God I'm depressed... Valentines Day, and I'm writing about the Norman Bates we have as Premier.
So after the health care deal and the more recent oil deal in the Maritimes, Premier McGuinty has come to believe that Ontario is getting screwed by the Feds.
I accept as fact that Ontario probably pays more in to Federal Coffers than we get back. So what? Ontario is one of the wealthiest provinces in Canada, and should be paying more. If you agree with the prinicple of progressive taxation, it's hard to argue that Ontario should only pay as much as, say, Saskatchewan. Is there any indication that the additional burden has harmed Ontario's economy? Hardly. Now, we can argue over whether or not Ontario gets its money's worth, but please, haggling over the dollar amount is, well, unseemly.
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