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Oct 15, 2012 · Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made a surprise announcement Monday that he has prorogued the legislature and will step down as party leader. Here’s the full text of the speech he gave to ...
- National Post Staff
Oct 15, 2012 · TORONTO — Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has resigned after nine years in office, telling an emergency caucus meeting at Queen’s Park on Monday evening that it is time for a new Liberal leader.
- Scott Stinson
- Did Controversy Force His Hand?
- Were Labour Relations His Downfall?
- Did Family Life Play A Role?
- Was Leadership Style The Problem?
- Is He Bound For Parliament Hill?
McGuinty had been facing a growing scandal over the province's Ornge air ambulance service, which is under a criminal probe. Adding to his troubles was a rare contempt motion over the costs of cancelling two gas power plants. Proroguing the legislature shut down the government committee looking into the Ornge air ambulance affair. It also means the...
Many observers point to fraying relations between the provincial government and public-sector unions. McGuinty had alienated a powerful ally — Ontario's teachers — by forcing a pay freeze to reduce the province's massive $14.4-billion deficit. The unions in turn declared war, vowing to withdraw their financial support and use their organizational m...
Monday's news conference was clearly emotional for McGuinty, who insisted it wasn't the controversy over the gas plants that prompted his sudden resignation. He cited his daughter's recent wedding as a time when he re-evaluated what was important. "I thought it wasn't going to be that big of a deal, but I found it to be pretty emotional to be there...
Some experts say McGuinty was ill-suited to governing with a minority of seats in the legislature after last year's election. His government "had a majority for eight years and was able to do what it wanted," said Henry Jacek, a political science professor at McMaster University in Hamilton. But when it came time to "reconcile themselves to the fac...
The premier said he would also stay on as the MPP for Ottawa-South until the next election, but did not rule out taking a run for the leadership of the federal Liberals. "I am not making any plans whatsoever beyond my duties here at Queen's Park," McGuinty told reporters. But for the past month, a draft campaign has been in the works to persuade Mc...
Oct 15, 2012 · TORONTO – Beaten down by a series of scandals, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced late Monday he was stepping down as Liberal leader and adjourning the legislature because his minority ...
After party leader Lyn McLeod resigned due to her leading the Liberals to a second defeat in the 1995 election, McGuinty was elected leader in the 1996 leadership election. McGuinty lost the 1999 election to Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris, but won a resounding majority in 2003.
Oct 16, 2012 · McGuinty has resigned from Ontario politics and taken the rare step of suspending the legislature, but not before dangling the possibility of a run for the federal Liberal leadership against...
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Jun 12, 2013 · Dalton McGuinty, the former premier of Ontario, will resign his seat in the legislature. McGuinty has been Ottawa South’s man at Queen’s Park since 1990, when he was elected as then-NDP ...
