The news on Canada's western satellites includes news from the East. News in the East doesn't have the same element of the west but generally, we're not missing much ,no matter where we are
tuned in.
It's easy to listen to all of it and react Not so easy to focus on a particular issue and respond.
The Ontario issue of the cancelled power generation plants have taken what I thought from the beginning would be an inevitable turn .
At the time it was made, the decision was unbelievable.
Not only were the contracts signed and sealed , the projects were up and out of the ground.
Legally there was no turning back at that point without horrendous penalties. And I mean legal liabilities.
That the decision, made on the eve of an election, removed it from any other possibility than political was without question.
Only one individual could have made it. It had to be the Premier. No-one else came close to having authority. Even that is questionable.
But it means only one can be held accountable
Premier Kathleen Wynne offers the explanation the wrong decision was made on location of the plants.
If it was , why were contracts signed and stamped with the Official Seal.?
Why was construction well under way and the decision not changed until it appeared the Liberal Party might not win a governing majority.?
At what point is the public interest wholly subservient to political expediency?
Why did staff in the Premier's office take it upon themselves to delete the e-mail trail on the contract cancellations?
How could there be such ignorance of the importance of the public recordz?
The questions are endless . As it seems is the tally of the cost of the cancellation decision.
The figure is now up to $849 million .
How can ithat be explained? rationalized ? justified ? excused or accounted for?
I think the story is only half -told.
And police involvement is a politician's worst nightmare ?
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But, Evelyn, he claims he did not know about all the shredding of papers. It was his ship but he was not in charge. So far, there does not seem to be anything that could bring retribution through possible legal action or the courts. Not even a financial penalty. But there does seem to be more to come. It would be nice to see responsibility accepted for a change. Fat chance.
I was wondering which mess you would select. So many from which to chose.
Off topic
Margaret Wente had a good article on why journalists should not become senators. I would have liked to read the comments but there were none allowed. The Globe has done this with several articles, one about Mayor Ford. Are they worried about being sued ?
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