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McGuinty ponders Crown asset sell off
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| Swamper |
lol... this guy is unreal.
McGuinty ponders Crown asset sell off (Link)
Premier Dalton McGuinty admits the Ontario government is looking at selling off the family jewels to cope with its record $24.7 billion budget deficit.
In a major policy flip-flop from a premier who in opposition derided selling off Crown assets as "a fire sale," McGuinty conceded desperate times require desperate measures.
"We've got a responsibility to look at all our assets to make sure we're getting the best bang for the buck," he told reporters Wednesday.
But the premier dismissed as "speculation" a report in The Globe and Mail that suggested the province would actually sell off Hydro One, Ontario Power Generation, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario or the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
"I haven't talked about selling off any assets," he said, admitting the government has retained two Bay Street investment banks to determine the value of its holdings.
Progressive Conservative MPP Peter Shurman (Thornhill) blasted the Liberals for "a panic-driven fire sale."
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the idea of selling off public assets suggests the government is confused because just last week Liberal ministers were chiding the Tories for privatizing Highway 407 in 1999. |
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| dEsidEL |
lol whatta joke.. why don't they do things like preventing the eHealth scandal and save billions in much easier ways
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| FunkyCrew |
| why don't we sell him instead? :rolleyes: |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
why don't we sell him instead? :rolleyes: |
you make too much sense, kris |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
why don't we sell him instead? :rolleyes: |
Pretty sure we'd have to pay someone to take him... |
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| msz |
| i like his style, he is a degenerate like me |
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| VERTiG0 |
Execute McGuinty in cold blood, problem solved
Also remove all the Liberals, that'd make me a happy man |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yohan
you make too much sense, kris |
I stop making sense when I get angry :( and I start talking Russian |
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| Jayx1 |
They should abolish the LCBO. Lets allow private competition and sales like in most of the free world cash cow or not.
My worry is that he will sell off the LCBO and then there will be a PRIVATE monopoly on liquor. That will not be a good thing.
Mcguinty makes Bob Rae look like a fiscal conservative! :nervous: :nervous: |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
I stop making sense when I get angry :( and I start talking Russian |
lol. that's so cute |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
They should abolish the LCBO. Lets allow private competition and sales like in most of the free world cash cow or not.
My worry is that he will sell off the LCBO and then there will be a PRIVATE monopoly on liquor. That will not be a good thing. |
yes. cheaper alcohol plz
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Mcguinty makes Bob Rae look like a fiscal conservative! :nervous: :nervous: |
that scares the out of me:nervous: |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Execute McGuinty in cold blood, problem solved
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First off... I agree with you...
Secondly... Isn't it funny how if you posted this comment on an American site about an American politician, you'd be in cuffs by now...
But here...... nothing... |
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