Wynne's pretense of uncertainty and assurance of fairness is theater.  Butts plan is her plan.  Divide and conquer. In Ontario small business will lose in taxes, pay a higher minimum wage (including re-alignment above $15) and a carbon tax.  But as Wynne says she wants small business to thrive.

Of course the plan is poorly thought out, of course more egregious issues like stock options and trusts are excluded.  Income splitting in government pensions is enshrined too.  And no market risk for those lucky folks.

This is a shift left for the Liberals to shut out the NDP and if Scheer kowtows to the old Reform base it will work too.  He needs to tack to the now vacant right center.