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Reflection on David Peterson’s leadership
“Surprise happens so often,” Paul Wolfowitz, former US Deputy Secretary of Defense once said, “that it’s surprising we’re still surprised by it.” The unexpected is the nature of the political beast.…
March 20, 2026 -
Sean Conway on Separate School education in Ontario
Sean Conway served as Minister of Education in the first Peterson government (1985-87), given the task of extending public funding beyond grade 10 to the end of grade 13 to…
December 11, 2025 -
Polling during the Peterson years – When popularity is not enough
It must be a nice feeling to be Premier of Ontario with the opinion polls reporting that your party enjoys the support of almost 50 percent of the population –…
November 5, 2025 -
The battle over Sunday shopping
“Some citizens in Ontario believe that a Sunday shopping law may be inappropriate to the needs of Ontario society in this period of the 21st century. Others feel that Sunday shopping law…
August 12, 2025 -
Sault St. Marie and the French language: A sad beginning; A positive new beginning
During 1989-90 a number of municipalities in Ontario passed resolutions or motions declaring them to be ‘English-only’. This was, in part, a reaction to three key developments at the time. For some,…
August 12, 2025 -
The 1990 question – Why call an election before its time?
The early election call, only three years into a huge majority mandate, led to his Liberal Party’s devastating defeat at the polls. It lost 59 of the 95 seats held at dissolution…
July 15, 2025 -
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