Dalton McGuinty Declared Canada’s 2nd Worst Premier

TORONTO — After eight years of record tax hikes, record deficits, doubling Ontario’s deficit and out of control government waste, Dalton McGuinty was today declared Canada’s second worst Premier by the Fraser Institute. In the report released today, the Fraser Institute ranked Canada’s Premiers based on their performance on government spending, taxes, and debt and deficits.

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Dalton McGuinty has spent the last eight years running record deficits, doubling Ontario’s debt, increasing government spending by 80% and wasting billions on his scandals like the billion dollar eHealth boondoggle. To pay for all of his runaway spending, Dalton McGuinty hit Ontario families with the largest income tax hike in Ontario’s history with his so-called health tax, the largest sales tax hike in Ontario’s history with his HST tax grab, and his sneaky eco-tax. On October 6th Ontario families face a clear choice between Dalton McGuinty who will continue to raise taxes to pay for his out of control spending and waste, or Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC Party who will give families relief.

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QUOTES: “Today’s report confirms what many Ontario families have known for some time – it is time for change in Ontario. On October 6th Ontario families face a clear choice between four more years of Dalton McGuinty who will raise taxes again, or Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC Party who will give families relief.” -- Steve Clark, Ontario PC candidate for Leeds-Grenville “Perhaps most troubling is the continued poor performance of Ontario Premier McGuinty, whose record on government spending and controlling debt is among the worst of all premiers.” --Charles Lammam, Policy Analyst, Fraser Institute (National Post, September 13, 2011) QUICK FACTS: The record of Canada’s Second Worst Premier, Dalton McGuinty, includes:

• Hitting Ontario families with tax hike after tax hike including the HST, so-called health tax, eco-taxes and skyrocketing hydro bills;
• Doubling Ontario’s debt from $148 billion in 2003 to $303 billion by 2013;
• Running a record $19.3 billion deficit;
• Tripling the number of high priced bureaucrats making over $100,000 annually;
• Increasing government spending by 80%; and
• Wasting a billion dollars in the eHealth boondoggle.

Contact: Pema Lhalungpa | pema.lhalungpa@timhudak.ca

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