Dalton McGuinty claims his Liberal "government" ads are non-partisan.
McGuinty also claims Health Care is much improved in Ontario, while ERs close and thousands can't find a family physician. He claims education is better, but school boards are running huge deficits and cutting programs. He claims to be tough on crime, but refuses to uphold the law in Caledonia. He claims to be the automotive saviour of Ontario, while plants close and layoffs skyrocket in Windsor.
Dalton McGuinty also promised not to raise your taxes, promised not to run deficits and promised to close all coal-fired hydro plants by 2007.
Dalton McGuinty thinks "denial" is a river is Egypt. If he's nothing else, Dalton McGuinty is consistent.
I really don't know how Dalton McGuinty gets his head so far down that hole in the ground with such a big nose.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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Dalton McGuinty, man of many words... all of them "weasel".
He's pretty brave when it comes to standing up to non-law breaking, taxpaying citizens.
Here is a story about Dalton McGuinty lying about privatizing Ontario Hydro.
He claims he doesn't "lie". He just "changes his mind after he studies things further".
Either way, he's an unfit leader in my opinion. If he didn't lie, then he didn't think it through. This speaks to his decision-making ability.
From your link, a quote:
"Saying he'd rushed to a judgment he now regretted when he initially supported privatization, McGuinty said he'd given more thought to the idea of selling Hydro One and had come to a wholly different conclusion."
And, "I honestly believed I'd never said that (I was in favour)," McGuinty said. "I didn't recall at the outset that I'd said what I'd said."
And, "However, the opposition leader said he'd learned a valuable lesson.
'You've got to be careful about coming to a quick conclusion about a very complicated matter,' he said".
That was 2002. If he "learned a valuable lesson", he hasn't shown it has he.
Since that time:
1. Promise not to raise taxes ... with great fanfare, in writing. Tories detailed (accurately it turns out) the cost of all of his myriad of promises and said they didn't add up. Shortly after elected, McGuinty, "shocked", claims huge deficit (only because he forged ahead with huge payoffs to his political benefactors ... a reasonable leader could have easily balanced that budget by saying "no"), and brings in the biggest tax increase in Ontario history.
2. Claims he can close all coal-fired electrical generating stations by 2009 to ridicule of anyone with half a brain. Now admits to hopefully being able to meet the same goal promised by the Tories (2015) at the earliest.
3. Fills his first three years in office with "trinkets" ... multiple "big" small dollar announcments, many made many times in a variety of ways, but basically same announcement, either amounting to piddly amounts of money before the next election, or large amounts, but amortized over the next two or three terms. This is flim flam at its worst. There is no guarantee the Liberals will even be in power, and to promise anything that far out, with the uncertainty in any economy more than 3 years out is completely irresponsible, in my opinion. At best, it is wishful thinking in technicolour. At worst, it is bald-faced political smoke and mirrors, taking the voters to be fools, and hoping the assumption is correct.
I could go on. The list is growing.
At worst, McGuinty is a bald-faced lyer in my opinion. He lied to get elected and he continues to lie as part of his cynical oh-so-Liberal campaign to buy 4 more years.
At best, he is a slow learner and poor planner, who hasn't shown in three years in power that he can gather realistic facts with workable solutions and come up with an achievable business plan.
No matter how you look at it, I cannot personally believe a single word that comes out of his mouth. I see his lips moving, and I hear "wah wah wah wah wah ...". It is meaningless.
I find it an amazing coincidence that prior to Mike Harris taking over a bankrupt government (bankrupt of workable policies, bankrupt of the reality of a competitive world envirionment, and literally almost bankrupt financially due to completely irresponsible tax-and-spend policies, Ontario had sunk to last place in Canada of all provinces in terms of growth and per capita economic output. Under Mike Harris, we magically rose to second place, second only to Alberta.
BC under Glen Clark (NDP) was also mired in last place along with Ontario, but following the election of an enlightened free enterprise "Liberal" (only in BC... they would be conservatives in any other province) government, they now follow closely on Alberta's heels. They are booming.
Meanwhile, since tax-and-spend Dalton McGuinty (organized labour's best friend, along with Toronto mayor, David Miller) has taken over the reins, we have sunk from second back down to 7th or 8th yet again.
Those on the left, of course, have excuses for their "bad luck" at the helm. "Worst recession in 20 years". "Manufacturing tied to the US" and a) their big deficit b) rising Cdn dollar c) failure of free trade d) loss of the autopact.
The list goes on. If you could answer all of these with hard indisputable facts, the apologists would certainly find five more.
I know what I see.
When Ontario elects pro-free enterprise, pro-private sector governements, our economy does well, and as a result, the majority of Ontarians benefit.
When pro-big government, pro tax-and-spend governments take over, we quickly go in the toilet overall. Of course the benefactors of the "spend" part of that equation do great, but the problem is that the money comes only from profitable businesses paying employed workers. It doesn't come from those feasting at the trough.
When Dalton and David and Glen send out anti-profit, pro big-government signals, business adapts very quickly and moves to more favourable climes. It isn't rocket science.
So here is a prediction. If John Tory manages to wrest power from Dalton McGuinty in October 2007, watch for Ontario to "coincidentally" start to rise back up in the provincial pecking order of economic output and annual growth about 2008 or early 2009. Of course the left will be able to explain this amazing chain of events as simple good luck, and excuse the 4 years of shrinkage under McGuinty as (take your pick) being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It's always the same. You get the governement you deserve. You voted for 'em. Now you live with them and all of the predictable baggage they bring along, just like burdock pickers stuck to a coyote's behind.
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