Ontario Liberal Corruption

[Shady]

Team Jackpot axed

Expense scandal topples lottery corporation's CEO and entire board, McGuinty orders probe of all provincial agencies

Duncan released five large binders containing the Tories' request on OLG expenses. The binders hold pages of receipts for such expenses as a lavish $3,713.77 dinner and The Sound of Music night for 38 people.

Many of the entertainment expenses include alcohol charges. There are government rules and regulations surrounding liquor expense claims. In 2007, the OLG asked for an exemption from those rules, but it was refused. Sources say the liquor expenses are part of the reason Duncan asked the auditor general to investigate.

The Star

Not only have the Liberal's ruined our economy in Ontario, but also they have the nerve to use tax dollars to live life to "the fullest." It's the same old song and dance from them. :angry:

[Smallc]

Yes, the Liberals ruined the Ontario economy...by single handedly ruining the US economy...and by taking action against the people in charge of OLG, without any prodding they prove that they were the corrupt ones.

Edited September 1, 2009 by Smallc

[punked]

Don't worry Michael Bryant the former Liberal MPP and AG ran a guy over yesterday and according to reports as he hit him the guy grab the car and Bryant yelled at him tried to shake him off and ran him into a bunch of trees. I bet the Liberals win Saint Paul anyway though.

[Smallc]

Don't worry Michael Bryant

that's so irrelevant to government that it isn't even funny.

[capricorn]

There's only one solution that will do away with this culture of entitlement that grips the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission (OLG).

Government should get out of the numbers racket.

Let's give gambling in this province back to the Mafia.

At least the mob ran it efficiently and didn't stiff taxpayers for steak dinners, hotels in Vegas, New Jersey, Montana. Heck, I'll bet they even picked up their own gym memberships and trips to Weight Watchers.

Back when organized crime ran gambling you had some accountability. You didn't have to own a convenience store before you could win the lottery.

The picture you got from the OLG expenses released yesterday was of bloated bureaucrats sticking it to taxpayers for everything from big-ticket hotel rooms to piddly little cups of tea.

What planet are these people living on? In the middle of one of the worst recessions in history, with hundreds of thousands of people out of work, with the manufacturing sector in tatters, with government bailing out the auto sector, with pain all around, these disgraceful people are porking all four feet into the public trough as if it were their own money.

As if the eHealth scandal weren't bad enough, now we find that this arrogant disregard for public money is more infectious than swine flu.

http://www.ottawasun.com/comment/columnist...697006-sun.html

Exactly right. At least the Mafia didn't dig into taxpayers' pockets to fund their rackets.

Hold on. Another Liberal scandal has been uncovered.

Fresh questions about untendered consulting contracts have hit the McGuinty government, as new documents show a firm with Liberal ties and little background in higher education was handed a high-profile assignment to assess building needs on Ontario's campuses.

Courtyard Group, the same firm that made headlines this spring for its untendered work at eHealth Ontario, was awarded without competition a contract worth about $430,000 to study how the province's colleges and universities should expand, especially given rising demand for undergraduate spots in the Toronto area.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nation...article1271309/

Teflon Dalton has all the answers to reversing this long standing trend of Liberal entitlement and will advise us accordingly later today. The spin is on.

[capricorn]

that's so irrelevant to government that it isn't even funny.

I bet the media will avoid using the word "Liberal" in the news coverage of this very tragic event.

[Smallc]

You want government to stop being involved in a business that makes billions for taxpayers? Thank goodness no government is stupid enough to even propose such a thing in a time of budget deficits.

[capricorn]

If they steal billions from taxpayers to make billions, YES.

[jdobbin]

Don't worry Michael Bryant the former Liberal MPP and AG ran a guy over yesterday and according to reports as he hit him the guy grab the car and Bryant yelled at him tried to shake him off and ran him into a bunch of trees. I bet the Liberals win Saint Paul anyway though.

This is so in the gutter that I'd rather not have anything to do with you anymore. Connecting this to politics and an election? Really. It's disgusting.

[jdobbin]

I bet the media will avoid using the word "Liberal" in the news coverage of this very tragic event.

So are you another one that wants to connect this to the present government? I think it is disgusting. I wouldn't care if it was a former NDP or PC minister arrested. Connecting it to present day politics is way in the gutter.

You think they should be making this about Liberals? Is that what you are saying?

[Shady]

that's so irrelevant to government that it isn't even funny.

I don't think it's irrelevant. That incident just reflects the overall attitude Liberals have toward the people they should be working for. It's a "get outta my way" type attitude, where they think their rightful place is in power.

[Argus]

So are you another one that wants to connect this to the present government? I think it is disgusting. I wouldn't care if it was a former NDP or PC minister arrested. Connecting it to present day politics is way in the gutter.

You think they should be making this about Liberals? Is that what you are saying?

Oh spare us the self righteousness. If you can possibly find a way to connect any previous Conservative's wrongdoing or alleged wrongdoing to the Harper government you're the first to do so.

Bryant, who from news reports is likely to soon face a homicide charge, was the Liberal's Auditor General (how's that for irony) resigned as a Liberal MPP just a few months back, and is now involved in some sort of investment thing with Toronto Mayor David Miller. Why do you imagine no one would mention the political angle? Do you yourself not constantly use the justification that a PM or minister is to be judged by the actions of those they support and appoint to office?

[jdobbin]

Oh spare us the self righteousness. If you can possibly find a way to connect any previous Conservative's wrongdoing or alleged wrongdoing to the Harper government you're the first to do so.

I have never tried to connect a crime committed by former politician to present politics as an election opportunity.

Whoever is in office should be judged by their present actions not by some traffic crime committed by a former politician unless they are somehow interfering with the investigation. Is that what is happening now?

