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While saying the public sector should focus more on outcomes, McGuinty refuses to look at the end results of his policies for Ontario’s economic performance.


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In his autobiography, McGuinty discusses how his first act as premier was to break his election promise and raise taxes.


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By the Ontario government’s own count it has 380,000 regulations on the books, twice as many as the next province.


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Ontario’s net public debt is estimated at $287.3 billion and will hit nearly $320 billion by 2017. The evolution of this daunting number is an interesting story as the spring budget approaches.


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At a recent political event, outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty touted his legacy as leader of Ontario. “Our government hasn’t been perfect,” he said. “But when it comes to the big things that families count on us to get right—schools, health care, the environment, and the economy—we’ve gotten it right every time.”


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In his recent shot at Alberta, Ontario’s premier Dalton McGuinty—who blamed the West’s resource boom for a slowdown in Ontario’s manufacturing sector—invented a fascinating explanation for the relative decline of Ontario.

While McGuinty later backtracked and claimed his original clear point was not his actual opinion, what is yet transparent is how, in McGuinty’s world, Ontario’s problems have nothing to do with his own policy choices, or events outside of Canada—say, worldwide competition in the manufacturing sector.