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BY JOHN PARKER

It took no time for the chirping to begin.

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Less than twenty-four hours after the Ontario’s PC’s announced their new leader, the premier herself laid it out:

There’s a stark choice for voters on June 7. They will choose between Conservatives who want to slash spending just when families need it the most, and an Ontario Liberal Party that believes government is a force for good & knows that now is the time to invest in care.

That one declaration pretty much says it all:

Doug Ford’s party is “Conservative” (shorthand for saying there is no longer any redeeming “Progressive” influence to be found there). It will “slash” spending – the favourite go-to term of abuse to hurl at any proposal aimed at government belt-tightening.

More than that, if Ford gets his way it is of course “families” that will be sacrificed on the altar of fiscal discipline. And any decent person understands that a “good” government doesn’t “spend,” it “invests.” And those investments aren’t squandered on waste and mismanagement; they are invested in “care.”