Dalton McGuinty
NANCY REYNOLDS/Reflections
The word is Dalton McGuinty is not leaving us all by himself. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, considered by many as the heir apparent, is departing as well.
Maybe Duncan has no desire to explain who, why and how much moving gas-fired plants will cost the people of the province.
Perhaps the strategy is that if all those who know the answers to these questions depart the public gaze the issue will disappear too. My guess is - not likely.
When you put your hand deeply into the public pocket the people demand to know who you are and why you are bold enough to risk getting your arm broken.
Clouds surrounding Liberal politicians are dark indeed. Times are tough and people have to be careful with their money and since it is indeed the people’s money that will resolve these problems taxpayers are really fed up.
Having swallowed eHealth debacle, the Ornge scandal, the cost of a few great programs we simply could not afford and now the shifting power plants, people have run out of patience and dollars.
It isn’t just the money.
People are expected to endorse moves to limit or remove entirely teachers rights to bargain collectively.
Sure it is great to insure that teachers remain in classrooms but do you need a Sherman tank to do it and if so what will we need to keep public sector workers on the job when their rights are threatened.
We appear to owe a lot of money while losing a lot of clout.
We hear that McGuinty will attempt to negotiate behind closed doors with those paid directly from the people’s purse.
But Mr. Former Premier you can’t have it both ways. You can’t go and stay at the same time. Who in the world is going to listen to you now. You got your cards, played your hand and folded – game over.
We are left to wonder how many cabinet ministers will follow the leader out the door, and how many will suffer the slings and arrows, tell everyone how little they knew, and stay to hold onto their jobs and offer support to a new leader.
Round and round we go. We may wonder what the provincial auditor thinks about all this and whether all relevant documents will find their way to that desk.
2 Comments on "Reflections: Dalton McGuinty won’t be the only one leaving us"
Let’s think outside of the box. Regional government are pushing for full control, wanting to get rid of municipal governing bodies. Same as Chambers of Commerce, getting rid of municiapl and trying to govern them regionally. Provinces are trying to control all regions from one spot, the one the Premier lives in so he gets the reward of all the services and ammenities. Well, why take baby steps here. If we want to get rid of the deficiet why not get rid of regional and provincial governing, go to just Federal. Let them put people in the seats of the offices and get rid of all the tiered levels of crap and wasted money spending salaries on bosses of bosses of bosses and the list goes on. Make sure the people that do run the local offices for each branch of the federal government live within a 50 km. radius of where they make the affected decisions. That way they have to live with what the impose.
McGuilty has smeared the name of Liberals and politics more injustly than anyone has ever tried to do and still thinks he is in control and wanted. Is he insane?
I heard Bart Maves is planning on running in Niagara Falls for the Progressive Conservatives. Word is out – how can we stop this!? Who can we get to run against him for the nomination? ANyone with me?