Murray Campbell's column makes it clear how damaging this all is.
...Once again, the Premier will have no one to blame but himself.
The furor over the year-end grants to groups seen to be friendly with the Liberal Party began last April with a story that the Bengali Cultural Society received $250,000.
The story had legs because one of the organization's executives was vice-president of the riding association of Liberal MP Maria Minna.
The next day, we found out that the Iranian-Canadian Community Centre was given $200,000 just three weeks after it registered as a charity and that its directors included a Liberal candidate in the coming election.
This concept could be even more damaging.
...In the coming weeks, you will hear a lot from opposition politicians about the cricket association that asked for $150,000 after it was invited to apply for funding and the next day received $1-million. It had so much money that it spent $20,000 to throw a celebratory dinner (at which Mr. McGuinty spoke) and then socked away $500,000 in five-year, investment certificates.
Parents of autistic children or those running bake sales to buy school textbooks will scratch their heads. And thanks to Mr. McGuinty's faulty political instincts, they won't have time to forget before they head to the polls.
Comments (4)
Should be, “Connecting the Idiots”.
Posted by lrC | July 27, 2007 6:52 PM
Posted on July 27, 2007 18:52
McGimpy is a royal buffoon, but these egregious wrongdoings are in no practical or theoretical way any different from every other government spending program.
The question is not, “Why did the Gimper give too much money to Cricketers?”
The question is, “Why do governments take money away from people, subtract an enormous cut so bureaucrats can, uh, ensure fairness and quality (yeah that’s the ticket) then give it back to people so they can have the same services which they would have procured for themselves anyways, at a fraction of the cost?”
It’s not to ensure fairness and quality. That’s a joke. The cut is the purpose.
Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2007 10:52 PM
Posted on July 27, 2007 22:52
Dolton McLiar’s corrupt liberals don’t deserve to be in power, but they will probably retain power because so many voters can easily be frightened into believing that the status quo is the best there is. Pathetic.
People who can’t find a family physician in Ontario will still vote Liberal - so screw them, McLiar will take their money and go buy someone else’s vote.
Posted by philanthropist | July 29, 2007 2:33 PM
Posted on July 29, 2007 14:33
Prohibit grants.
Posted by Alan | July 30, 2007 10:02 AM
Posted on July 30, 2007 10:02