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Randall Denley: An election about tariffs ignores Ontario's deeper economic decline

Randall Denley: An election about tariffs ignores Ontario's deeper economic decline

All three parties are fixated on government spending plans, not the broader economy

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Denley: Ottawa is only partly protected from tariff damage

Denley: Ottawa is only partly protected from tariff damage
12.02.2025 10

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Randall Denley: Ford catches another break as his Ontario opponents can't get ahead

Randall Denley: Ford catches another break as his Ontario opponents can't get ahead
11.02.2025 10

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Randall Denley: Ontario Liberals and NDP will have to merge, sooner or later

Randall Denley: Ontario Liberals and NDP will have to merge, sooner or later

Recent polls couldn’t be much better for PC leader Doug Ford

07.02.2025 9

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Denley: Sutcliffe wins big with Ford's promise to take over LRT costs

Denley: Sutcliffe wins big with Ford's promise to take over LRT costs
05.02.2025 10

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Randall Denley: The tariff reprieve changes the Ontario election balance

Randall Denley: The tariff reprieve changes the Ontario election balance
04.02.2025 5

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Randall Denley: Ford sets the bar for more than just an election win

Randall Denley: Ford sets the bar for more than just an election win

The challenge is not just to win, which will be relatively easy, but to drum up real enthusiasm for the tariff battle he wants to fight

30.01.2025 10

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Denley: Ontario's hasty election will make it hard on voters

Denley: Ontario's hasty election will make it hard on voters
29.01.2025 40

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Randall Denley: Just attacking Doug Ford won't bring the victory Ontario Liberals think it will

Randall Denley: Just attacking Doug Ford won't bring the victory Ontario Liberals think it will
28.01.2025 2

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Randall Denley: Ford wants an anti-Trump election. He might not get it

25.01.2025 4

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Randall Denley: Ontario's big EV gamble just lost everything to Trump

Ford placed a big bet on increasing American demand for EVs, but the new president's moves almost certainly ended that possibility

24.01.2025 3

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Denley: Ottawa should say no to new renoviction bylaw

21.01.2025 10

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Randall Denley: Calling an Ontario election is tempting but Ford must resist the urge

Doug Ford shouldn't be asking for a blank cheque to borrow and spend billions by squeezing a winter election in just before a federal vote

17.01.2025 9

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Denley: ODSB's return to providing a solid English education would be long overdue

14.01.2025 10

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Randall Denley: Thankfully, Doug Ford has a plan to handle Trump, because Ottawa doesn't

'Ford appears to be working on the Trump issue full-time, and so he should be'

09.01.2025 8

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Denley: Ottawa's public transit costs are headed for disaster

The City of Ottawa is stuck with a costly rail system. It must figure out how to minimize the growing financial hole this is causing.

07.01.2025 5

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Denley: Trudeau resignation — so much for Doug Ford's election plans

There is simply no way a provincial election can compete for public and media attention when it’s up against a long-anticipated federal...

06.01.2025 6

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Randall Denley: How Justin Trudeau ruined Doug Ford's plan for an early election

The fate of the federal Liberals was always the wild card that could upset plans for a spring provincial election, but if Trudeau was good at one...

03.01.2025 3

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Denley: Trudeau is treating the public service with contempt

From the pension fund, to layoff policies, to his back-to-office directive, the prime minister is showing the public service no respect.

03.12.2024 7

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BOOK EXCERPT: Randall Denley's 'Changes in Latitude' will take you on one killer of a cruise

A cruise ship arrives at a tiny Caribbean island with a murdered crew member on board. Can the crime be solved before the killer strikes again?

02.12.2024 30

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Randall Denley: One politician is showing leadership on the Trump tariff file. It isn't Trudeau

Doug Ford’s response has struck the right balance between emotion and action You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...

29.11.2024 3

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Denley: Ottawa's transit costs could hike final tax bill even more

The budget identifies $36 million in hoped-for transit money from federal and provincial governments. It may never materialize.

26.11.2024 3

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Randall Denley: In five years, 100,000 Ontario students won't find university spots. That spells trouble

'It's not realistic to freeze tuition, freeze per-student grants and freeze the number of students as well' You can save this article by...

21.11.2024 2

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Denley: Blame the Trudeau government for Ottawa's refugee housing squabble

The City of Ottawa is acting because the federal government — which didn't control the number of refugee claimants it could handle — has not.

19.11.2024 10

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Randall Denley: A battle over bigger tax cuts is the election Ontario needs

Doug Ford will need to respond to the Liberals' promised cuts in his spring pre-election budget You can save this article by registering for free...

14.11.2024 2

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Denley: Ottawa's proposed increase to the vacant unit tax is a cash grab that solves nothing

In effect, the vacant unit tax tries to compel some property owners to become landlords whether they want to or not — and it does nothing to help...

