News Links - Oct.3.2003
- Tories toppled by Liberal landslide
- Victorious McGuinty 'humbled by result'
- NDP 'deserved better': Hampton
- Greens grow popular vote
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News Links - Oct.2.2003
- Long Lead-Up To Voting Day Finally Over
- Eves admits frustration about possibility that Liberals will win
- Liberal plan unworkable, Eves tells crowd
- Hampton says NDP will surprise pundits with election results
- McGuinty jokes about his 'pointy head'
- Leaders go home, await voters' verdict
- Corporate Ontario gears up for Liberal election win
- McGuinty makes light of Eves jab
- Liberal MPPs would be 'trained seals,' Hampton says
- McGuinty surprise: he's Grits' best asset
- 12 ridings to watch
- How Liberals managed to hit the trail running
- Election by the numbers
- Eves sees doom
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News Links - Oct.1.2003
- Last days: Eves still guns for McGuinty
- Howie: Rivals bank on 'fear'
- Grits will end neglect of Toronto, McGuinty promises
- Eves turns guns on Liberal hydro policy
- Liberals crack down on bullying, McGuinty tells Oakville teens
- Tories, Liberals use opposing tactics to woo senior vote
- Three Leaders Prepare For Thursday
- Hampton pleads for minority government
- Tories deny split in ranks
- McGuinty touts spending on electricity generation
- Blogs from the buses
- Students to vote in parallel election
- Small crowd greets senior Tories
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News Links - Sept.30.2003
- Eves takes high road as Tory bickering begins
- NDP could overtake Tories: Hampton
- Liberals accuse Tories of ducking debates
- Eves gets 'eviction notice'
- Eves' big error came early
- Harris makes verbal gaffe, suggests McGuinty will win Ontario
- Hampton predicts NDP will become official Opposition
- McGuinty says Liberals would build hydro plants
- Tories deny split in ranks
- McGuinty Predicts Change In Mike Harris' Old Riding
- Tories still lagging, candidates warned
- Harris a closet Liberal?
- Campaign Trail Mix column
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News Links - Sept.28/29.2003
- McGuinty targets Tory strongholds
- SARS ails PCs?
- We're not 'toast,' Eves says
- Working mothers lose if Liberals win: Hampton
- McGuinty: I'll ease Tory welfare policy
- Polls point to Liberal majority
- Star poll: Liberals head for majority
- Lineup of candidates is short on women
- `We've got momentum,' Hampton says
- No more lifetime welfare bans in Ontario, McGuinty promises
- McGuinty vows to address doctor shortage; feels good about polls
- Media soft on Liberals, Premier says
- Eves encourages troops after bad polls
- Don't expect much from Liberals, Hampton says
- Ontario Tories searching the want ads
- Eves' plea to Tories: Don't give up
- Life on the buses
- Dalton Gang guns for PC stars
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News Links - Sept.26.2003
- Only 'wealthy' if you earn $150K: Eves
- Voters just starting to sit up and take notice, says Hampton
- McGuinty exists 'in the zone' during hectic election campaign
- Ernie Eves - true believer or crass opportunist?
- Hampton trains guns on Liberal leader
- Hampton Sets Sights On Liberals
- Liberals won't stop P3 hospitals at taxpayers' expense
- NDP says support swelling after debate
- McGuinty promises to tackle doctor shortages
- HAMPTON WARNS PRIVATE HEALTH: “NO SECRET DEALS”
- Special interests make their voices heard
- Premier defends Tory record on cities
- Eves promises to curb consultants
- Deficit would slow Liberal plans, McGuinty says
- Candidates face choice of two races
- Eves ripped: What about health?
