“Ontario’s lieutenant-governor explained why he agreed to Premier Dalton McGuinty’s controversial prorogation request and the sky has not fallen.[…]Lt. Gov. David Onley justified his controversial decision in some detail. Our viceregal representative asserted that he defended the Constitution and its conventions by upholding the traditions of responsible government,” co-wrote Lorne Sossin, dean of 91ɫ’s Osgoode Hall Law School, in the Ottawa Citizen Jan. 21. “In speaking out about prorogation, the lieutenant-governor knew that he was breaking with recent tradition. We commend him for doing so.” .
As much as people complain about negative political ads, one expert says they are effective. “They do have a limit,” admits Dennis Pilon, 91ɫ political science professor, in News1130 Jan. 21. “We’ve seen in the past where people are fed up with a government, no amount of attack ads is going to turn the tide.”…Pilon says the ads are very effective in reinforcing ideas that people already believe to be true about a political party, and they can also influence the all-important undecided voter. .
Preliminary figures released Monday by the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre showed that the number of high school students applying to first-year programs in the fall climbed by 2.4 per cent over the previous year, reported The Globe and Mail Jan. 21….Not every university saw applications increase, however. 91ɫ had a 1.8 per cent drop in applications from last year. .