Victor Milne wrote:

> Sounds very different from what we have here in Ontario. As the columnist
> indicated, it was just a right-wing, hot-button issue to get elected. I said
> to my wife the day after Harris was elected, "You know I would be all in
> favour of a real workfare program to get welfare recipients into the
> workforce. The only problem is, that would cost more than just sending them
> the cheques, and I guarantee you that son of a bitch isn't going to spend

Greetings lets not forget the FORCED labour spect of Ontario's workfare plan. Of
course it was an election gimmick, one that indicates Harris knows what
stereotypes the people of Ontario believe or at least enough of them believe to
get him elected.

Whay not a voluntary job creation program with education and training
components? One that includes child care.

Bob Ewing

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