McGoonty Promised You Change Loud And Clear...

...but his performance is a kaleidoscope of smoke and mirrors and quiet whispers.  

Kelly McParland: Ontario pays the price of environmental posturing

Kelly McParland  July 10, 2010 – 9:54 am

 

Here’s a great story about the absurdity that ensues when a government tries to force-feed an impractical policy to the population for the sake of environmental posturing.
If you don’t want to read the original, here’s a capsule version:
Ontario sponsors a program to encourage small users of solar power by giving them subsidies. Except it has proved so popular, especially in rural areas, the province quietly slashed the subsidy late last Friday. (You remember Friday, right — quiet sleepy day between Canada Day and the weekend? If you really really wanted to release something at a time no one would notice, you couldn’t pick a better day. Not that the McGuinty government would deliberately try to hide what it was doing, of course. Oh no).  The result is that people who bought into the program won’t get nearly the amount they expected. Now they’re upset — having discovered the ruse despite the government’s effort to hide it — and are bombarding MPPs with complaints.

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...while his stooges meet expectations;

Ontario Supercorp dead in the water

Finance minister says merger of four of province’s biggest Crown assets too unwieldy 3:19 AM EDT 11

...and let's not lose sight of the fact that one of his stooges left cabinet and is running for Toronto Mayor;  George "Depends" Snivelman the eHealth lothatio!