The reason this writer has retained a membership in the Ontario Liberal Party for many years has nothing to do with approving what is going on. It is the belief that the change that is so desperately needed has to come from within the party. Nobody can effect the reforms needed from outside.
Any long-term reader of this commentary can tell you that we are not pleased with many of the politicians at Queen’s Park. Why would we approve of hypocrites? Why would we condone corruption? It is not that there are not a few good people in the three parties represented in the Legislature. They are just not the ones running the asylum.
There is not a party leader at Queen’s Park that does not deserve to be impeached by their party. Nobody has brought more dishonour to the Ontario Liberals than Ms. Wynne. She has used corrupt practices to manipulate her party and the political system in Ontario. She has let underlings and hanger-ons take the blame for her transgressions. She refuses to reform the system where parties can sell out to the highest bidders.
Leader of the Opposition Patrick Brown bought the leadership of his party from the Sub-Continent Diaspora in Ontario. Most of his supposed new Conservatives have no understanding of his party or what it stands for. And when has he ever spoken out about the corrupt practices of Ontario politics?
And as for New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath, does she even know what is wrong? Why are her supposed union supporters making deals with the Liberals to run advertising during elections to support the Liberals?
For agencies created by the Ontario government to be giving political donations to the government that created them is by any definition a corruption of the intent. For any third party political advertising to be allowed during election campaigns is blatant interference in the election process. For businesses and unions to be allowed to make donations to political parties implies corruption.
Ontario voters need to take a long hard look at how politics has become so corrupted in their province. Political party members particularly have to understand that we can no longer support the status quo. Unless the demand for reform comes from within the political parties, it will only get casual lip service. It is up to party members to put some teeth to change
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