I would like to begin this second segment by recalling McGuinty’s first major lie prior to his being elected Premier in 2003.
No …not his promise to not raise taxes – that was his Second Major Lie.
The Lie I am writing about is his promise to Parents with Autistic Children to provide funding for IBI – Intensive Behavioural Intervention - for their Children over 6 years of age.
During the Election Campaign of 2003, Dalton McGuinty wrote to their parents and confirmed that one of the first things his Government would do – if Elected – was extend funding to their children over 6 years of age and at that time he noted, most sympathetically, that autism was on the rise and that “it is affecting the lives of an increasing number of Ontario Families.”
He went on to say that the failure of past governments to grant funding for IBI for those over 6 years – was both “unfair and discriminatory”.
Once Elected, one of the first things his new Government did was to fight these same parents in the Courts to deny them his promised extended IBI coverage. What a man.
It is in that context then that I would like to review some of his most egregious wastes of money – your tax dollars and mine down the drain:
1. First, let’s start with Dalton’s Green Energy Plan – the plan is approaching a cost to Ontarians of over $8 Billion dollars, according to the independent Auditor General.
- The AG also notes that for every job created in the green energy field – 2 to 4 jobs are lost in the private sector. And accordingly, the Province is headed into “Bankruptcy”.
- Solar suppliers paid up to 82 cents per kwh while the cost of producing power from conventional sources averages but 6 cents.
2. Next, the $1.5 Billion wasted on the cancellation of two power plants to Save Two Ridings for the Grits in the recent Election.
3. Then there was Orange, another $Billion dollars wasted for the benefit of Grit Cronies – Helicopters purchased that could not hold stretchers, the President’s Ski Instructor hired to become a V.P. etc.
4. Plus don’t forget E-Health – another $Billion more or less.
5. And the Health Premium he snuck in right after his first election where he promised in writing not to raise taxes. That was nearly 10 years ago and we are still paying it.
I checked on line before starting this Blog and discovered over 30 such examples of his duplicity but the above are what I believe to be the most outrageous examples.
Now think what could usefully be done with that wasted money?
Certainly a small portion of it could be used to address the very real concerns of parents trying to cope with raising an autistic child.
In the area of Health, we would have MRIs galore and Class Sizes , in our schools, could really become manageable.
And there would still be lots left over to reduce the growing Debt / Deficit which if left unchecked, will be our undoing.
In summing up, I could forgive McGuinty for breaking his initial promise Not To Raise Taxes – he is after all a Politician – but to have turned his back on Autistic Children – goes beyond the Pale.
As I see it …
‘K. D. Galagher’