative values, not knowing what you are against, PC politics in a philosophical vacuum, consistent PC duplicity and deceit, Patrick Brown’s brown-out

49:25 Reshaping the political landscape: creating a Freedom alternative, leading towards a new enlightenment, Freedom Party as a party of principle, people of principle, voting in accordance with one’s values, supporting what’s right instead of what’s popular, leftist parties corrupt to the core, creating the necessary polarization, Wynne’s majority government created by 20.73% of eligible voters, only 15% vote total required to form minority government, the tragedy of compromising with socialists

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