12.11.2024 4

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Randall Denley: Ford got TMU to back off its race-based admissions. He should go further

Ford was right to call out TMU’s discriminatory admissions plan, but it’s only one example of a broader problem You can save this article by...

07.11.2024 6

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Denley: Ottawa's rural councillors need facts and figures to back their demands

The best comparator for Ottawa’s rural areas is not service levels downtown, but those in neighbouring rural municipalities such as Mississippi...

05.11.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Ontario PCs miss their chance to prep for an affordability election

Ford settled for a few small things that will do little to help Ontarians struggling to cope with the high cost of living You can save this article...

31.10.2024 2

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Denley: Proposed Ottawa bylaw to limit protest sites is both fair and overdue

Surely protesters can make their points without getting in people’s faces or intimidating them.

29.10.2024 3

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Randall Denley: The Ford government finds a brilliant way to silence health critics

Enter Dr. Philpott, dean of the Queen’s University medical school. Just like that, campaigning PCs can deflect criticisms by saying they have a...

24.10.2024 2

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Denley: Lansdowne Park shopping crowd a welcome show of normality in a tumultuous world

The artisans who sell their products at market shows here are a triumph of hope, and the customers remind us that neighbourliness is possible.

22.10.2024 3

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Randall Denley: 'Our kids first,' not foreign students, is a policy perfect for Doug Ford

Making up for lost foreign-student fees will produce a dividend that benefits both the economy and Ontario's young people You can save this article...

17.10.2024 3

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Denley: Ottawa has badly neglected road repairs — as any driver or cyclist can tell you

The road repair budget is out of date, the data is old and the overall plan to fix the roads is largely ignored in favour of political considerations.

15.10.2024 1

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Randall Denley: Dear Ontario Liberals, why are you so bad at your job?

'Democracy doesn’t work well unless there are at least two parties offering credible alternatives on important issues' You can save this article by...

10.10.2024 2

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Denley: Ottawa's idling bylaw shows council is mired in trivial issues

Haggling over how many minutes a car can idle, or how many minutes between LRT trains, prevents Ottawa Council from focusing on what matters.

08.10.2024 2

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Randall Denley: Ford Tunnel skeptics should offer alternatives, not the same old ideas

Right now, the 401 is a roadblock. Fixing it won't be easy or cheap You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have...

03.10.2024 3

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Denley: Do Ottawa police really need horses to help fight crime?

For missing persons in particular, police use of drones seems much more workable. Plus, who will clean up after the mounted unit?

01.10.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford's political superpower is saying what normal people think

In an era of vanilla politicians afraid to utter an intelligible sentence for fear of offending someone, Ford’s style is refreshing You can save...

27.09.2024 3

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Denley: Ottawa Senators' LeBreton plan is nothing like Lansdowne 2.0

The president of the Ottawa Senators, Cyril Leeder, is right when he says the team shouldn’t expect taxpayers to pay for a new NHL arena.

24.09.2024 6

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Randall Denley: More money for doctors but no clear benefit for patients

The deal will cost taxpayers about $1.6 billion a year as the decision awards doctors 6.95 per cent for inflation, plus a three-per-cent increase...

19.09.2024 5

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Denley: PSAC is being petty, but the Trudeau government has been inept

From the fuss the unions are making about returning to the office, you’d think the government was asking them to crawl to work on their knees. But...

17.09.2024 3

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Randall Denley: It's put-up or shut-up time for wind power under Doug Ford's new energy strategy

The new policy allows the Ford government to claim it doesn’t oppose wind and solar, while making future energy choices on the rational basis of...

12.09.2024 5

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Denley: OCDSB elementary education must stress excellence, not equity and inclusion

What’s needed is a revitalized English program with a strong academic emphasis, which can compete with French immersion.

10.09.2024 6

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Randall Denley: Decision to close supervised drug injection sites in Ontario based on faulty logic

If location is the issue, why not move those ones to less controversial spots? If the problem is that they are ineffective, why keep any of them...

30.08.2024 4

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Denley: 'There's only one taxpayer' mantra ignores reality for Ottawa and other cities

As the City of Ottawa knows, only municipal governments are tied to fiscal discipline. The feds and provinces can run up big deficits and impose as...

27.08.2024 2

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Randall Denley: Why Doug Ford is likely to call an early election

Last week’s cabinet shuffle demonstrated just how weak the premier’s team is You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...

22.08.2024 2

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Denley: Don't blame Mayor Sutcliffe for Ottawa's public transit woes

The feds, Ontario and the city all made over-exuberant 'investments' in LRT and subways. Now it's a level of service we can't afford.

20.08.2024 4

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Randall Denley: Ontario struggles to reconcile its conflicting urges

Tracking a balanced budget is like tracking a unicorn. The tracking is easy, but finding one is hard You can save this article by registering for...

16.08.2024 2

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Denley: Sutcliffe right to ask the feds and province to pony up

It took three levels of government to create Ottawa's transit-budget mess.

13.08.2024 2

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