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News Links - Sept.25.2003
- Eves Caught In Two New Controversies
- Attacks continues day after debate
- McGuinty Vows Tory Deficit Won't Stop His Programs
- Hampton Confident, Despite Polls
- Hampton Sets Sights On Liberals
- Leadership dominates campaign; health, poverty issues left out
- Not over yet, McGuinty warns, urging supporters to be focused
- Liberals held to account for cost of election promises
- Students getting conflicting messages about where to vote
- Parties face post-debate fallout as election enters home stretch
- Hampton turns sights on Liberals
- Eves accuses McGuinty of lying about tax hikes
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News Links - Sept.24.2003
- Hampton wins, but does he?
- McGuinty by a TKO: Panel
- Leaders reluctant to use the word Toronto
- Premier is making this a tighter race
- Down, not out
- Spin doctors go to work
- Tempers flare in provincial debate
- HAMPTON PACKS A publicpower PUNCH AT DEBATE
- Showdown for Ontario
- Voices: Leaders' debate
- MacGregor: Eves waterlogged
- Campbell: Smooth sailing for McGuinty
- Leaders square off in election's only televised leaders' debate
- Debate A War Of Words
- Debate: Party Leaders Claim Victory
- Debate: Education & Teacher Strikes
- Debate: Debt & Balanced Budget
- Debate: Taxes & Liberal Platform
- Debate: Health Care
- Debate: Eves Challenges McGuinty's Allegiance To Ottawa
- Debate: Attacks & Mudslinging
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News Links - Sept.23.2003
- 'Come clean,' Hampton tells McGuinty
- Deficit rising no matter who wins: study
- Grits lead in 3 new surveys
- Poll position
- Leaders pumped for debate
- `Voters want to hear the issue, not insults'
- McGuinty security escort boosted
- Leaders spar as election debate nears
- McGuinty vows he'll win debate
- Ontario's youth need more than empty election promises
- Eves' monumental challenge
- Poll puts Liberal support at 50 per cent
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News Links - Sept.21.2003
- Expect savage election debate, NDP warns
- That's politics!
- NDP's Hampton still has his eye on the goal
- NDP only party for families: Hampton
- Harper backs Tory MPP
- Eves bets the house
- Eves under pressure to perform
- Nurses hear party platforms, promises at meeting
- Ontario leaders zero in on health issues
- No Green in TV debate: CRTC
- `If people could just see who Ernie really is'
- Tories only party tough on crime, Eves says
- NOTED ECONOMIST CONFIRMS NDP'S BALANCED BUDGET PLATFORM
- Tories in `disarray,' says former Liberal premier
- McGuinty wins draw in plans for debate
- Questions raised about candidate
- Young, eager and pumped by politics
- McGuinty, Hampton address nurses; Eves courts senior vote
- Tories pull McGuinty attack ads
- Put the cheese away, Mr. Eves
- Tories used bogus delay tactics
- No more Mr. Naïve Guy for Dalton
- Tories on offensive
- Word war on horizon
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News Links - Sept.20.2003
- No same-sex deal, McGuinty insists
- Greens miss full slate by one riding
- Eves Invokes Holly Jones During Crime Speech
- McGuinty Wows Businessmen In Toronto Speech
- NDP criticizes Liberal incumbent for taking donations from strip club
- Tories the pits: Grit
- END BIG MONEY IN ONTARIO POLITICS, SAYS HAMPTON
- AG WORKERS VOTE FOR UNION - BUT WILL THEY GET ONE?
- Hampton Falls Into Bear Trap Up North
- Liberals headed for majority
- Tories, Liberals spar over who is tougher on crime
- Eves lashes out against federal parole system
- Hampton gets dragged into bear hunt debate
- Eves comes off ropes swinging at Liberals
- Campaigning Ontario Tories take aim at federal Liberals
- McGuinty targets voter 'cynicism'
- NDP says it will save average driver 20% on insurance
- Liberals promise fixed dates for provincial elections
- Liberals target rich Tory stronghold
- Peterson likens Eves campaign to Grit disaster
- McGuinty gets standing ovation at speech
- Schools credit may make or break PCs
- Canadian Idol backs Liberal Leader
- Tories have tough week 3
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News Links - Sept.19.2003
- McGuinty Clears Up Same Sex Controversy
- NDP tries to woo northern Ontario voters
- McGuinty Breaks Silence On Same Sex Deal
- Hampton, protesters lambaste Eves
- McGuinty Appeals For Younger Vote
- McGuinty tells young voters to 'rock the boat'
- Eves Still Enraged Over S.A.R.S. Memo
- Eves Pestered By Protests While Pledging Tighter Border Security
- Throw your own mud, Eves tells McGuinty-
- Eves comes off ropes swinging at Liberals
- Hampton Sells Hydro & Auto Insurance Plans Up North
- McGuinty says he'll keep teens in school
- Eves takes gloves off
- A McGuinty government will create 50,000 new university and college spaces...
