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"I am done with politics for another 4 years"
???
There is a federal election coming next year (2015). Won't you have an opinion at that time? 
Won't you think it is really time to get rid of Harper?
Based on what we have seen in Newfoundland, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta... all provincial governments recently managed by women. I frankly do not think so!
To me the problem is when women, or for that matter anyone, as soon as they get power, they change. With regards to women specifically I think when they get into what was considered a 'man's world', instead of staying women, they try to be men and that's what they become.....men in mentality.
Jobs are complicated, there are many types are there are many types of people. It's a new world and what 'type' of jobs will we have and will they be long term productive jobs or contractual jobs, or dead end jobs?
Manufacturing, an area where many people could use jobs and in an industry that not only built N. America but helped us both flourish and people have a chance at the American or Canadian dream......are all but gone. I blame the greedy corporate leaders who to me are traitors to their own countries and people, and I also blame the self-serving politicians who have sold us out. Both of these groups have destroyed N. America with trade deals. Next came the 'right to work' concept, which is basically the destruction of unions and turning people against other people, or maybe I should be more specific 'desperate people'. In the US where people were making 30 dollars and hour, now they make 8 dollars an hour.
People just don't realize we are being set up, moved around the board like chess pieces to the final result that the rich get richer and the poor poorer and the middle class hasn't got a prayer. In the meantime, we are making other countries more wealthy and powerful and some of these countries we do business with are as corrupt and crooked as a dog's hind leg. Where is our integrity? Where did it go? In the US the founding fathers must be rolling over in their graves at the way things have turned out. Jefferson warned everyone, Washington warned everyone, Eisenhower warned everyone and many other warned everyone......no one listened. People's apathy is the power of the rich and powerful.
@pierrelebel wrote:"It will be interesting to see if the women make any difference to governance."
Based on what we have seen in Newfoundland, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta... all provincial governments recently managed by women. I frankly do not think so!
I am also a "feminist" who believes gender should not and does not make a difference.
I agree. Power equally corrupts women and men.
"Every working person in Ontario will have a 2% pay cut when the Ontario pension tax starts."
???
Why is it so difficult for some people to get it?
When the CPP was first introduced way back in the 1960's (yes I still remember that) except for a few right wing extremists, nobody saw that as a pay cut. On the contrary. It was a program more or less "forcing" people to save for their retirement. It was a "portable" pension plan, something you can carry from one employer to the next without losing your rights and benefits.
As we collectively live longer than we used to, we will need more money at retirement to live on.
Two choices: have the government raise taxes to give more money to seniors or let workers, with the assistance of their employers, save more money during their working years to have larger pension cheques in retirement.
The new proposed provincial pension plan does that.
Of course it would be preferable to have a better, larger CPP than having to create provincial pension plans across the country with additional management costs etc... However, Harper and his gang of Conservatives are philosophically against anything that would cost rich foreign-own employers money.
With luck, we will get rid of Harper before the Ontario plan is initiated, increase the CPP accordingly at the federal level and everybody wins.
"Do you understand how many jobs the liberals have cost Ontario?"
Please give me a number that can be verified independently by Statistics Canada for example.
How many Ontarians had jobs when the Liberals took power eleven years ago?
How many have jobs today?
What is the actual difference?
How does the change compare with the national average?
Is there a loss of employment as you claim or a net gain?
Facts only please, no rhetoric.
I do not know how much more you earn, but assuming you are an average income earner, you will have a net gain (not loss) as follows:
2% from your income will be added to 2% from your employer's contribution to give you a total of 4% in a pension fund that will grow over time and pay you benefits in your retirement age..
In addition, that 2% taken off will be fully tax deductible so your actual out-of-pocket investment in your pension is closer to 1.2% to 1.4% depending on your marginal tax rate.
All around, you - like most Ontarians - gain, not lose.
"That pattern is all over North America."
Quite true.
Take a look at the USA: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/income-gap-widens-american-factories-160206632.html
