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Clever, clever Liberals

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Philip Preville

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The McGuinty platform is full of appealing promises (full-day kindergarten saves parents money and opens up daycare spaces) and wicked political moves. By announcing his intention to never roll back the Health Care Premium, he can credibly pretend to afford all his promises, which John Tory cannot. The first week isn’t over yet, but McGuinty has taken it in a landslide. Tory’s just playing out the clock now and getting ready to regroup for the next round.

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Philip Preville

Veteran freelance writer Philip Preville lived much of his life in Montreal and Edmonton before he was lured, like so many Torontonians before him, by the promise of more work and a better living. A National Magazine Award winner and former Canadian Journalism Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College, Preville writes Toronto Life’s politics column. He lives with his wife and one-year-old son in Riverdale, just close enough to the Don Valley Parkway that he can hear it when he steps outside his house—but just far enough away that it doesn’t keep him awake at night. On his office wall hangs a 1938–39 press pass belonging to his grandfather, Elias Gannon, who wrote for the Montreal Star.


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