Reason # 27 McGuinty Must Go!

McGuinty is NOT called Pinocchio for no reason! 

 

He lies and lies and lies..

At the committee hearings prior to the "pitbull" ban being put in place there were 102 presentations. 86 were AGAINST the ban from experts worldwide. Of the few that were in favor of the ban, most were victims of alleged "pitbull" attacks, however we know that mis-identification is the main problem with banning a non-existent or fictitious breed.

McGuinty knew as plain as the longggggggggg nose on his face that the word "pitbull" is a slang term for a shape of dog of unknown lineage. He also knew the purebreds are very rare, less than 1000 dogs all 3 breeds combined in the whole province. He was also informed you cannot breed dogs for aggression. Aggression is a behavior. He also knew that scientifically what he based the ban on was urban myth and propaganda. He had all the facts, and we can prove it, yet steamrolled ahead.

The tragedy of thousands of good dogs, many of them just puppies, being killed for how they look in this province is blood on his hands. The hundreds of dog owners that have had to give up their pet to be shipped out of province or killed is heartbreaking. The McGuinty Liberals send an intervenor to nearly all individual cases, using our tax dollars and Attorney General resources, to try to kill dogs for how they look. Most of these cases the owner and dog are innocent of any wrong doing but were identified as the dog being a "pitbull". 

Here is an intereview that is worth reposting. It speaks volumes to the absolute rubbish that McGuinty would have you, the voter, believe. If you care about discrimination you must think about who you want to vote for. If you care about the discrimination of dog owners, for owning a dog that "looks" a certain way please think before voting. If you care about McGuinty's divisive policies and legislation that has caused REAL heartache, pain and suffering to Ontario's citizens..

Please vote for the candidate most likely to beat the Liberal on October 6th!

Reason # 26 McGuinty Must Go!

His incomprehension of fair and equal treatment.

It cracks me up that McGuinty is calling on Hudak to apologize for calling McGuinty's tax cuts for immigrants an "affirmative action for foreign workers". What is wrong with the word "foreign" now? If people are new to Canada, they came from some where.

Quick dictionary meaning; "One who is from a foreign country or place".

McIdiot says there is no us and them. Well there wasn't until he turned it into an election promise!

McGuinty is known for his divisive politicking. His deadbeat dad-like ways have created an "us and them" divisiveness between kids who are overweight and those who are not. Dog owners who own dogs that "look" a certain way and those that do not....

Those who love to be told what to do by the government and those who do not... er no.. that is the difference between Ontario Liberal supporters and the rest of us. 

What a douchebag!

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Reason # 25 McGuinty Must GO!

The propaganda commercials that run every 10 minutes have given me and other good law abiding, common sense thinking, tax paying Ontarian's;

 
A headache, sick to stomach, ringing in ears, blurred vision, scratchy feeling at the back of throat from having things rammed down it, and general feeling of fed up/ insane feeling. The insane feeling comes from wondering if the province has something in the water that there is a remote possibility McGuinty may get in again!

Here is a video of McGuinty showing his compassionate side during a photo op at a Hospital.

Reason # 24 McGuinty must go!

There was a good episode of The Agenda tonight on TVO. The subject was The Liberal record on Health Care. There was a panel discussion and the short answer to the question of whether health care is better in Ontario, under the McGuinty Liberals. A resounding NO! The Liberals have spent more but the level of care has not improved.

Watch it for yourself.

Could it be that McGuinty is lying when he says Health Care has improved since the Liberal's have been in power? 

You decide.

Reason # 23 McGuinty Must Go!

At a High School in Markham, McGuinty was there to do a photo op. The class was told by the teacher that students who did not support McGuinty and the Liberal's could leave. Six students left the room. The students were then labeled "anarchists" and the photo op continued. This was confirmed by TVO "The Agenda's" Steve Paiken who was in attendance.

This begs the question, where there only 6 students in attendance?

Here is the article;

Students removed from High School at Dalton McGuinty Photo Op

We were saddened today to learn that at Dalton McGuinty’s campaign event this morning, students who do not support Dalton McGuinty and the Ontario Liberal Party were advised to leave the classroom.  The six students who left the room were then labeled as “anarchists”.

Freedom of speech and freedom of  expression are the cornerstones of our democratic system and those values should be promoted in our schools and other public institutions most of all.

