When Ernie Eves warned us “Mr. McGuinty just says whatever pops into his little, sharp, pointy head because he thinks that's what you want to hear.” It sounded like sour grapes from a man who knew he was going to loose the upcoming election. In retrospect he was just telling the truth. McGuinty will inevitably go down as the most fiscally irresponsible Premiere in Ontario's history.

He has maintained his premiership by cynically pandering to the religious prejudices & bigotry of Ontario residents in one election & buying public sector workers votes in a second and now when the inevitable consequences are starting to catch up he locks the doors & runs away like the cowardly bully he is.

When the Harris / Eves government left office McGuinty told Ontarians the four billion dollar debt he inherited (which he inflated to six billion) was the reason he had to impose a health tax. You may remember it was the previous Liberal administration that cynically cancelled OHIP fees which over the years helped create the problems successive governments have had to face.

He bought off the teachers unions for as long as he could and expanded government at historical rates. In 2002 4507 ministry of education employees were listed on the sunshine list by 2011 that number had risen to 27,436.

He couldn't "govern" when he had a majority, now in a minority he has proved his total incompetence by refusing to impose the necessary wage freezes that would gain the support of the opposition. Further proof of this man's insincerity, after telling us he must step down to allow his party to build for the future, is the fact that not one of his ministers has stepped up to run as his replacement because like their leader they know when the game is over and they will all just hang in, collecting their salaries until they are defeated.

Thankfully he's on his way back to Ottawa, what a shame he and his cronies will never be prosecuted for malfeasance and downright dishonesty that has characterized his tenure.