The full failure of the Ontario government — the government at large — is writ large in the wake of the $1 billion gas plant cancellation fiasco. The Liberal story is the same except for the staggering amount of money squandered. A billion dollars. The Premier has apologized — again — and tried to spin the gas-electric plant cancellation as bipartisan in origin. The party line follows the fretful refrain that the plants were too dangerous to be located in Mississauga and Oakville. But the Liberals know very well – as does the opposition — that the plants were properly located because that is where the power is needed. And they know that sooner or later other plants are going to have to be relatively close to hospitals and schools, just as nuclear plants are already located. To suggest otherwise is a lie that was peddled again today by Dalton McGuinty from Elliot Lake. This pretense defines the cowardice of the government — all government. Today Tim Hudak was fairly exploding with talk of jail time for the Premier and other Liberal ministers. Ms Horwath, leader of the NDP, somehow seems able to live with her conscience as she pretends that she isn’t the single obstacle to an immediate general election. It’s quite shameful and just as deceitful as anything being said by the Premier. Tonight there is a reception for delegates from countries which will attend the Pan American Games in 2016. The Conservatives have boycotted the party. Health Minister Deb Matthews is doing her best to create favorable attention with an announcement that Ontario will require all restaurants with more than 20 outlets to put the calorie count on menus. Will it get this fat, money-gulping government off our shoulders?Failure of government weighs heavily on us all
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The full failure of the Ontario government — the government at large — is writ large in the wake of the $1 billion gas plant cancellation fiasco. The Liberal story is the same except for the staggering amount of money squandered. A billion dollars. The Premier has apologized — again — and tried to spin the gas-electric plant cancellation as bipartisan in origin. The party line follows the fretful refrain that the plants were too dangerous to be located in Mississauga and Oakville. But the Liberals know very well – as does the opposition — that the plants were properly located because that is where the power is needed. And they know that sooner or later other plants are going to have to be relatively close to hospitals and schools, just as nuclear plants are already located. To suggest otherwise is a lie that was peddled again today by Dalton McGuinty from Elliot Lake. This pretense defines the cowardice of the government — all government. Today Tim Hudak was fairly exploding with talk of jail time for the Premier and other Liberal ministers. Ms Horwath, leader of the NDP, somehow seems able to live with her conscience as she pretends that she isn’t the single obstacle to an immediate general election. It’s quite shameful and just as deceitful as anything being said by the Premier. Tonight there is a reception for delegates from countries which will attend the Pan American Games in 2016. The Conservatives have boycotted the party. Health Minister Deb Matthews is doing her best to create favorable attention with an announcement that Ontario will require all restaurants with more than 20 outlets to put the calorie count on menus. Will it get this fat, money-gulping government off our shoulders?