Dalton McGuinty must answer for whether his campaign tour team pressured the teacher to take this action as part of his tightly scripted campaign event.”

BACKGROUND

TVO reporter Steve Paikin who attended Dalton McGuinty’s campaign event at Markville Secondary School this morning tweeted on the matter below:

spaikin Steve Paikin awaiting @Dalton_McGuinty at markham secondary sch. the teacher just said to studs “if you’re anti-lib, you can leave.” 6 kids did. #onpoli

spaikin Steve Paikin the teacher continues: “ok, now that the anarchists have left…” @Dalton_McGuintyvisiting a robotics class. #onpoli

Reason # 21 McGuinty Must Go!

The McGuinty Liberals amended the OSPCA Act and not for the better! The OSPCAOntario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a private charity accountable to no one and has extraordinary police powers including the right towarrant-less entry under the Act. The OSPCA is not subject to Freedom Of Information.

MPP Jim Bradley says "The government has no authority over the OSPCA under the Act". None is needed, he says! OSPCA “experts” are capable and have everything under control.

An excerpt from Carl Noble, a former OSPCA Director's testimony;

Some people are not able to defend themselves because they do not have the money to hire a lawyer, and the draft legislation makes it even more difficult, such that a person must have a lawyer or represent themselves when they appear before the Animal Care Review Board. What chance do you think the person feels that they have when they walk into an Animal Care Review Board hearing and the OSPCA and the representative of the Animal Care Review Board are sitting chatting to each other? Or are they deciding how guilty the person is before he has had a chance to defend himself? How would you feel if it was you? Then they walk over and hand you the disclosure of the OSPCA for the case which is going to get underway immediately. You have no time to prepare and you feel you don’t have a chance in hell of defending yourself in a kangaroo court.

Why do you give millions of dollars to a private charity, pay them to take people to court on charges they have deemed animal abuse, pay for all of theOSPCA court costs in an indirect manner and yet refuse any legal assistance to the accused, even though they are trying to defend themselves in a criminal case which, if convicted, could lead to jail time, fines and all of the restrictions which apply after being convicted of a criminal charge? One conviction I am aware of was for having the person plead guilty to having a dirty budgie cage.

All of this type of information could be false, but in the investigators’ minds—and their minds alone, as there are no straightforward regulations other than what the investigator wants to interpret from what vagueness already exists in the OSPCA Act. The danger lies in the zealousness, the uncontrolled discretion and the potential for serious misinterpretations leading to serious, disproportionate consequences.

We have seen cases defended in court against the OSPCA, but we have seen many more where people have been wrongly convicted because of juggling the truth. We have seen cases that did not get to court because a deal was struck between the OSPCA and the animal owner, where the OSPCA would let the owner pay them money and would drop the charges but it all had to be kept confidential. It sure wasn’t confidential when they released all their information and accusations to the media and destroyed the person’s name before they had a chance to defend themselves. What they wanted was the media exposure to increase their donations, and if they got what they wanted, then a deal could be made, especially if they also got the animals, the money from the sale of the animals, and the money they got from the deal they struck with the charged person.

We need accountability. For example, we need to be able to stop OSPCAinvestigators from waiting for someone to tether their dog outside and leave to deliver a child to school, and when they arrive home, the dog is gone. In this real-life example, the OSPCA took the dog, left an order to have a doghouse built, and then after two or three days, offered the return of the dog if they were willing to pay the boarding and expenses of $200. This particular lady was one who went out of her way to pick up and deliver her neighbour’s challenged child to school, all of which took 20 to 25 minutes, and then had the added cost if she wanted her dog back. This happened more than once, and it is not right that the person should be at the whim of an OSPCAinspector, who in turn sells the animal back to the owner.

Here is a link to the OSPCA Act as amended and passed by the McGuinty Liberals.

Another example of how the McGuinty Liberals have overstepped their bounds and created another vague, discriminatory and oppressive law designed to have people guilty until proved innocent.

We need strong laws against people who abuse and neglect animals but this must be done without taking away the right for people to properly defend themselves. Laws should also NOT empower people who are under trained. Police have extensive training with which to uphold the law. Taking people with little more than high school education and training them for a couple days only to turn them loose with police powers is illogical and downright dangerous.

