Warmist Ontario Premier McGuinty Resigns -- Taken Down by a Gas Plant Debacle

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty resigns - The Globe and Mail

Mr. McGuinty met with his caucus after a series of dramatic developments throughout the day at the provincial legislature. The opposition accused senior cabinet ministers of misleading the legislature by insisting that they had disclosed all documents relating to two cancelled power plants when in fact they were aware that was not the case.   [Via Marc Morano]

October 12, 2012: Gas plants: The sticky issue that won’t go away for McGuinty - The Globe and Mail

And yet here we are, back to talking about a topic that has dominated Ontario politics for much of this fall: the decisions before the last election not to build a pair of gas-fired power plants.

Oct 5, 2012: Ontario minister who cancelled gas plant to testify at contempt hearing - The Globe and Mail

Premier Dalton McGuinty balked at the idea of appearing before the finance committee to face questions about cancelling the energy projects, which cost taxpayers at least $230-million.

Dec 2010: Snow-swept Ontario: Military helps rescue 237 travellers trapped in vehicles; global warming blamed

"Every once in a while Mother Nature asserts herself and we are humbled," McGuinty said, adding climate change means severe weather is "part and parcel of our new reality."

August 2011: Message to McGuinty: Most green-job schemes have been miserable failures - The Globe and Mail

Dalton McGuinty has hit the campaign trail, and he’s paving it green. Earlier this month he announced that Ontario will pump $80-million into building charging stations for electric cars. “They are peppy, they are quiet, and the thing that I like best as a father, and ultimately a grandfather, I would hope, is that they’re clean,” he said. By 2020, he hopes, one out of 20 cars in Ontario will be electrically powered.