John Tory is not impressed

With both McGuinty and Tory in HKLB recently, I thought it would be interesting to compare how they spent the time:

McGuinty:
http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1437437

...The new Green Act, expected to be unveiled this month, will lead to the creation of 50,000 direct and indirect jobs within three years.
McGuinty and Johnson were escorted through sprawling modern barns on the dairy farm by co-owners and brothers Jim and Phil Callaghan. McGuinty told them it is "an amazing operation."
The Callaghan brothers run the farm with their mother, Aileen, who watched the Premier's visit while leaning on the arm of Johnson's wife, Terri Crawford. Phil's wife Karen was also on hand, with their two children Jennessa and Chadd. The family later gathered together for a photo with the Premier.
McGuinty asked questions and heard that the farm has 600 head of cattle and is in the process of getting a biodigester to convert the methane from manure into 500 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power 400 homes near Lindsay.
The Callaghans will receive provincial financing of $400,000 when the project is completed, which will be in about a year. Jim Callaghan noted that "the City of Kawartha Lakes has been great. The mayor is 100 per cent behind it."
After the tour, McGuinty gave a brief press conference, thanking the family and commending them for their work ethic and family values. He praised Jim and Phil for their entrepreneurial ability and enthusiasm. He also noted the "impeccable character" of Johnson, who knew the Callaghans' late father.
He said the Green Act will reduce the time it takes to get green energy projects such as theirs up and running. The red tape to get connected to Hydro One for wind turbines will also be cut, he said.

So McGuinty talks about actually putting money into building the new green knowledge economy, (take a look at this too: http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1437446) and making government more energy efficent, demonstrating that the best kind of government in an economic downturn is of an active, but limited one.


Meanwhile it looks like Nega-Tory is back on the scene:
http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1437425&auth=DAVE%20FLAHERTY,%20LINDSAY%20POST%20REPORTER

I love this line:

He criticized the Liberal Party for the amount of office space it rents in Toronto.

"We can afford to move some of those jobs out of Toronto," he said.

A large amount of effort will be needed to bring new endeavours to Lindsay. The area will have to sell itself, Tory said...

Interesting to see Tory call for moving jobs out of Toronto, after all, he plans on wanting a job as a Toronto MPP as soon as he finishes Tim Peterson'ing the people of HKLB. A large amount of effort will be needed for HKLB to sell itself, considering even the man who wants to represent it at Queen's Park is looking to run away from actually having to deal with the such concerns as, you know, the actual residents of the riding. I mean, come on, can you really expect a silver spoon boy like Tory to actually want to represent a rural Central Ontario riding? He did that once and he abandoned it as soon as he could. Really, people of HKLB, you need to do a better job of impressing John Tory if you want the privilege to have him as an MPP for a year and half. It's only costing the province a few hundred thousand dollars, which is nothing to a man of Tory's background.

ps: Be sure to show support for Rick Johnson in the Lindsay Post's poll:
http://www.thepost.ca/

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