To read the Hansard transcripts for the committee hearing for the OSPCA Act link here. 

Reason # 20 McGuinty must go!

Did you know that on top of the debt retirement charge you also are paying a "Special Purpose Charge" on your hydro bill?

McGuinty passed a regulation to the Ontario Energy Board Act charging all energy distributors a set charge of nearly $54 Million which then permits the distributors to charge it back to the ratepayer (that would be you!). There is a constitutional challenge against the McGuinty government that this is an indirect tax which is unconstitutional.

The controversy, with respect to the Regulation, lies not in the principal, to fund the province's green energy initiatives, but rather it arises from the fact that the Regulation permits distributors to recoup the amount of the SPC assessment from their customers – Ontario ratepayers.

The province of Ontario derives its taxation power from section 92(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867. The province does not have the constitutional jurisdiction to enact an indirect tax, unless it can properly be qualified as a regulatory charge imposed under one of the province's heads of power under the Constitution Act, 1867. If the SPC is found to have the attributes of a tax, is indirect, and is not found to be connected to any form of regulatory scheme, it is unconstitutional, and of no force or effect.

It is argued that the SPC has the attributes of a tax: (i) it is compulsory and enforceable by law; (ii) it is imposed under the authority of the legislature; (iii) it is levied by the OEB, which is a public body; (iv) it is intended for a public purpose, namely energy conservation programs in Ontario; and (v) it is unconnected to any form of regulatory scheme, as the broad and all-encompassing purposes set out in section 26.2 of the OEB Act make clear. Because the assessment is issued against the distributors but ultimately paid by ratepayers, it amounts to an indirect tax, and will be deemed unconstitutional, unless the government can discharge its burden and establish that the SPC is in fact a regulatory charge.

The implications of motion are significant: if section 26.1 of the OEB Act is found to be constitutionally valid, it is expected that the OEB will next issue an assessment against gas distributors, an assessment which could exceed $100 million. The costs of this assessment would also be recouped from ratepayers, thereby increasing the cost of energy to Ontario ratepayers by more than $150 million over a short period of time, above and beyond the increases already planned, and authorised by the OEB.

In a nutshell, if this SPC is not found unconsititutional, expect your gas rates to also jump! 

For more information;

Legislative Update

FAQ SPC Erie Power

Ontario Energy Board statement

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Reason # 19 McGuinty Must Go!

McGuinty bailed out the auto industry but left the Northren Ontario mining industry out in the cold.

High energy prices forced Vale Inco to shut down its copper smelter refinery in Sudbury four years ago.  Xstrata is moving its smelter and processing plant from Timmins to Quebec.

“These companies look at the industrial hydro rate in Ontario and they look at the industrial hydro rate in Quebec and realize they can save a lot of money by moving to Quebec.

In an article Killing the north's golden goose, Christina Blizzard explains how the McGuinty Liberal policies are killing the northren mining industry.

The Far North Act will take 42% of northern Ontario out of production. They're also wary of changes to the Mining Act.

Northerners say the government has shut them out of consultations.

As well, high electricity prices here are killing businesses that rely on cheap power. Xstrata's annual hydro bill for the smelter is $70 million. In Quebec, the price is 40-50% lower.

Worse, Laughren says the Green Energy Act will force up the price of electricity, making it even harder to compete. What's so frustrating is that northern Ontario is rich in hydro-electric power potential that could develop cheap, clean energy.

Yet the government recently signed a controversial $7-billion deal with Korean giant Samsung that will force electricity prices even higher.

With gold at an all time high and resources in high demand our mining industry is vital to the economy of Ontario. McGuinty is not only out of touch but destroying the industries chances for survival.

Another great article by Christina Blizzard talks about the threat of the "Far North Act" on Northren Ontario's mining and forestry industries.

The battle in Northern Ontario for the hearts and minds of voters in the Oct. 6 election is being waged on many fronts here.

It’s about forestry and wood allocations. About mining and resources.

And the Far North Act, which critics say will strangle development and turn economically-productive forestry and mining areas into parkland.

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Reason # 18 McGuinty Must Go!

The Ontario Power Authority OPG was set up as a temporary agency, but in less than six years it has become a bloated bureaucracy ballooning from 15 to more than 300 employees, spending $80 million a year, contributing to skyrocketing energy bills paid by Ontario families, and has been a driving force behind Premier McGuinty’s expensive energy experiments.

