{"id":2377,"date":"2011-10-18T21:20:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T01:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2011-10-18T21:31:34","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T01:31:34","slug":"ontario-the-un-bridled-big-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2377","title":{"rendered":"Ontario: The Unbridled Big Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Expect in the months to come to witness our big Ontario Government become BIGGER<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0We only need look at a few developments this week to see that we will be getting the government\u00a0we deserve, having just\u00a0given Dalton McGuinty the free reins to tax and spend. \u00a0<\/p>\n

So, now, here\u2019s what we can expect through the next four years. Our public sector will continue to grow; public sector spending will increase. Our Ontario debt will increase.<\/p>\n

Our Ballooning Ontario Debt\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s liberal-leaning national magazine Maclean\u2019s<\/em> conveniently waited until after the Ontario election to reveal their damning expose of the Liberals\u2019 fiscal policy:<\/p>\n

Why Ontario is poised to become Canada\u2019s Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under McGuinty\u2019s watch, Ontario\u2019s debt has almost doubled to $230 billion<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/2011\/10\/17\/why-ontario-is-poised-to-become-canada%E2%80%99s-greece\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excerpt from this piece:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Traditionally known as the engine that drives Canada, Ontario is in danger of becoming the Greece of Confederation\u2014if Greece happened to account for more than a third of Europe\u2019s economy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Under McGuinty\u2019s watch, Ontario\u2019s debt has almost doubled to $230 billion, due to massive stimulus spending as well as unrestrained growth in health care and education. And it will continue to rise despite announced plans for greater austerity. By the time a balanced budget is contemplated in 2017, the province will have added an additional $67 billion in new debt. On a per capita basis, the current provincial deficit is almost twice as large as that of its next nearest wastrel, New Brunswick\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our Ontario Energy Prices to Rise<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We will also come to realize the hurt from high energy costs as a result of the Liberals\u2019 energy policies. Brace yourself – from Monday\u2019s paper:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 … average consumer using 800 kwh a month would pay $2.11 more for the electricity alone. On the overall electricity bill, which includes other charges including transmission, the increase is 1.8%, the OEB said.\u00a0\u00a0But energy analyst Tom Adams pointed out via Twitter, if just the cost of electricity is looked at, the increase is 4.3%….<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The reason for the cost jump is more expensive power coming online in the next year, including refurbished nuclear units at the Bruce Generating Station and increased wind generation.\u00a0 Under the government\u2019s Green Energy Act, wind and solar generation, along with other forms of renewable power, are subsidized.\u00a0 The Ontario Power Authority will pay up to 13 cents a kwh for wind power, far more than the cost of power from hydroelectric plants or coal-burning plants.\u00a0 (SOURCE:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/17\/ontario-hydro-rates-going-up<\/a> )<\/em><\/p>\n

So, we might as well just throw our wallets into the pile\u2026 there\u2019s going to be four more years of Big Government in McGuinty\u2019s Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Expect in the months to come to witness our big Ontario Government become BIGGER.\u00a0\u00a0We only need look at a few developments this week to see that we will be getting the government\u00a0we deserve, having just\u00a0given Dalton McGuinty the free reins to tax and spend. \u00a0 So, now, here\u2019s what we can expect through the next…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[52,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions\/2380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}