Quote of the Day: “Many of us have been so brainwashed over the years – by sheer repetition, rather than by either logic or empirical tests – that statistical disparities are automatically taken to mean discrimination, whether between races, sexes or whatever. The plain fact that different individuals and groups make different choices is resolutely ignored, because it does not fit the prevailing preconceptions, or the crusades based on those preconceptions. Women make different career choices than men, and wisely so, because men do not become mothers, and being a mother is not the same as being a father… Discrimination can certainly cause statistical disparities. But statistical disparities do not automatically mean discrimination.” Thomas Sowell
On the Insight (Huh?) Page today, Jay Goldberg of the Canadian Taxpayers Association, writes about the various promises of the three major parties in the upcoming election. He suggests that: “As Ontario’s 2022 election campaign is set to begin in a matter of weeks, affordability should be at the top of the agenda. But Ontario taxpayers don’t want to see election gimmicks that would only help a small portion of taxpayers or pie in the sky promises that will never be implemented. Ontarians want to see a real plan to increase the size of paycheques, and the best way to get there is broad-based income tax relief.” And he is correct. But unfortunately, tax relief also has to include spending relief as well – something he neglects to mention. Ontario already has a $20 Billion (that’s Billion with a “B”) budget deficit this year and it will get worse before it gets better.