McGuinty The Liar

You have already seen what happened in B.C. with the recent resignation of former Premier Campbell over the hated HST. Now it is time to address our own situation in Ontario.  For those of you have a short memory, here’s a little reminder of what that pathological liar Dalton McGuinty and his accessories have done for us in recent years…………In Case You Have amnesia or simply forgotten…

01.          McGuinty the liar, also known as Pinocchio had a no tax increase election message in his campaign and then, almost immediately, with his usual deceptive practices showed his true colors, that of being a pathological liar:

02.          McGuinty was responsible for the McGuinty Ontario Health Premium – The highest tax increase in Ontario’s history, implemented months after Dalton McGuinty was elected in 2003 on a promise to not increase taxes (even after signing a contract with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation to not increase taxes). McGuinty justified his healthcare tax increase on Ontario’s Working Families by saying that he inherited an unknown deficit from the previous Government, yet here we stand today in Ontario with the highest deficit that Ontario has ever had, literally multiplied by the McGuinty Government and Ontario’s Unions. This was the first tax of many new taxes and user fees that Dalton McGuinty has imposed on Ontario’s Working Families in order to support his Union Boss buddies and allow the scandalous corruption to continue.

03.          McGuinty’s Delisting of OHIP Covered Necessary Health Services – Where after Dalton McGuinty promised not to decrease any health services covered by OHIP, and also not to raise taxes, he did both on the same day by implementing the Ontario Health Premium and delisting coverage of Optometry (Eye), Chiropractic and Physiotherapy Services for Ontarians.

04.          The McGuinty CancerCare Ontario Scandal – Yet another eHealth-style scandal costing Ontario Working Families millions of dollars.

05.          The McGuinty Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Scandal – Where on the McGuinty Government’s watch, there were multiple accounts of catastrophic corruption related to Lottery Winnings being stolen from Ontario families by Lottery Retailers, countless OLG insider wins, Ontario family tax dollars being corruptly given out via sole-sourced untendered contracts to Liberal friendly firms, and massive Ontario family tax dollar waste via the horrifying expenses by OLG staff again allowed by the McGuinty Government (in exactly the same way it was allowed in eHealth).

06.          McGuinty was responsible for a disposal tax on all electronics.

07.          McGuinty was responsible for the disposal tax back on tires. The McGuinty Tire Tax – Yet another blatant lie by Dalton McGuinty where he said he would not implement a tire tax, and then went right ahead and implemented one (calling it a fee and not a tax, as to act like he didn’t lie yet again)

08.          McGuinty was responsible for the Dalton McGuinty Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) – Where Dalton McGuinty imposed yet another tax, this time a massive tax that was applied on almost everything including: Home Heating Costs, Gasoline, Natural Gas, Electricity, Tobacco, Quit Smoking Aids, Newspaper and Magazine subscriptions, Fast Food (over $4), New Homes (over $400,000), Vitamins, Used Vehicles, Internet Access, Airfare, Bus fare, Taxi Fares, Haircuts, Hotels, Legal Services, Gym Memberships, Accountants, Real Estate Commissions, Lawn Care and Landscaping, Dry Cleaning, Snow Removal, Campsites, Audio Books, Home Renovations, Massage Therapy, Green fees for golf, Live Theatre, Hockey Rink fees and Hall rentals, Funeral Services, Fitness Trainer, Esthetician Services, Hunting and Fishing Licenses. This is how Dalton McGuinty helps Ontario’s Working Families, by increasing taxes on everything they depend on to survive.

09.          The McGuinty Tax Collectors Getting $45,000 Severance Packages for switching their job titles from “Provincial” to “Federal” Scandal – Where when Dalton McGuinty implemented the HST in Ontario, he overlooked the severance packages that would be rewarded to Ontario’s Tax Collectors who, though they would not be losing their jobs, would still get this massive payout from Ontario’s Working Families (many of which can only dream about making $45,000 a year) for moving from the Provincial Ontario Government to the Federal Government.

10.          McGuinty was responsible for putting in place a poison pill when the HST became effective meaning we cannot get rid of it without incurring billions of dollars in penalties with the federal Government. Does this sound like something anyone would do to those who elected him?