- NDP publicpower COMPASS POINTS NORTH
- NDP UNWRAPS $500 PUBLIC AUTO INSURANCE SAVINGS
- CONSERVATIVES IGNORE YEARS OF FOOD WARNINGS
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News Links - Sept.18.2003
- McGuinty asked PM to defer bill
- Eves denies interfering with SARS probe
- Tories failed farmers,NDP's Hampton says
- Class-size caps or strike bans: The battle is on
- Grits propose raising drop-out age
- McGuinty asked PM to delay legislation
- Law to keep teens in school until 18 may include jail time
- Tory hopeful was disbarred
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News Links - Sept.17.2003
- Liberals propose moratorium on rural school closures
- Eves denies role in SARS memo
- Government withdraws controversial memo in midst of election
- Liberals shift campaign focus to push issues
- Eves Disputes S.A.R.S. Cover-Up Claim
- HAMPTON CONDEMNS NEW ATTEMPT TO BLOCK TRUTH ABOUT IPPERWASH
- FARMERS PLOWED UNDER BY HIGH AUTO RATES
- Eves 'best premier,' but Tory support sliding: poll
- Liberals tout class-size cap, promise $1.6 billion
- Hampton soaks 'thieving' insurance companies
- NDP would bring back labour law
- McGuinty, Eves chase `gray' vote
- The election in quotes
- Told to rip up Liberal card, says school board head
- Eves denies running negative campaign
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News Links - Sept.16.2003
- Media against us, Tory memo tells candidates
- Eves lagging in polls
- Star-power fight in Stoney Creek
- Tories step in it again
- 'You need professional help', Eves tells McGuinty
- As a leader, Eves is #3
- Tories pitch new highway construction
- Eves takes shot at former Tory premier
- Don't forget Walkerton crisis, MPP urges voters
- Ontario campaign enters week 3
- Eves jabs at Toronto on the road
- NDP government would cancel private hydro deals: Hampton
- Eves campaign based on fiction
- Liberals: Mcguinty government will ensure respect and dignity for seniors, improved services
- NDP: GAMBLING WITH PRIVATE HYDRO PUTS JOBS AT RISK
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Ontario Leaders' Debate 2003
Community Watch on Child and Family Issues
Tuesday, September 23rd, Metro Hall Council Chambers, 55 John Street, 2nd Floor, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
On Tuesday September 23rd, Ernie Eves, Dalton McGuinty and Howard Hampton will square off in a televised debate in anticipation of the provincial election.
Parents, community groups and children's advocates will be listening for commitments to Ontario's children and families including: quality child care, affordable housing, education, increases to social assistance and the minimum wage.
JOIN US AS WE MONITOR THE DEBATE AND REACT TO THE LEADERS' STATEMENTS
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
Moderated by Frances Lankin - President, United Way of Greater Toronto
Sponsored by Campaign 2000, the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, and the Family Service Association of Toronto
For more information contact Liyu Guo at 416-595-9230 ext. 244
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CONFRONT ERNIE EVES TONIGHT September 15, 2003 6pm CityPulse News Studio - Corner of Queen and John
After tip-toeing around the perimeter of Ontario's biggest city during his first two weeks of campaigning, Ernie Eves has finally decided to make an appearance in Toronto. At 6pm, Eves is set to give a live interview on CityPulse, from the CityTV news studio at the corner of Queen and John St.
