Media Slams McGuinty for Ducking Power Plant Questions at Debate

• “McGuinty’s weakest moment in the debate came when he was forced to discuss a much more recent decision: the cancellation of a controversial natural-gas power plant in Mississauga, an apparent bid to help a Liberal MPP and cabinet minister win re-election.” (Joanna Chianello, Ottawa Citizen, September 27, 2011)

• “Dalton looks down as Hudak chides him over relocating a power plant. Dalton stumbles. ‘We made an adjustment.’ Wow.” (Christina Blizzard, Twitter, September 27, 2011)
• “The issues of jobs, taxes and a last-minute plan to move a controversial power plant had McGuinty on the defensive in the debate.” (The Canadian Press, September 28, 2011)
• “McGuinty said he made the about face because ‘things have changed’.” (Lee Greenberg, Ottawa Citizen, September 28, 2011)
• “It was stunning that a seasoned debating veteran such as McGuinty would allow two rookies control the debate and lecture him on his flaws.” (Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun, September 27, 2011)

• “McGuinty’s responses rang hollow.” (Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun, September 27, 2011
• "McGuinty never sounded like a premier." (Toronto Sun Editorial, September 28, 2011)
• "On all three counts, Mr. Hudak, the Progressive Conservative leader, and Ms. Horwath, the NDP leader, outscored Dalton McGuinty.” (John Ivison, National Post, September 28, 2011)
• "Premier Dalton McGuinty, hands flailing wildly, appeared to be living in a dream world where everything's peachy in Ontario, despite 500,000 unemployed, the $110 billion he's added to the provincial debt, skyrocketing electricity prices and the massive tax hikes he's imposed over the past eight years." (Toronto Sun Editorial, September 28, 2011)
• "Mr. McGuinty, as the post-debate panel noted, looked tired. He kept dodging and weaving - not just verbally but physically - like he was trying to do some new-fangled dance step he'd seen on TV.” (Kelly McParland, National Post, September 28, 2011)
• “Premier spent far too much of the debate trapped on the defence to have had any hope of coming out ahead.” (John Ivison, National Post, September 27, 2011)
• “Those who disliked him will probably find even more reason to do so.” (Adam Radwanski, Globe and Mail, September 28, 2011)
• “McGuinty looked awkward. He looked down at the podium, insisting the Liberals were only "relocating" the plant” (Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun, September 27, 2011)

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