Cosmo Kramer

+1 the opposition was so lame they couldn't knock this incompetent idiot out of power during the last election. Now absolutely nothing will be done in government for probably about a year, but we will still be picking up the tab for everyone's salary!

Xpit77

Geez.
Do we not have any Ontario teachers in the club ?
I would love to read their thoughts on this !
I just hope that Micky G can make ends meet on that 6 figure pension he gets .....Forever !!

Targatoo

*retard

Targatoo

And I should add that I'm in a less celebratory mood than the rest of you. It seems that he's still my MPP.

porsche0nut

Before my time

rideau

and don't forget the following:

"The Liberal government did increase MPP severance to the current six months for up to four years of service, 12 months for up to eight years and 18 months for more than eight years.

What remains unaddressed however, is the issue of why MPPs should get any severance generally and in particular why MPPs who chose not to seek re-election - in effect, retire - should get any severance in particular"

Christien

Good riddance. However that leaves two new problems:

1. Dalton is now going to run for leadership of the liberal party - mark my words.
2. Tim Hudak now has a real shot at the premier's office. IMO, Hudak is a politician through and through, in the absolute worst sense of the word. I absolutely can't stand him.

Yes, my wife is an elementary school teacher. From the limited talk I've heard so far, the teachers are pretty happy about his departure. I'm sure there will be more to tell when she gets home from work today.

petee_c

As someone who's been in public healthcare for my whole career and taken loads of cuts, including being laid off (out of work for 11 months recently) but now gainfully re-employed, I think I've done my share in terms of reducing the provincial deficit.

Now, my daughter (gr. 4) hasn't had any clubs at school because the teachers have decided that what they've been paid for 8 months work (March break, 2 weeks holiday at xmas, plus 9-3:30 hrs) over the past 9 years., if frozen won't be enough to get them through the next 2 years.

Don't get me started on Doctor's billings.....

I'm not saying he's perfect, but neither are the times.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/edito...g-expectations

TTLATION

I showed my wife your post & after a couple of valiums she's calmed down sufficiently such that she's stopped asking for your address & the keys to my Porsche.

As a teacher & then principal she reiterated that comments like yours are the reason that teachers have a long way to go with their PR in educating the public who take everything the gov't. says (read Harris & the McSquinty) re educators renumeration at face value.

Christien

Don't blame him for those views, though - IMO the fault lays entirely at the feet of the OSSTF and ETFO. They have no concept of PR, and every time you hear one of their people on TV or radio, they seem to make things worse. The way I see it, the reality of the situation is that teachers are paid pretty much exactly what they should be for the work they do - not too much, not too little, but the vast majority of the voting public has no idea what exactly they do in a typical day. They just assume it's 5 hour days with tons of holidays, and the unions have done absolutely nothing to counter this perception.

ronnie993tt

I used to run into Tim all the time in my previous life. He's a great guy, not that it matters, and a fiscal conservative, which does. I think if he had his way he'd allow private health care and school options, and clean up the current energy mess by canning the green-energy policy which has been a massive failure. Not that I have an opinion or anything.....

Christien

2 perfect reasons for him to never hold public office. The US can keep their private health care.

ronnie993tt

Who said anything about US health care? US does not have private health care. It is highly regulated. Haven't you heard of Obamacare? I want the option of better health care - ours is ranks badly on every metric, and to send my kids to private school without paying for our inadequate public system. However, I am encouraging my niece to become a high school teacher since Ontario's are the highest paid in North America.

Receiver

You radical you.

Receiver

Have a look at the Ham Nia region LHIN's record. I could stand some private health care.