Ontario Hit With Reality Stick I

Canada's lib-left can't believe that the Conservative government is keeping it's word and that's amusing. Methinks this may be the start of the second wave of mass Canadian MoonBat head explosions as highlited by two seperate stories yesterday.

The first has to deal with the great Canadian welfare program - Equalisation:

TORONTO (CP) - It's time for governments in Canada to stop blaming others for the consequences of their own fiscal decisions, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday.

The federal Conservative government's commitment to responsibility and accountability will ensure that provincial concerns over equalization and the so-called fiscal imbalance are addressed, Flaherty told the Toronto Board of Trade.

"Greater accountability and clearly defined roles will also mean that governments will no longer be able to blame other governments for the consequences of their actions," he said.

Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has threatened to pull out of the federal government's revenue-sharing deal with other provinces if energy income is included in the equalization formula.

Flaherty said energy income will remain outside the formula.

"That was our platform commitment," he said.

When asked about the finance minister's comments Monday, Klein waved around a letter he was given by the Tories during the last election stating their position.

"I just not used to people keeping their political promises," Klein said...

I'm going to break here for a second to remind you folks that Klein's a closet MoonBat. Anyway, carrying on;

...But Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday he wasn't clear what Flaherty meant with his comments about resource revenues and equalization calculations.

"Does that mean that (resource revenues are) not going to be included for purposes of calculating Alberta's wealth?" he asked.

"Does it mean that they will be included on a strictly mathematical perspective, but that technically Alberta won't have to make a contribution of the non-renewables?"...

That's correct Dalton. You Eastern bastards have just been told that you'll be keeping your grubby hands off of our western oil. This was one of the conservative government's election platforms and they're sticking to it. Suck it up princess.

True to Moonbat form however, Dalton doesn't like the idea of making his own province take fiscal responsibility and has set up a website from which to whine (as reported by CTV). It's called strongontario.ca and here's a snippet from the site's main page:

It’s Only Fair

A strong Ontario means a strong Canada.

To build a strong Ontario, we need to keep our economy strong and our people healthy. That’s why we’re investing in education, health care, roads and public transit.

But to make these investments, we need a fair share of the money we send to Ottawa.

Right now, the federal government has more money than it needs to meet its responsibilities while the provinces and territories don’t have enough to meet theirs.

Our new Prime Minister has agreed there is a fiscal imbalance — and that it needs to be fixed.

So after years of massive federal surpluses, Ontario families expect that a fair share of their tax dollars will come back to Ontario.

Some are saying we should expand the Equalization program to solve that fiscal imbalance.

But that will only help Canadians living in Equalization-receiving provinces. And it will cost Ontario taxpayers.

Loosely translated, Ontario doesn't want to give money to the other provinces anymore. It's not fair.

Heheh, what is fair then?

Well, Alberta's oil money should go to the other provinces if the comments made by Dalton (above) are any indication.