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May 3, 2007 MEMBERS' STATEMENTS MINISTRY OF CITIZENSHIP Mr. Ernie Hardeman (Oxford): We're still waiting. We're waiting for Dalton McGuinty to do the right thing and apologize. There has been an effort to smear the opposition parties. We believe it started at the top, and we are waiting for an apology. Dalton McGuinty knows that his government made a mistake. His government gave out grants without any controls or applications. They wrote cheques first and asked questions later. He has pulled good organizations into his political scandal. He doesn't have a defence, so he's trying to distract everyone by leading a smear campaign and personal attacks against the opposition parties. From here, it looks like Dalton McGuinty is getting desperate. It looks like we hit a nerve. Yesterday, Christina Blizzard in her column pointed out that some ethnic and cultural groups didn't receive any funding. Are they going to start making accusations against her too? Anyone who knows John Tory knows that those accusations are false. The people of Ontario won't buy it. Dalton McGuinty should apologize to both opposition parties and then call in the auditor to clean up this mess. As Christina Blizzard said in her article, "Unlike its toothpaste namesake, though, this Collegate leaves a bad taste in your mouth." So do the actions of the Premier. Dalton should do the right thing: be a leader, admit he is wrong, stop the smear campaign, tell the Legislature and the people of Ontario the truth about the slush funds and try to get his integrity back. We're all anxiously waiting.
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