McGuinty Should Serve Time in a Detention Facility

I have supported the McGuinty Liberals for a decade. To this day there is no reasonable alternative. Tim Hudak might be the worst Conservative leader in the history of the party.The NDP would bankrupt Ontario at a time when our province is undergoing critical structural changes. Jim Flaherty, federal Finance Minister, has abandoned his home province in blind loyalty to his Dear Leader. We are at a critical crossroads for the Ontario economy. We can either take a path to recovery, or turn into an economic basket case like our Maritime neighbours.

The gas plant cancellations during the last election could end up costing the province a $Billion. All to save one seat, for one election cycle. In one of the most cynical, expensive and outright criminal acts in Canadian political history, McGuinty cancelled construction of a gas plant to save a seat for the Liberals, during the election. McGuinty would unexpectedly resign as premier rather than face  responsibility for this act. It was a cowardly response!

As Ontarians we have to make a decision on how McGuinty should pay for this dishonourable act of gross negligence. It is my personal opinion that he should serve time in a provincial detention facility. I believe a minimum of 6-months in jail would be an appropriate sentence. It would serve notice to future leaders that cynical political acts of this nature will result in punishment.

In my opinion Brian Mulroney should have served time for accepting bags of money from a German businessman in exchange for no services rendered. Commonly called a bribe in more enlightened countries where the rule of law applies to all citizens uniformly.

In one of the most sickening acts of political malfeasance the gas plant project continued to be built without interruption after its cancellation. This was due to unbreakable contracts that required contractors to continue to build a facility knowing that their work would be demolished soon after.

It would be comforting to know that there were politicians and aides in the Liberal Party, that at the time argued against this cancellation. I doubt that any of them had an once of personal integrity or thought about the taxpayers of Ontario when this decision was made.

I'm asking former Premier Dalton McGuinty to personally apologise to his fellow Ontarians and to voluntarily report to a detention facility to serve 6-months time.