On this corner and along Queen St., homeless and street kids panhandle everyday. This is one of places where the Tories' "Safe Streets Act" has been felt most strongly, with the constant ticketing of squeegee kids and
harassment of the poor that has been enforced since its legislation. In his campaign platform, Eves has promised with shadowy language that corners like Queen and John will be "cleansed" if his party is re-elected. We'll say it once again: This Government Must Be Defeated.
OCAP is calling on all allies to join us tonight in confronting Eves on a turf he has no business stepping foot on. Be outside CityTV at 6pm. Help us in making sure that when Eves sweats tonight, it won't be from the studio lights.
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty www.ocap.ca
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News Links - Sept.15.2003
- Election's key battles expected in suburbs
- Kitten eater,' restless voters could sink PCs
- Trailing Tories planning sharp turn to the right
- PC vow to keep silent?
- It's that Mr. Eves again, and he has a cheque
- Water training rules inadequate, critics charge
- Focus of election to move to issues, says Hampton
- Stakes high in Ontario election debate
- McGuinty pledges to improve federal-provincial relations
- Hampton fields voters' questions on Global's Focus Ontario
- Hampton calls for Johns's head
- Eves denies change in tactics
- Campaign Trail On Sunday
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Green Party Press Conference If you aren't already booked for Monday morning, here’s a chance to show some support for the Green Party at a critical juncture.
We are holding a press conference to announce polling results that prove that the people in Ontario want to hear from Frank De Jong in the
televised leaders debate, from which the GPO leader has currently been excluded. We need as many people as possible at this event. Come on down and bring a friend.
Time: 9:45 am. Place: in front of the legislature, Queens Park.
The 2003 election campaign has gone extremely well thus far for the GPO. Catch the Green Wave, visit our new website and try the flash welcome tour. www.gpo.ca
See you there.
Michael Pilling. Operations Coordinator, Green Party of Ontario, operations@greenparty.on.ca
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PANHANDLING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
FROM TOILET PAPER TO TEXTBOOKS,THE TORIES ARE BANKRUPTING OUR STUDENTS FUTURE
Over the past 8 years, the provincial government of Mike Harris /Ernie Eves systematically stripped the resourses from our public education system. From Juniour Kindergarten to Colleges and Universities , the Tories have hurt our students' ability to learn in the classroom. The Tories have not done anything positive for our students in the past. If the Tories get back into government, we can expect even worse for our students.
Please join education activist in raising these issues thursday september 18 2003
5 pm Dufferin & Bloor
Katie McGovern
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Tories Out!
Picket and Demonstration at Housing Minister David Young's Campaign Office
500 Sheppard Ave. E (Sheppard Subway at Bayview)
Saturday September 27 2pm
For transportation from downtown, meet: Allan Gardens at 1pm Corner of Carlton and Sherbourne
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News Links - Sept.14.2003
- Meat on Tory's back burner
- Eves' tax proposal slammed
-Tory grilled
- Eves gets earful over attacks
- Meow!
- Kitten-eater controversy litters battle for Ontario
- U.S.-style health care in works, Liberal warns
- Water tragedy's victims suffer still
- Health care pales next to perils of eating kittens
- McGuinty getting good reviews on campaign trail
- Eves mainstreets for the first time; gets earful over attacks
- Liberals, Tories locked in dead heat
- Will voters buy what the politicians are selling?
- Keeping the streets from going dark
- Potholes on road to public car insurance
- In this city, they back winners
- What's next from Eves' factory of fear: Martians?
- Did Buffy character inspire PCs' `reptilian kitten eater' insult?