11.          McGuinty was ultimately responsible for the eHealth – Scandal That cost Ontario’s Working Families a Billion dollars in wasted tax dollars (and unprecedented delays in the computerization of Ontario’s health records), and is a true definition of “gravy”, a term that also defines McGuinty’s wasteful mismanagement of the Ontario Government. Here we stand years after this initiative started and Billions of dollars in the hole, and still it is not completed. The eHealth failure was famous not only for its complete lack of progress, but also for its constant usage of sole-sourcing and untendered contracts to Liberal friends, along with scandalous expenses logged by useless consultants, eHealth Executives and Upper Management.  “eHeatlh” has now become a term that is synonymous with scandal, waste and boondoggle.

12.          The McGuinty Ontario Ministry of Health, Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) and Ontario Hospitals Consultant Hiring & Expenses Scandal – Where under the McGuinty Government, yet again another eHealth-type of fiasco took place, where untendered contracts were awarded to consultants and lobbyists, in addition to lax expense controls leading to lavish world-wide vacations in thousand-dollar-a-night hotels, expensive lunches and boozy dinners all paid for by Ontario’s Working Families.

13.          McGuinty’ s answer to this?  Well, if the people of Ontario don’t like it, they can show it in the next election.  What an attitude.  But let’s remember that as the next election day approaches. This after he fired the CEO and then gave her a severance package of $300,000 – not bad for only being on the job for seven months.

14.          Don’t forget about the BILLION DOLLAR windmill power plant contract that he awarded to KOREA?  One would think there was some place in Canada or North America that could have built these.

15.          McGuinty was responsible for the closed the emergency rooms in Port Colburne and Fort Erie because there is not enough money.  There have been two deaths since then because by the time they got to St. Catharine’s it was too late.  He then awards a hospital in Toronto three million dollars.  Of course, that was in the riding where there just happened to be a by-election to replace George Smitherman!

16.          McGuinty has taken the richest, most prosperous province in Canada down to one of the ‘Have-Nots’. And, over the past six & one half years, has more than doubled the Province’s debt while sucking up to the unions who in my opinion have no regard for anyone but themselves.

17.          And don’t forget his nice little salary increase of $40,000.00 a year – millions of people in the province don’t earn even half of that.

18.          McGuinty and the other politicians had their locked in pensions unlocked and then these poor excuses for human beings had the taxes on their fat cat pensions paid by us.

19.          In the meantime this liar has done absolutely nothing to unlock your locked in pensions which is pretty sad given that most of did not even know they were locked until it was way to late.

20.          Do not forget all the MPP’S who also got a 14% increase?  And now that they’ve had their increases he comes out with a new budget to freeze all provincial employees wages for two years.  A bit late don’t you think?

21.          McGuinty was responsible for the increased the hydro tax of 10% in April of 2010.

22.          McGuinty was responsible for the increasing the tax on liquor and wine by 10% in May of 2010.

23.          McGuinty continues to permanently ‘Blight’ landscapes across the province with unsightly wind turbines with little regard for the health of those effected by them.

24.          McGuinty will retire with his nice comfortable pension and all his benefits paid by in return for all his of his lies as opposed to a nice little jail cell where, in my opinion he belongs, preferably as Bubba’s little slave!

25.          The McGuinty Slush Fund Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty’s Government gave $32 Million to Liberal friendly groups (in the form of Government Grants) over a 2 years span with no formal application process and no accountability for how the money would be spent. Just, “here you go, vote Liberal!”

26.          The McGuinty Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC) Scandal – Where on the McGuinty Government’s watch, Ontario Families had their homes either significantly undervalued or significantly overvalued by the MPAC, resulting in either a huge loss of their home’s value, or them being significantly overcharged for property taxes. When provided the auditor’s report, the MPAC rejected investigating into the issue. In addition to their failures in providing the basic service for which they are employed, they also were caught in yet another eHealth-type expense scandal.

27.          The McGuinty Children’s Aid Society (CAS) Scandal – Where on the McGuinty Government’s watch, Ontario working family tax dollars that were supposed to go towards vulnerable children in Ontario, were instead squandered on Luxury Vehicles, All-Inclusive Luxury Resort Vacations to the Caribbean and other vacation destinations, Gym Memberships and Executive Allowances for CAS Management.

28.          The McGuinty Niagara Falls Commission Scandal – Yet another eHealth-type fiasco, where countless tax dollars from Ontario’s Working Families were blown on fancy dinners, nights out, expensive hotels and countless other unethical expenses by Management at the Niagara Parks Commission, not to mention the usual untendered contracts and sole-sourced deals given to Liberal friends.

