How Much MORE Damage Can He Do In The Coming Year?

Liar! Liar! Pants On Fire!

Spendthrift McGuinty

By Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam

If recent polls are any indication, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and his Liberal government face a steep uphill battle as they prime themselves for an October election in 2011. Currently, three out of every four Ontarians feel it’s time for Premier McGuinty to go.

Can you blame them?

Since being elected in 2003, McGuinty has been nothing short of a disaster at managing Ontario’s finances and pursuing sound long-term economic policies. Thanks in large part to his policies, Ontarians have suffered through seven years of dismal economic performance.

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Globe Editorial This budget scorecard was rigged

The Fraser Institute’s assertion that Premier Dalton McGuinty of Ontario is Canada’s worst provincial fiscal manager is misleading.

He Failed In The Health Ministry And Now Energy...

Deal could undercut Ontario's green energy plan

by Peter Gorrie

Too clever for his own good?

That might be the case for Energy Minister George Smitherman, who aims to turn Ontario into a renewable-energy superpower and create thousands of green-collar jobs.

Both are great ideas. But a deal being made on the sidelines could undo much of what Smitherman and the Liberal government are trying to accomplish.

The plan, unveiled last month, features a feed-in tariff; a promise the province will pay premium prices, guaranteed 20 years, for electricity generated by wind, solar, biomass or other renewable sources. In hopes of ensuring manufacturing jobs do materialize here, it also requires project developers to buy some of their equipment and services in Ontario.

The announcement won positive reviews from both environmental advocates and industry officials. But six days later, with no fanfare, Smitherman issued a directive to the program's manager, the Ontario Power Authority that's causing some second thoughts.

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