The potential loss of 23,000 jobs — mainly in rural Ontario — and demise of 20,000 racehorses was not enough to stop the Ontario Liberal government from ending the Slots at Racetracks program. This revelation emerged last week from court documents released as part of a civil suit brought by Ontario standardbred racehorse breeders against… Read More
Tag: Dalton McGuinty
With yesterdays surprise announcement by Dalton McGuinty that he was stepping down as the Premier of Ontario, people took to twitter to speak out in favor and against the tenure of the resigning Premier. As we discussed yesterday, it would appear by the discussion on Twitter that Ontario farmers do not believe very strongly about Dalton McGuinty’s… Read More
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his surprise resignation on Monday. It would appear that farmers and the ag-industry will not miss Mr. McGuinty. Whether it was the wind turbine debacle or the urban pesticide ban, agriculture and Dalton McGuinty did not see eye to eye. The #ontag community took to twitter to provide their feedback… Read More