29.          The McGuinty General Motors Auto Pensions Bailout – Where Dalton McGuinty, after rejecting for years that Ontario taxpayers wouldn’t be expected to bail out the GM Pensions (as many Ontarians don’t have pensions themselves), Dalton McGuinty like usual, went ahead and broke that promise and provided Ontario Working Family tax dollars to GM to bail out their auto pensions.

30.          The McGuinty Nortel Pensions Bailout – Where again, Dalton McGuinty for years said that Ontario taxpayers shouldn’t be expected to bailout the pensions of private companies, as many Ontarians don’t have pensions themselves, went ahead and bailed out Nortel’s workers’ pensions in an effort to buy votes for a by-election.

31.          The McGuinty Workers Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) Tax Increase – Where Dalton McGuinty’s Government allowed the WSIB to mismanage itself so horribly, that after years of lax controls, the WSIB had to increase rates on Ontario Businesses in order to recover from its failures.

32.          The McGuinty Nanticoke Coal Power Plant Shutdown Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty, in the election in 2003, promised then to shut down all Coal Power Plants by 2007, and then later admitted to breaking that promise, and instead said they would all be shutdown by 2009. Now, in prep for the 2011 election, McGuinty is saying that all Coal Power Plants will be shutdown by 2014! Yet another blatant lie and broken promise by Dalton McGuinty against Ontario Working Families.

33.          The McGuinty Caledonia Scandal – Where the McGuinty Government has been turning a blind eye to an illegal protection racket run by militant natives who have assaulted citizens and police officers, and Dalton McGuinty has prevented them from taking back control of Caledonia, all for the fear of another Ipperwash type scandal.

34.          The McGuinty G20 Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty implemented illegal regulations to enable the police to detain people during Toronto’s G20 summit without cause. Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin said in regards to the McGuinty Government’s G20 actions, “For the citizens of Toronto, the days up to and including the (June 26-27) weekend of the G20 will live in infamy as a time period where martial law set in the city of Toronto, leading to the most massive compromise of civil liberties in Canadian history”.

35.          The McGuinty Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) Review Delay Until After October Election – Where Dalton McGuinty purposely delayed the Auditor’s review of McGuinty’s much-loved LHINs, who via freedom of information inquiries has been found to be yet another eHealth type fiasco. The LHIN scandal is different in that many of the findings from the report happened after McGuinty implemented regulations to stop further eHealth type fiascoes. Where McGuinty has been protected before by saying these scandals happened before these new regulations, the LHIN scandals happened afterward, proving the continued complete lack of oversight and mismanagement by Dalton McGuinty of Ontario Working Families’ tax dollars.

36.          The McGuinty Government has made Ontario Tuition Fees the highest in Canada – Ontario College/University Tuition fees have skyrocketed under Dalton McGuinty to become the highest in Canada, again making life extremely hard for Ontario’s Working Families to send their children for post-secondary education.

37.          The McGuinty Foreign Scholarships Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty, after continuously raising College/University Tuitions for Ontario students and making Ontario Tuitions the highest in Canada, then goes and gives free scholarships to foreign students.

38.          The Dalton McGuinty Auto Insurance Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty promised to reduce Auto Insurance rates by 10% during the 2003 election, he instead has done the exact opposite increasing Auto Insurance rates in Ontario to skyrocketing heights, and at the same time has allowed the reduction of insurance coverage with those new higher rates. Yet another blow to Ontario Working Families by the Dalton McGuinty Government.

39.          The Dalton McGuinty Eco-Fee Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty snuck in an Eco Tax along with the HST, and after outrage in Ontario from Ontario Working Families, along with a completely failed implementation by the Ontario Stewardship, he back-pedaled on the new (supposedly necessary as per McGuinty) tax.

40.          The Dalton McGuinty S.M.A.R.T. Meters Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty forced Ontarians to have so-called “Smart Meters” installed which impose Time-of-use pricing on Ontario’s Working Families. The Time-of-use pricing is forcing Ontario Working Families to do their dishes at midnight, their laundry at 3am, and ensure to get their kids dressed and off to school before 7am in the morning, if Ontario Families don’t want their electricity bills to skyrocket. The Smart Meters have cost Ontarians $1 Billion to implement, and have failed to provide the cost savings that they were touted to be able to do originally (even when Ontarians abide by the time-of-use recommendations). Not only is this hurting Ontario’s Working Families, but it is making life impossible and completely unaffordable for Ontario’s Seniors.