Bryant, who from news reports is likely to soon face a homicide charge, was the Liberal's Auditor General (how's that for irony) resigned as a Liberal MPP just a few months back, and is now involved in some sort of investment thing with Toronto Mayor David Miller. Why do you imagine no one would mention the political angle? Do you yourself not constantly use the justification that a PM or minister is to be judged by the actions of those they support and appoint to office?

I'm sure the mayor will have to look at his involvement presently with someone who is likely going to jail.

However, I don't judge a political party, any political party, by crimes that take place after someone leaves office. Ditto, I don't judge present police forces for crimes committed by their ex-officers as some just did here in Winnipeg.

[Smallc]

I don't think it's irrelevant. That incident just reflects the overall attitude Liberals have toward the people they should be working for.

First, he wasn't part of the government anymore....and second, it still has absolutely nothing to do with government.

[madmax]

First, he wasn't part of the government anymore....and second, it still has absolutely nothing to do with government.

More importantly it has little to do with this thread. There are two other thread topics that cover both Bryants recent departure from the Ontario Liberals thus causing the by election currently being held. Comments on Bryant would be better suited there.

Punked has pulled a Jdobbin with respect to thread creep.

The fact is that the OLG has been a hornets nest for all governments of late.

[Topaz]

Don't worry Michael Bryant the former Liberal MPP and AG ran a guy over yesterday and according to reports as he hit him the guy grab the car and Bryant yelled at him tried to shake him off and ran him into a bunch of trees. I bet the Liberals win Saint Paul anyway though.

What does that say about a person who grabs a door of a car that is moving no matter whose was driving? What, he didn't know it was dangerous to do so? Bryant is in the wrong too, unless this guy had a weapon, he should have stopped.

[capricorn]

The spin is now in. According to Teflon Dalton, his government is pure as the driven snow and the culprits are those dastardly agencies that operate at arm's length from government.

The message to all is clear, said an angered McGuinty. "You have a responsibility to look out for the interest of taxpayers," he said. "Just because you operate at arms length from our government, doesn't give you the right to straight-arm taxpayers. You have a responsibility to be held accountable."

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He said the challenge is the boards, commissions and agencies that operate at arms-length. "What do we need to do to bring them to heel?" he asked. "That is what this is all about."

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/689344

What's not reported in the article from McGuinty's remarks is that he said there have been long standing problems in the past with these "arm's length" agencies.

There you have it. He will bring them all to heel with increased bureaucratic red tape. None will be spared. But not a word about how the Liberal friendly piggies headed to the trough will be selected and appointed in the future.

[ironstone]

Yes, the Liberals ruined the Ontario economy...by single handedly ruining the US economy...and by taking action against the people in charge of OLG, without any prodding they prove that they were the corrupt ones.

I have mostly voted Conservative in my lifetime,and once for the Liberals.There are things the Conservatives have done and are doing that bother me and they deserve the criticism.

Has there ever once been something bad that your beloved Liberals have done that you won't defend them to the hilt for?Does the sun really shine out of their collective behinds from your rose coloured glasses perspective?

[Oleg Bach]

Just wait when you see the real corruption - these people are not liberals - they are neo-cons --- Ontario is not a liberal gayified place - nor is Toronto the city state run by bum banging liberals - these are con artists - wait for Ignatieff the conservative to take over - then you will see real social and finacial prosperity...People don't have a clue what a liberal is - they are liberators - freedom fighters of a sort - did we see any freedom under Miller - or McGinty - It was taxation without representation - sound familiar?

[Smallc]

Has there ever once been something bad that your beloved Liberals have done that you won't defend them to the hilt for?

Ye. Paul Martin said he was going to get rid of the notwithstanding clause...stupid. Stephane Dion tried to convince Canadians of something that people would never buy...stupid. I voted Conservative last election. I don't think you know me that well.

[jdobbin]

More importantly it has little to do with this thread. There are two other thread topics that cover both Bryants recent departure from the Ontario Liberals thus causing the by election currently being held. Comments on Bryant would be better suited there.

Linking the incident to behaviour of a party in general and a coming election was beyond the pale. Ignoring such a poster from here on seems the only way to discourage such comments.

[ba1614]

Team Jackpot axed

Expense scandal topples lottery corporation's CEO and entire board, McGuinty orders probe of all provincial agencies

Duncan released five large binders containing the Tories' request on OLG expenses. The binders hold pages of receipts for such expenses as a lavish $3,713.77 dinner and The Sound of Music night for 38 people.

Many of the entertainment expenses include alcohol charges. There are government rules and regulations surrounding liquor expense claims. In 2007, the OLG asked for an exemption from those rules, but it was refused. Sources say the liquor expenses are part of the reason Duncan asked the auditor general to investigate.

The Star

Not only have the Liberal's ruined our economy in Ontario, but also they have the nerve to use tax dollars to live life to "the fullest." It's the same old song and dance from them. :angry:

Liberals, corruption? really? Surely you jest?

[Topaz]

Liberals, corruption? really? Surely you jest?

Let see... Ontario Libs are corrupt, the Federal Cons are corrupt and that only leaves the NDP who hasn't had a chance to be corrupt Federally and the NDP provincially in Ontario is a woman and would make a more honest government, would u think?

[ba1614]

Let see... Ontario Libs are corrupt, the Federal Cons are corrupt and that only leaves the NDP who hasn't had a chance to be corrupt Federally and the NDP provincially in Ontario is a woman and would make a more honest government, would u think?

Good lord no!! I remember the NDP and now Liberal Bob Rae singlehandedly destroying Ontarios economy. I shudder to think of either one of them anywhere near federal office!!