- Brampton hospital fuelling hot debate
- Crime: A hot topic in Holly's neighbourhood
- EVES HURTING RURAL ONTARIO WITH REFERENDUM SCHEME
- HAMPTON TO EVES: GUARANTEE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR MEAT INSPECTORS
- At Home with McGuinty:
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News Links - Sept.13.2003
- Liberals would restore confidence in medicare: McGuinty
- Eves tax cuts coming out of health care,
- NDP promises $10 day care
- McGuinty laughs off 'kitten-eater' label
- Don't know how much we'll cut: Eves
- Excluded Greens to file complaint over leaders debate
- Tories slammed over meat
- Eves on the attack and on the defensive all at once
- Inspection burden too great: Cities
- Taxes won't increase, McGuinty pledges
- GRAB BAG OF INSULTS NOT WHAT VOTERS WANT
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News Links - Sept.12.2003
- Scandals continue to plague Eves
- Tory meat handling a 'Grade A' scandal: Hampton
- EVES ’inaction puts lives at risk
- Ontario Liberals to set toughest environmental standards
- McGuinty addresses environment
- McGuinty moves on tax issue
- Activists prepare for next phase of election campaign
- Eves dealing with tainted meat and Nipissing scandal
- Eves put on defensive over costly car insurance
- Eves Ducks Two Scandals On Campaign Trail
- McGuinty: Read My Lips, No Higher Taxes
- Hampton In Fury Over Privatization & Meat Scandal
- Inspectors get paid by abattoirs
- Campaign Trail Mix column
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News Links - Sept.11.2003
- Green candidate: PC backer offered me cash
- Liberals vow to stop toxic imports
- Health-care issue absent from campaign trail
- McGuinty 'still not up to the job,' Tory ads charge
- Activists, economists make minimum wage election issue
- Auto rates study show public system is better, boasts NDP
- Eves says he never opposed a ban on teacher strikes
- Election ads raise doubts about Eves' power-outage agenda
- Tories failed to act on meat warning
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On Thursday, Sept. 18th, at 11:30 a.m., come out and join HOME and Ontario
Needs a Raise and other activist and advocacy groups at a mock tribunal event
and rally at 777 Bay St., where the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing,
and the head office of the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal are.
Come out, bring your friends, neighbours and co-workers and join us at this
fun and creative rally where a "Judge of the People's Court" will evict Ernie
Eves for willfully trampling on tenant rights. Help us get out our messages
and demand an end to unfair evictions, truly affordable housing, a $10 minimum
wage and increases to social assistance.
NOTE: TTC will be available for low-income tenants and homeless people
attending the event. Look for Cliff Martin (wearing the neon yellow armband).
Or if you think you can fill a bus, we will cover the costs. To arrange,
please contact Dana Milne at 416-599-6195.
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The election's on and It's time for a Raise!
** $10 minimum wage **
Rally and March
Saturday September 20th @ 2pm
Meet at Yonge and Dundas
The Tories froze the minimum wage at $6.85 when they were elected. Yet cost
of living has gone up 20%. Over 1 million people in Ontario work for wages
below the poverty line. It's time to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour.
Government - 26% wage increase
Ex-premier Harris - $45,000 in "expenses"
Minimum wage - 0% wage increase
For information call Justice for Workers @ 416-531-2411 x 246.
News Links - Sept.10.2003
- Eves wants to privatize nuclear inspections: Liberals
- Hampton goes uptown to knock Tory rebate
- New deal for cities 'easier' if Liberals win: Martin
- Liberals estimate Eves' campaign platform pegged at $10.3 billion
- Eves Avoids T.O., As Cities Complain About Downloading
- Libs. Would Raise School Dropout Age To 18
- Hampton Decries Tory Tax Breaks At Local Mansion
- Layton wants municipal issues debate
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News Links - Sept.9.2003
- Eves draws blank, Liberals pounce
- McGuinty jokes off Eves' leadership attacks, again
- Eves unable to put price tag on campaign
- Hampton: N.D.P. Would End Landlords Gouging Tenants
- Eves: Shut T.O. door
- Grits vow to show heart
- We must rebuild our cities: Hampton
- Hampton: Repair The Tory Damage Done To T.O.