41.          The Dalton McGuinty Skyrocketing Hydro Rates and disgraceful 10% so-called rebate Scandal – Under Dalton McGuinty, Ontario’s Working Families have seen their Hydro rates skyrocket, firstly because of McGuinty’s failed Green Energy experiments, second because of bloated Unionized Workers wages and benefits, and third because again of severe mismanagement by the McGuinty Government. As if the constant increases Ontario Working Families have already seen aren’t enough, his Government has provided another low-ball estimate of rates rising another 46% over the next 5 years.

Obviously this is just a pre-election number that will most likely increase 10 times over after the election. In addition, Dalton added his HST on top of these increasing rates, adding another 8% on top!  Then, in order to manipulate Ontario’s Working Families, McGuinty gave back a 10% rebate (for 5 years only mind-you), and made sure to glorify it on Ontarians’ Hydro Bills, in yet another disgraceful attempt to manipulate Ontario’s Working Families.

42.          The Dalton McGuinty Offshore Wind Turbines Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty forced Ontarians to accept that Offshore Wind Turbines would be created, completely dismissing health concerns raised by Ontario Working Families (citing studies that had been done which proved the contrary), and now just before an election he suddenly says that they are postponing it to perform a study on their safety? Typical McGuinty. Not only did McGuinty hurt Ontario Working Families with this flip-flop, he also hurt Ontario Businesses who invested in this technology only to see it scrapped, and also weakened Ontario’s Global Reputation as it can no longer be trusted to follow through on its initiatives.

43.          The Dalton McGuinty Green Energy Strategy for Solar Power in Rural Ontario Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty offered Ontario Working Families in Rural Ontario 80 cents per kWh if they implemented small solar power installations on their properties, only to renege on that deal and chop that rate to 58.8 cents, after many Ontarians already invested in the technology… Suddenly Ontario Working Families won’t get that return on investment in the time they were told. Now Ontarians are looking at timelines of over a decade, and still after this latest price change, that is not even certain. In addition to the rate slashing, many Rural Ontarians are now being told that their contracts can no longer be fulfilled, after they’ve invested their retirement incomes into these Solar Power Systems. This is how Dalton McGuinty protects Ontario’s Working Families.

44.          The Dalton McGuinty Samsung Deal Scandal – Where Dalton McGuinty awarded the Korean Conglomerate Samsung with “the mother of all sole-sourced untendered contracts”, a sweetheart deal worth $7 Billion to develop Green Energy Technology in Ontario. In exchange for the deal, Samsung will get Ontarians to pay significantly higher feed-in-tariff energy rates for the next 25 years. Is this looking out for Ontario Working Families? What about looking out for Ontario businesses that could have done the same work that Samsung is being allowed?

45.          The Dalton McGuinty Ontario Sunshine List’s Skyrocketing Total Membership Scandal – Where under Dalton McGuinty, the number of Ontario Public Sector workers making $100,000 or more has skyrocketed from just over 12,000 members in 2003, to a whopping 63,371 in 2009, or in total, an over 500% increase while Dalton McGuinty has been Premier.
And Ontario’s Working Families wonder how taxes seem to constantly rise under Dalton McGuinty while the services provided in return are decreasing, because in addition to his Government’s countless failures (see points above), he still finds a way to give them raises and push them into the six-figure salary range. Meanwhile, Ontario Working Families pick up the bill and can’t afford to live. This is how Dalton McGuinty protects Ontario’s Working Families?

The next time some Liberal leaning person tells how much they care about crime and justice and punishment that fits the crime remind them of whom they have allowed to sit in the Premier’s Chair these past years and then rewarded with re-election for his crimes (my opinion) against the citizens of Ontario.

Even worse, our Courts apparently see nothing wrong with lying your way into public office and then reaping the associated rewards so why would they care about those giving evidence being sworn or affirmed?.

And you wonder why our so called judicial system is in such a mess and why many lawyers are compared to the scum of the earth! Certainly not hard to see why when lawyers such as Dalton McGuinty lie their way through the system?

I would love to see the CEO of any publicly traded company get away just half of what this clown has gotten away with and still have a job!

Have you had enough of this liar yet?

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