McGinty Slush Fund
Last summer's $500,000 grant by the McGinty government to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St Marys is being used as an example of Ontario Liberal corruption.
The Liberals are being accused of having a slush fund they use to fund projects in ridings that they need to win in next November's provincial election. St Marys is in the Perth-Middlesex riding with Liberal John Wilkinson as MPP. Perth-Middlesex is considered a swing riding because the Liberals took the seat from the Progressive Conservatives last election and because a Conservative currently holds the equivalent federal riding, Perth-Wellington.
Also part of the allegation against the Liberals is that by making election of their candidates a prime factor in choosing projects they are wasting taxpayer money. What makes the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame funding dubious is that the $500,000 was given to make a proposed 64-room hotel wheelchair accessible. Instead of directing money earmarked towards making old buildings accessible, Liberals are directing the money be used on a brand new building that would be wheelchair accessible even without any type of provincial funding.
The Liberals are being accused of having a slush fund they use to fund projects in ridings that they need to win in next November's provincial election. St Marys is in the Perth-Middlesex riding with Liberal John Wilkinson as MPP. Perth-Middlesex is considered a swing riding because the Liberals took the seat from the Progressive Conservatives last election and because a Conservative currently holds the equivalent federal riding, Perth-Wellington.
Also part of the allegation against the Liberals is that by making election of their candidates a prime factor in choosing projects they are wasting taxpayer money. What makes the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame funding dubious is that the $500,000 was given to make a proposed 64-room hotel wheelchair accessible. Instead of directing money earmarked towards making old buildings accessible, Liberals are directing the money be used on a brand new building that would be wheelchair accessible even without any type of provincial funding.
posted by stmarys | 7:59 PM
