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MPPs Debate Possible Bentley Contempt

Posted By: Katie Franzios · 9/25/2012 11:07:00 AM

Queen's Park is taking a bit of a time out, as MPPs discuss whether the Energy Minister Chris Bentley is in contempt of parliament. The Tories have moved a motion to let the finance committee debate the issue.

This is revolving around documents made public Monday on the cancellation of the Mississauga and Oakville power plants. A legislative committee asked for them in May.

Opposition members say the governing liberals didn't give enough details.

PC MPP Rob Leone underlines the first clue that documents were missing was the huge gaps in email correspondence included in the 36,000 pages of documents.

NDP MPP Peter Tabuns also found it fishy that he didn't see any emails included from Bentley or former Energy Minister Brad Duguid.

However, Government House Leader John Milloy says they provided all the documents that were asked for, noting any blank pages found could just be the way everything was scanned.

The motion asks for finance committee to report back in November. If the energy minister is found in contempt MPPs will decide his punishment, ranging from an apology to jail time.

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  1. central scarberian posted on 09/25/2012 11:44 AM
    can't hear you for the sound of a shredder going day and night at Warden and Lawrence (Du-no-guid's office)
  2. Bill R posted on 09/25/2012 02:12 PM
    How about jail time AND an apology. Plus all the MPs, MPPs etc. who made the mess should all pay back the total cost out of their overstuffed pockets. Tax payer shouldn't have to pay one penny for THEIR mistakes. In fact, more criminal charges to those who would even suggest that tax payers are on the hook in the first place.
  3. proton posted on 09/25/2012 02:33 PM
    chris bentley is scapegoat as he wasn't energy minister when this happened. here's a short list of liberal misadventures -

    dalton mcguinty must be laughing all the way to the polling booth. Here's a partial list of his tenure as premier -

    lied about not raising taxes
    lies so numerous there's not enough space here
    caledonia - allowing criminals to practically beat people to death and not allowing the opp to step in
    eHealth
    Ornge
    massive increase in deficit to highest level in history with little to show for it
    green energy where each job created costs us $ 200,000 per job per year
    buying 2 seats by cancelling power plants at a cost that might reach $ 500 MILLION per seat

    He's certainly won the lottery by having such an ignorant and uncaring electorate continually voting him in, despite missteps that should have had him turfed out years ago. Makes me feel the liberal voters are as stupid as those rioters in the middle east rioting against the west over that stupid movie, or toronto maple leaf fans as someone suggested
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