“Nothing Has Changed”

New PCPO ad on how Kathleen Wynne is linked to the Gas Plant Scandal:

The McWynnety Government crew can try to call themselves ‘new’, but Ontarians know the truth: It’s just more of the same.

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Update

There have been some stellar columns lately on the never-ending McWynneWath nightmares plaguing Ontario. I’m not even going to try to list them all here but I do want to point out a few Must-Reads, some of which have already been mentioned by readers in comments:

Scott Stinson, NPPremier Wynne determined to get Ontario unions back on side with Team Liberal:

“This guy [Hudak] will not blink,” the union boss said. “We can’t allow him to win here.

(Personally I find the union factor quite frightening.)

Rex Murphy, NP – Dalton Departs:

The gas plant cancellation is the truly big scandal of our time. It, by far, involves the largest disbursement of public monies in a dubious manner. The deletion of the emails is very close to sinister

I do like that word sinister.

Wynne courts teachers with our money - Lorrie Goldstein, Sun

Poll: Does Premier Kathleen Wynne deserve any blame for gas plant scandal?Sun. Not looking good for McWynnety.

ABSOLUTE MUST-READ!  Van Moorsel: Grits’ teflon vaporized on gas plants – LFP

99 ways to shred your credibilityChristie Blatchford

Posted in 'Working Families', corruption, Dalton McGuinty, Gas Plant Scandal, Lemmings love Fiberals, Liberal arrogance, Liberal entitlement, Liberal Party of Toronto, McGuinty Secrecy, Ontario election, scandals, Truth ads, Your tax-dollars | 117 Comments

Shocker! A Non-Scandal Post

Prime Minister’s Historic Address at the Parliament of Westminster:

 

Direct link here.

Actual Canadian media coverage here.

Bravo PM Harper!!

 

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Update

Richco advises us to keep an eye on SNN for news coverage our PM’s trip.

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McGuinty Exit #2

Yeah I know. You thought he had already left. No, apparently he was still drawing taxpayer $$$ as the MPP for Ottawa South and showing up for a couple of confidence votes except for today.

But now this is it. The Grand Finale (if we can believe him).

Was there EVER a worse Premier than Dalton McGuinty? Ten years of misery.

And fellow Ontarians, how and why did you manage to keep him in power so long???

Mcguinty_work_done

 

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Update

Another terrific column by Scott Stinson! McGuinty quits, again, to avoid talking – NP

And this column by John Ivison is relevant if you consider how much unions are in control of Ontario today – and how the same thing could happen to the whole of Canada under the federal NDP: Don’t believe Thomas Mulcair’s clap-trap about the NDP not serving special interests (Post).

Sorry if you hit paywalls on the above articles.

Liberals buy union votes with taxpayers’ cash in elementary teachers deal – Blizzard, Sun

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Something smells in Lieberal Land

There is a bad odour emanating from Queen’s Park and it’s growing more offensive by the day.

It is the stench of corruption.

While the Media Maggots and Vultures hover around Rob Ford, we have much more serious issues going on in the same city, which is the capital of what used to be one of the greatest provinces in the country.

The Privacy Commissioner found the Ontario Liberal Government guilty of deleting emails pertaining to the gas-plant seat-saver scandal.

Laws have been broken and many of the same crew are still in charge – including Premier Wynne who was part of that Cabinet. Dalton McGuinty still sits in the Legislature along with Brad Duguid whose staffers were named in the report.

To their credit, Star reporters and columnists do seem to be demonstrating a bit of outrage on this megascandal. Martin Regg Cohn has a great piece (You can’t rewrite history — or delete it). I don’t agree with everything he wrote but this line is a beaut:

Who knew that a gas plant cancellation, code-named “Project Vapour” would culminate with vapourized emails?

Unfortunately as the Privacy Commish noted there are no teeth in the laws that say you can’t delete emails that are really the property of the Province of Ontario – and hence the Ontario people.

So perhaps that is the first step – legislate some consequences for breaking the law.

Or maybe the real first step should be to call an election to clear the air and throw out the trash.

Will Andrea Horwath find the courage and integrity to make it so?

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Update

BREAKING: OPP to investigate deleted gas plant emailsNewstalk 1010

Outstanding article in the Ottawa CitizenLiberals’ story on deleted emails remains beyond belief:

…Lately, there seems to be no shortage of political scandals to make us (more) cynical about government. But the provincial Liberals’ attempts to conceal their communications over the gas plants — and worse, insult our collective intelligence with their explanations about the lack of records — may do the most long-term damage to political engagement.

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But the escalating scandal surrounding the gas-plant cancellation is different. The cover-up feeds the public’s existing cynicism about how politicians operate. That’s not always fair, but this incident only serves to heighten suspicions that government operates in an aura of secrecy, within a cover-up culture…

This column by NP’s Scott Stinson is a MUST-READ! Ontario developed workaround for wage freeze in apparent attempt to mend fences with big unions (May be behind a paywall):

when the LCBO settled with its employees just before the long weekend, with a deal offering signing bonuses and an eventual wage increase, PSAC’s Woodbine negotiators knew that they had effectively discovered a workaround for the Finance Ministry edict that did not allow for compensation increases.

Hold onto your wallets, Ontario Taxpayers!

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The Missing “Personal Advice” files

Dear Readers:  Can you anywhere in this clip find where Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he gave “personal advice” to Rob Ford?

And thank you in advance.

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Update

Power & Politics producer corrects the record without an apology:

 

 

Evan Solomon’s correction is even slimier:

 

Of course The Globe jumps on the non-existent bandwagon.

And sadly this is why we need to keep an eye on Canadian media and challenge them on the lies and distortions.

Latest:

 

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