Of those employees, 75 are on the sunshine list. A full 25% of the OPA’s payroll is making more than $100,000 a year. No wonder this bloated bureaucracy is now costing Ontario families more than $80 million each and every year.

The OPA is the brainchild of Premier McGuinty and is complete with Liberal family ties going back three generations: the Premier’s former spokesman and, until recently, OPA vice-president of communications, Ben Chin; former Liberal leader and OPA vice-chair, Lyn McLeod; and former adviser to Liberal Premier David Peterson and OPA board member, Patrick Monahan.

The Ontario Energy Association is an organization that represents people from every possible part of the energy sector. Here’s what they had to say about the OPA and the political interference that it is constantly subjected to. In a survey of their members, “85% of respondents felt that the current structure with a number of agencies assigned to specific tasks either needs better implementation ... or needs to be changed altogether”—85%.

“For example, the OPA was established to provide planning and procurement in the expectation that the market would eventually respond to that information and make investments without OPA procurement contracts. However, these functions are no longer transitional.” That’s the Ontario Energy Association, which has serious concerns about the OPA, the way it has grown and the fact that it has become a governmental shield, but one that is subject to continuous ministerial interference and directives.

The McGuinty Liberals are out of touch with reality. Hydro rates have already gone up 75% under the McGuinty government’s watch; 100% if the OPA has already imposed a smart meter and time-of-use pricing on you. And do you know what? The OPA tells us they’re going to be going up another 46%.

To read more from Hansard..

And another article..

The McGuinty Liberal government is incompetent.

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Reason # 17 why Dalton McGuinty must go!

Corrupt ad campaigns such as the "Working Families" ads. The term "Working Families" is deceiving. The group would have you believe working families are behind the ads; however the truth is that senior provincial Liberals, trade unions and teachers unions are the dollars and voices behind WFC. The WFC aims to raise and spend more than $5 million in third party advertising in the upcoming election an unprecedented third party intervention all in the support of the Liberals.


The attack ads are unethical and an insult to the intelligence of the taxpayers of Ontario. Third party advertising should be outlawed. Dalton McGuinty is the master of back door deals and robbing the taxpayer to pay his supporters. True modern day anti Robin Hood even though he would like you to believe he is "working in your best interest". I guess that may be true if you were on some self abuse or self destruct plan.


While Ontario's real "Working Families" have been struggling to survive under this scandal-plagued tax-and-waste McGuinty Liberal Government, the Ontario Unions have been reaping the benefits of his constant hand outs that has been doled out since he took office 8 years ago. Never has Ontario seen so many scandals after scandals after scandals after scandals, all the while increasing taxes at a record rate. The McGuinty Government along with their Union buddies have effectively turned Ontario into a have-not province, and have left real Ontario Working Families working harder to keep up with the vastly increased cost of living.


If you would like to learn more about what is behind the "Working Families" ads you see constantly on tv...


Using Oscar for Special Attack


What Jim Wilson has to say


Working Families Watch


Prior to the 2007 election, the following gives some examples of "Working Families" donations and involvment with the McGuinty Liberals.

Coalition chair Gary O'Neill, who is also president of International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 793, which held a Liberal fundraiser at the union hall attended by McGuinty on June 22, 2006. Local 793 has donated $66,389 to the Liberals between 2003 and 2006. The government gave Local 793 a $1.98 million grant for its training centre.
Guy is president and chief executive of Pollara, a polling firm that worked with the coalition in the 2003 election and did $293,549 in polling for the Liberals in that campaign. In addition, Pollara was paid $1.07 million for work by several provincial government ministries, including health, since 2003, along with $541,147 for support to Liberal MPPs and $1.05 million in services for the Liberal caucus. Guy evaded repeated requests for a telephone interview.
Wieder's firm, Arrow Communications Group, the coalition's ad agency in 2003 and this year, received $28,395 for ad services to the Liberals in the last election. Through his other company, Policomm, Wieder was paid $165,500 by the Liberals for printing and communications work in the 2003 campaign. In addition, Policomm was paid $56,570 for helping 12 Liberal candidates in 2003. Since the Liberals took office, Arrow has been paid $1.15 million in various contracts for "caucus support" and other services.

The McGuinty Liberal government is incompetent.


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