I likely won’t vote for the man and the characteristics that are pointed out in this Toronto Star article may be exactly the sort of thing that loses him votes on certain sectors of the right but this is the sort of thing that I used to not be surprised to read in an article about a conservative leader in the good old pre-neo-con days:
“I’m just telling you when I see those things, that’s the way I react. How can we possibly live with ourselves when we have that kind of thing going on in a wealthy society like this?” When asked about what he would do to help eliminate poverty in the province, Tory, a former chair of the United Way of Greater Toronto, said: “I want to put forward a plan to reduce poverty overall … but I want to be certain that I can meet the objectives that I set,” he said.
Tory said his party has committed to a $1 billion, 10-year plan to repair social housing across Ontario to improve living conditions for low-income families. He referred to his plan to revitalize neighbourhoods, to his commitment to eliminate the health-care levy that discriminates against the poor and his program to help skilled immigrants.
While it is true that even our rural overlords in Ottawa have come to understand that Canada is a socialist country that works, that resource wealth when shared egalitarianly leaves plenty for the profit incentive, it is good to see that effectively the issue of poverty is a non-issue, though the responses may differ.