By Enzo DiMatteo $400 million was invested to build and repair roads and bridges in municipalities across Ontario. It introduced In 2012, the Liberals were plagued by yet another scandal. The government brought in auto insurance reforms (including a price cap), rolled-back a series of corporate and personal tax cuts that had been scheduled for 2004, passed legislation that enshrined publicly funded healthcare into provincial law, hired more meat and water inspectors, opened up the provincially owned electricity companies to Freedom of Information laws and enacted a ban on partisan government advertising.
These included legislation allowing restaurant patrons to bring their own wine, banning junk food in public schools, outlawing smoking in public places, and requiring students to stay in school until age 18.
Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty departs after appearing before the Special Committee on Justice Policy at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Tuesday May 7, 2012. When he left office a decade later, it was 38.2 per cent. The centrepiece was MoveOntario, a $1.2 billion investment in transportation infrastructure. Dalton McGuinty is being spotted in public again. (Frank Gunn/CP)Thinking of your experience with tvo.org, how likely are you to recommend tvo.org to a friend or colleague? Although the McGuinty government had promised to close all coal-burning plants by 2007, Energy Minister On May 11, 2005, the McGuinty Liberals delivered their second budget, built around the "Reaching Higher" plan for education. So why did he accept the invitation to speak on September 17 to the Red Trillium Club, an organization that costs $1,200 a year for Liberal supporters to join?“Leaders come and leaders go,” McGuinty responded in an email to me last Friday. For Ontario’s 24th premier, paving paradise and putting up a parking lot was not an option.These are all parts of the McGuinty legacy that seem as if they will be secure for years to come (although Ford has mused about allowing development in the Greenbelt).Of course, McGuinty had his problems as well. Specific projects in the budget included a 10-year expansion of the During their second year in office, the McGuinty Liberals brought forward a series of negotiations with the province's unions.On June 22, 2005, Education Minister Gerard Kennedy announced that 90–95% of Ontario students between junior kindergarten and Grade Three would be in classes of twenty students or fewer by 2007. “I’m proud of what we accomplished but legacies are unimportant to our children. And most people seem to think McGuinty cancelled those contracts to save seats in those constituencies.Rebuilding the electricity system cost far more than anyone thought it would and sent hydro bills skyrocketing. The judge was particularly scathing in his review of the RCMP probe of Sorbara. The budget also broke a promise to balance the budget in 2007–08. Caring people just like you! Our public funding only covers some of the cost of producing high-quality, balanced content. This violated a key Liberal campaign pledge not to raise taxes, and gave the government an early reputation for breaking promises. His own finance critic of the time, As a result, the Liberals dropped badly in polls and McGuinty fell behind Ernie Eves in the category of preferred premier.The Ontario Health Premium also became a major issue in the early days of the Also controversial was the elimination of coverage for health services not covered by the Canada Health Act including eye examinations and physical therapy. And Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals blasted the debt past $300 billion, in relatively buoyant economic times. At its core was a large infusion of new money into hospitals specifically to shorten wait times in key areas: knee and hip replacements, cancer treatment, cardiac treatment, cataracts, and To pay for this plan, the Liberals imposed a controversial new Health Premium of $300 to $900, staggered according to income. McGuinty cancelled those, saying it was inappropriate to build them so close to hospitals or schools. The McGuinty Liberals also moved to expand infrastructure spending by encouraging Ontario's large pension plans to invest in the construction of new roads, schools and hospitals. In 2011, he became the first Liberal premier to secure a third consecutive term since Oliver Mowat (1872–1896), after his party was re-elected in that year's provincial election. Welcome to the beginning of the political resurrection of Dalton McGuinty.Steve Paikin is the anchor of TVO's flagship current affairs program, OPINION: The Ontario government took three gambles in July that could make for a painful fall. He is on the Board of Directors of Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., Pomerleau Inc., and Electrovaya Inc. McGuinty, a lawyer who became premier in 2003 and was Ottawa South MPP for 23 years, is serving as a senior adviser providing “strategic advice” to clients, PwC said in a statement Wednesday. Joseph Cordiano faced calls for his resignation after revelations that he billed $17,000 for personal expenses to his riding association. He serves as Special Advisor to the CEO of D2L Corporation and as an advisor to Ontario business startups. Making progress together and looking out for each other is a mission that will never go out of style or lose its urgency.
The 2006 budget was the third year of the four-year plan, and focused on the "infrastructure deficit".