At
no other time has Mayorgate taken a stand for or against any
political candidate or party. Today we have reached a point where
enough is truly enough, and although under no circumstances is
Mayorgate endorsing any particular politician or party, the removal
of the Liberals from Ontario Government has become a necessity.
Two
recent by-elections in February 2014 have shown that the people of
Ontario have reached saturation point on the empty promises and lies
dished out by Liberal candidates. In Niagara Falls Joyce Morocco,
the Liberal Candidate came in third behind winner Wayne Gates of the
NDP and Bart Maves of the PC. Morocco brought in the 'big guns' of
the Liberal Party to walk the beat with her. Longest sitting MPP Jim
Bradley grinned and shook hands with seniors by Morocco's side. Yet
when Morocco was asked one simple question regarding a seniors'
centre in St. Catharines and the abuse of its residents, she and her
handlers ignored everything. Party faithfuls will jump to her
defence and claim that she is representing Niagara Falls and not St.
Catharines. If that is the only defence, then look at the photo of
'smiling jack' Jim Bradley by her side and answer the question as to
which riding does he represent?
Grey Power as it is known is a
strong political force, and at each election political candidates
trek to seniors' centres to shake hands, hug and have photos taken.
Is it any wonder the federal Conservatives announced their big plan,
the BeFAIR Project, which in reality is more empty rhetoric and waste
of our public dollars. Joyce Morocco and Jim Bradley grinned their
false grins and shook hands, but when it came to action, Morocco's
handlers erased the question raised to her from public view. That is
the hypocrisy of Joyce Morocco, Jim Bradley and the Liberal Party of
Ontario. Although this is far from one incident, nor is it the
first.
Politics
and politicians in Canada have not provided much to be proud of
whether provincial or federal. Nor is the ugly mess of Ontario's
political climate currently choking the people of the province solely
a Liberal disease. One simply can look back and reminisce on the
brown paper envelopes and PM Brian Mulroney, or the consequence of
political indifference of Premier Mike Harris. Walkerton, Ontario
should of been a frightening enough warning, yet it was not.
Premier
Dalton McGuinty brought to us his own brand of politics. Most of us
are familiar with lies and empty promises, but it was Dalton
McGuinty, who with his bunch
of hombres took
all of it as usual to a new level. Who can forget the eHealth
scandal and Ornge?
Public health and safety found itself reduced to empty bloated
rhetoric by politicians who had no interest in the welfare of the
people who elected them. In the end it was not only the scandal of
massive amounts of public money misappropriated by nothing more than
thieves and con artists, but a death toll which kept on rising with
innocent lives sacrificed before Premier McGuinty decided to take
action. In St. Catharines more than two dozen innocent human beings
were in effect sacrificed, whilst those at the head of the Niagara
Health System were protected and paid off. Whether it was Walkerton
or St. Catharines the innocent in the end pay the price.
Health
took one hell of a beating at the fists of our elected Liberal
representatives, but more was to come. Fists, shields and jack boots
came crashing down on democracy itself. How can anyone forget the
images of mercenaries in uniform brought in from all over the
province to crush free speech and the right to voice an opposing
opinion at the infamous G20 Summit in Toronto, 2010? True there were
some in the crowds who showed disregard for private property and
civil behaviour, but under no circumstance did that excuse or explain
the destruction of civil liberties and rights by uniformed police
officers. The flapping eyelids of ballerina McGuinty still echo through the corridors of Queen's Park.
Back
in 2006 the McGuinty Liberals announced a new $46 billion energy plan
that provided for the renovation of many of Ontario's energy plants.
This sounded like a rather good idea and even looked good until it
was revealed that the government tried to exempt their plans from
environmental assessment. In the end this was not the only time that
elected Liberal MPPs showed not only disregard for the future of this
province, but outright lied about their phoney environmental stand.
Three
consecutive Ministers of the Environment; John Gerretsen, John
Wilkinson and Jim Bradley, have whittled away at environmental law
and legislation. They have sacrificed our future, and that of their
own families, to protect their pals and those with money. Even
though both Gerretsen and Wilkinson proved that environmental
protection was an absolute lie in their hands, it has been MPP Jim
Bradley who took it all to the next level.
Jim
Bradley has the fame of being the longest sitting MPP in Ontario.
Jim Bradley also has the honour of being the only MPP caught altering
official Ministry of Environment documents filed with the
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario and provincial legislature two
years after they were filed. Liberal MPP Jim Bradley did this to
protect his pals here in St. Catharines, and that was not the first
time. As Minister of Municipal Affairs, Jim Bradley was made aware
of a breach of law by his pal Mayor Brian McMullan of St. Catharines.
The evidence was undeniable, Jim Bradley as a sworn minister of the
government decided to protect his pal Brian McMullan rather than
stand by his oath and the law.
How
much can we expect from our Liberal representatives of government?
During the
C. difficile outbreak, as dozens of innocent lives were lost Jim Bradley
bragged of a new hospital being built. Health Minister Deb Matthews
ignored her responsibilities, and Premier Dalton McGuinty departed,
some say ran, from his seat of power and a new leader was chosen in
the guise of Kathleen Wynne. Mind
you this was the same Kathleen Wynne who as Minister for
Municipal Affairs ignored clear evidence of a breach of the Building
Code and threat and harassment by a building inspector, so little was
expected from her. Kathleen Wynne has proved that to be so.
Amongst
the scandals that one can sift through surrounding the Liberal
government surely the most costly has to be the gas-plant
cancellations and its massive price. The Auditor General Bonnie Lysk
slammed the Liberal government stating, “Liberal
intervention – including from staff in former Premier Dalton
McGuinty's office – drove that price tag far higher than it needed
to be.” (Adrian Morrow and Howlett, Globe and Mail, October 8 2013
'Ontario's Liberals' gas-plant cancellations cost $1 billion').
This
is an enormous sum of money, public money, paid for what? No one
fully explained what really went on, or how this happened, not even
the Auditor General. There is no surprise Dalton McGuinty ran from
office after this one. Yet the same Liberals stand before the people
of Ontario asking for trust and their vote.
When
Dalton McGuinty ran from office, Ontario and Ontarians were saddled
with Kathleen Wynne as the new Premier. Mind
you she was chosen by the select few party members in a
vote that did not give all Ontarians a choice as expected in a
provincial general election. Still we all woke up one morning and
had a new Premier. Regardless of
what the publicity machine behind the Liberal mob thinks, a boyish
new hairstyle or a new tailored outfit does not really resonate
change, not in any sense of the word.
Since
Kathleen Wynne took office the Liberals have continued on the same
path. The same lies and questionable acts have continued. In part
Wynne's own words when she appeared before the standing committee on
justice policy back in December 2013 clearly put the whole Liberal
mantra into perspective. As Wynne was questioned on issues
surrounding the billion dollar price tag to the taxpayers of Ontario,
not to mention little things like shredding emails and evidence,
Wynne responded with this gem. “We
can continue on this narrow path focused on the past. We cannot
change the past, but we can focus on the future.” (National Post
December 2 2013). Such
words of wisdom can only warm the heart. Ownership and consequence
is not a common trait in any politician, in the Liberal ideology it
is a foreign language.
The
time has come to remove this blight from our lives, lives that are
stressful enough. Though one cannot forget the wise words, once
spoken by someone or other, 'be careful of what you wish for.' Today
looking at the
alternatives it only can make one shake in fear with Tim Hudak
and the Conservatives and Andrea Horwath with the NDP. Maybe it is
all simply just a long bad dream and like Rip Van Winkle we will all
collectively wake up.
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