Dalon Resigns

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "What Does The Cancer Society Do With It All?":

Dalton Resigns

***********
I didn't see that coming.
The jackpot was obvious.
The problem was created when  the gas generating  plants  were cancelled  on the eve of the  last election, to hold on to a seat. 
I could not believe he did that. 
In the previous election he committed to closing down the coal-fired generating plants to keep a seat. 
There were valid arguments but it was still not completely kosher .
Everybody who knows anything about contracts , knows  they can't be cancelled at that stage. . 
Well they can But if  they are, the cost is the same as if they are built.
In effect we would spend the money and still not have  the generating capacity. It would have to be spent again. 
The decision was bound  to come back and bite him.
It did. 
The government was  slow to produce the numbers. 
The heat did not go away. Not like the money and the gas generating plants.
First we heard $40 million .
Then $164 million. 
Then we heard of a motion  against them for Contempt of the  House for refusing to divulge  information. 
At the week-end we heard of 40,000 documents which had been with-held and a new figure of $650 million.
We heard Minister of Energy,Chris Bentley had apologized to the House.But we knew Chris Bentley was not to blame.
We knew the Bill  dealing with public service workers  wages  was not getting Conservative support.
It was too far forward to draw back. 
The Circumstances called for  an election. 
With sixty thousand teachers on the campaign trail  with Sid Ryan's giant-killer public service workers, an election now would not present as a good risk. 
The Premier had to fall on his sword but do it gracefully. 
He  didn't. 
He prorogued the house. 
He said he wanted to spend time with his family. They all say that.
After nineteen years, nine as Premier, he said  it was time for fresh thinking.
He couldn't see his way out. 
Everybody else said he is a very nice man. 
I believe that.  He is so nice he couldn't say no to the pressure group in Missuassaga, Hazel McCallion's fiefdom.
Hazel was the one to demand the coal-fired generating plants be shut down  before there was a plan for replacement.  
So............. another one bites the dust.
In the cloud that rises, the future is far from clear.