Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty resigns!

[Solauren]

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty resigns

Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty has announced that he will be resigning as the premier of Ontario.

McGuinty made his announcement during a surprise caucus meeting shortly after 6 p.m. on Monday evening.

"After 16 years as leader of the Ontario Liberal party, and after nine years as premier, it's time for renewal," McGuinty said to a room packed with reporters and members of the Liberal caucus. "It's time for the next Liberal premier. It's time for the next set of Liberal ideas to guide our province forward."

McGuinty shared that he asked the party president to convene a leadership convention "at the earliest possible opportunity," the National Post reports. McGuinty, the premier of Canada's most populous province since 2003, will continue to serve as premier until the Liberal party chooses a new leader.

The premier also announced that he is proroguing the provincial legislature in order to "negotiate wage freezes with the province's labour partners," said the National Post. McGuinty also mentioned that he would like to reach out the Opposition in order to get them on the same page with making the wage freeze possible.

"To this end, I met with the Lieutenant Governor earlier today to ask that we prorogue the House so that we can pursue both discussions, both tracks, in a way that is free of the heightened rancour that has sadly, too frequently characterized our legislature of late," said McGuinty.

More to come

(My opinion, below)

[Solauren]

My Point by Point Reply:

"After 16 years as leader of the Ontario Liberal party, and after nine years as premier, it's time for renewal," McGuinty said to a room packed with reporters and members of the Liberal caucus. "It's time for the next Liberal premier. It's time for the next set of Liberal ideas to guide our province forward."

Translation: My money wasting has come painfully to light, and I'm not going to win the next election. Therefore, I'm leaving now, so I can go 'Ha-Ha, undefeated!'

McGuinty shared that he asked the party president to convene a leadership convention "at the earliest possible opportunity," the National Post reports. McGuinty, the premier of Canada's most populous province since 2003, will continue to serve as premier until the Liberal party chooses a new leader.

I hope the PCs and NDP pull a no confidence motion on your ass, so you have to lead the party into a losing election.

The premier also announced that he is proroguing the provincial legislature in order to "negotiate wage freezes with the province's labour partners," said the National Post. McGuinty also mentioned that he would like to reach out the Opposition in order to get them on the same page with making the wage freeze possible.

And with that, he just made sure the PCs and NDP eventually do force an election.

He's also daring all the current Provincal Union members, as well as all the former ones like myself, to air all the crap he's done that isn't public knowledge.

In Summary
Good Riddance, you Incompetent Fucking Asshole. I hope you mis-run the rest of your life the way you ran the province.

[Enigma]

He's trying to do what Brian Mulroney in the early 90's. Mulroney knew he wasn't going to win the next election and promptly resigned a year or so before the federal election and left Kim Campbell holding the bag. Dalton wants to do the same thing.