A Submission from the Office of Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
(A Brief Foreword by Niagara At Large – On this one the Ontario NDP leader is doing the new Liberal leader and nest premier, Kathleen Wynne, a favour here . The NDP leader is offering the incoming Liberal premier the possibility of taking a controversy that allegedly involved the miss-spending of hundreds of millions of dollars of tax money for partisan political gain, and having it investigated in a non-partisan, public inquiry forum.
It may be a test of how willing Wynne is to set a new course to see how much she goes for Horwath’s suggestion.)
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
QUEEN’S PARK, January 28, 2013 – New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath says the new Premier must shed light on gas plant cancellations in order to move forward with the business of the House. Horwath says a public inquiry to investigate the gas plant cancellations would allow the Legislature to focus on other issues and provide the public with answers they deserve.
“This Legislature must be accountable to the people who elected us by providing clarity on key questions. We can start by dealing with the elephant that’s taken a front row seat in the Legislature,” said Horwath. “Premier designate Wynne has the choice to call for a public inquiry now, take it out of the House for a non-partisan review, and allow MPPs to focus on other key matters.”
A public inquiry would take the politics out of the issue by allowing an independent eye to take a look at what really went on and provide Ontarians real answers.
“The Premier designate would show her willingness to turn the page by appointing a fully public inquiry within 30 days, with open, public hearings.”
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Gee … I just finished posting a comment after Tim Hudak’s useless drivel … now I must do the same with Horwath’s.
I do agree we should see a public inquiry into the power plant fiasco. But I know as well as Horwath does, that it just won’t happen.
As for the rest … hell, I will just re-post some of what I said in my comments about Hudak:
When, in the name of all that is holy, will Ontario and Canada find leaders who actually care about people? And don’t start spouting that the NDP have a lock on that. The NDP, as Bob Rae so clearly proved, is far too beholden to small interest groups – not to the overall populace.
I guess I am just an old white guy, who is tired of being called a racist because I disagree with Idle No More and with immigrants who demand that Canada adapt to them, rather than them adapting to Canada. I am an old white guy who is tired of seeing the country he loves going down the tubes because politicians are too busy trying to score their ideological points, rather than doing what is right – for the country and its people. I am an old white guy who is so fed up with all the BS, I am ready to scream!
I am as mad as hell and I am not going to take it any more!
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And when the results of this inquiry are published, the RCMP should lay charges against those responsible for this very material breach of taxpayer trust. This amounted to buying votes in a way never seen before.
We work hard to pay taxes. We make sacrifices and the compromises that resulted from this waste of taxpayer resources, I can’t imagine perhaps a hospital here, better roads there….. Maybe, heaven forbid, some tax relief!!!!
Does anyone know what would happen if this happened 150 years ago? The people responsible would be hung from a tree. If only politicians were so accountable these days.
Just sayin……
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