- McCallion Challenges Tories Over Downloading
- McGuinty Vows Not To Sling More Mud
- New Tory Attack Ads Target McGuinty
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Poverty must be an election issue: coalition says – Sept.9.2003
The Ontario Needs a Raise Coalition is a broad group including legal clinics, anti-poverty, labour, community, low-wage workers, students, and women's groups.
Concerned that nearly 2 million people in Ontario are living below the poverty line, the coalition came together to demand that the minimum wage and social assistance rates be raised.
At a media conference on Sept 10th, the coalition will be releasing a statement endorsed by more than 50 prominent economists. The statement includes a call for the minimum wage to be raised and the shelter portion of
social assistance to be raised to reflect the real cost of shelter.
Additionally, in communities across Ontario activists will be holding various events to pressure political candidates to commit to increasing the minimum wage and social assistance rates. Participating communities include: Toronto, Cobourg, Peterborough, London, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Windsor, Kitchener, Hamilton, Owen Sound, Mississauga, Kingston, Kenora, Oshawa, Red Lake and Halton/Burlington.
Press Conference:
Queen's Park (steps of the Legislature)
10:30 am, September 10th 2003
Speakers:
- minimum wage workers
- Jim Stanford, CAW Economist
- other endorsing economists
- a member of the Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees Union (HERE)
- Sarah Blackstock, Ontario Needs A Raise spokesperson
Visual: large $10 bill banner
For more information contact: Sarah Blackstock 647-226-3714.
To arrange interviews contact Shiraz Vally 416-955-1581.
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News Links - Sept.7.2003
- Hampton: I'll axe school czars
- Eves ignored Toronto in first week
- Ernie Eves Feisty On Campaign Trail
- Eves determined to help privileged
- Health, schools leading voters' list
- Leaders cast cautious eyes on tight polls
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News Links - Sept.6.2003
- Rising Tories catching up to Liberals
- NDP warns of hydro havoc
- Tories sell mortgage tax breaks
- Liberals promise smaller classes
- Protest greets Eves as he seeks Tory nomination
- Dalton McGuinty's Heckling Incident
- Where The Candidates Were Saturday / Debate Nearing
- Poll Shows Ontario Tories Closing In
- McGuinty Wants To Shrink Class Sizes
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At the Globe - August.27.2003
- Tories' campaign strategy in McGuinty's hands
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At the Star - June - Aug.2003
- Tories on $2.4B pre-vote spending spree
- Meat Scandal: Call for ministers to resign
- Tories open chequebook as vote nears
- Runciman ignites furor Says black community not doing enough to stop violence
- McGuinty to Liberals: Prepare to fight
- Stockwell quitting Ontario politics
- Protesters disrupt Tory fundraiser
- Ontario Tories rapped for 'orgy' of partisan ads
- Liberals, Tories backbiting over ads
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At the Star - June.17.2003
- Chris Stockwell steps down
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At StraightGoods.com - May.2003
- Platform and windmill tilting, but no vote - Inside Queen's Park
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At the Star - May.16.2003
- Eves turns back clock with edgy campaign platform
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At Straight Goods - May.2003
- Ontario Tories attack myth of mandatory retirement to cut pension benefits
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Ontario Speech from the Throne - May.1.2003
- Government Text.
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At the Star - May.12.2003
- Public pays for Tory propaganda, critics say
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At the Star - Mar.12.2003
- Is Eves delaying provincial election?
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At the Star - Mar/.8.2003
- Leaked Tory document offers peek at election financing
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At the NDP - Mar.2.2003
- NDP Election Platform: Brighter Ideas Site
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At the Star - Feb.21.2003
- Tories feel confident they'll win next election
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At the Liberal Site - Feb.2003
- Liberals launch election platform
- Pre-Election Ads Feature Dalton McGuinty's Leadership
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At the Star - Feb.2003
- McGuinty election package tops $1.5B
- Political payback hits $55,000
MPPs, cabinet ministers reimburse taxpayers for expenses
- Getting ready for the starter's gun
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