A Fib By Any Other Name (Ontario)

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McGuinty's nose is growing.

http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/Commenta...30/1329779.html

Wed, November 30, 2005

EDITORIAL: A fib by any other name

We interrupt our ongoing coverage of federal Liberal nonsense to bring you the following bulletin about provincial Liberal nonsense:

On Monday, when most Canadians were following the political spectacle of the federal government falling in an historic non-confidence vote -- triggering the rare winter election called yesterday by Prime Minister Paul Martin for Jan. 23 -- Dalton McGuinty's government pulled a fast one on Ontarians.

As the Sun's Antonella Artuso reported yesterday, the McGuinty Grits quietly introduced what they call the Respect for Municipalities Act, which will allow them to override the Taxpayer Protection Act.

Translation: They created a new legal loophole to let themselves out of their pledge not to raise taxes or levy any new ones unless the issue is put to voters in a referendum first.

What a contrast to the heady days of the 2003 provincial election campaign, when McGuinty -- with great public fanfare -- made a big show of signing the Taxpayer Protection pledge. Like his oft-repeated campaign vow, "I won't raise your taxes," there was nothing quiet about it.

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McGuinty's nose is growing.

What a contrast to the heady days of the 2003 provincial election campaign, when McGuinty -- with great public fanfare -- made a big show of signing the Taxpayer Protection pledge. Like his oft-repeated campaign vow, "I won't raise your taxes," there was nothing quiet about it.

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Worse than that. When McGuinty was campaigning, he promised the earth and the moon and the sun.... but he knew in advance that he couldn't keep any of his promises.... A few weeks before the election call, Gerry Phillips, the Liberal finance critic got up in the house and accused the Conservatives of hiding the fact that the deficit was greater than $4.5 Billion.... and that being the case... the "surprise deficit" wasn't a surprise at all...... Every single promise was a LIE.... not just most of them.... EVERY SINGLE ONE..... because they knew there was no money.....

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we probably should have voted Eves back in then to further run the deficit then... yeah.. that makes sense.

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we probably should have voted Eves back in then to further run the deficit then... yeah.. that makes sense.

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How about Howard Hampton.... who from day one spoke against the de-regulation of our electricity system.... but the Cons and Liberals knew how much "more efficiently" it would be run in private hands.... And if you own a house, that decision alone is going to cost you up to $1000 per year....

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we probably should have voted Eves back in then to further run the deficit then... yeah.. that makes sense.

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How about Howard Hampton.... who from day one spoke against the de-regulation of our electricity system.... but the Cons and Liberals knew how much "more efficiently" it would be run in private hands.... And if you own a house, that decision alone is going to cost you up to $1000 per year....

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Except its not in private hands. All the deregulatiion meant was to open up the market to other suppliers, more competition, lower the price. The Ontario Hydro debt took years to accumulate, due to selling electricity at less than cost (never a good move eh ), and how we are paying for bad management of Hydro.

Don't forget, when Mcguinty took over and said there was a huge debt, he included Ontario Hydro's debt in his figures, when normally it isn't included. You have to know the auditor's terms of reference, something we were never told.