Post by Max on Sept 17, 2007 16:13:22 GMT -3
No wonder the NDP mayor changed his mind about supporting the Liberals.
Don't count on mining revenue, McGuinty tells Sudbury mayor; Premier says province looks to see who needs the most help
Posted By Bob Vaillancourt
Posted 6 hours ago
Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez, who last week seemed to be endorsing the election campaign of Nickel Belt Liberal candidate Ron Dupuis, didn't get reciprocal treatment from Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty during his election campaign stop Friday in Sudbury.
Rodriquez vowed during his election for mayor last year that he would try to convince the Ontario government that more of the revenue generated by mining activities should stay here.
Asked for his view on that issue, McGuinty responded there are people in southern Ontario, particularly Toronto, who feel too much of their money is sent out of that area when it could be better used there.
"I understand and respect the mayor's perspective on this," said McGuinty.
But as a provincial government, "it's our collective responsibility to lend support and make sure that nobody falls behind."
The role of the provincial government is to "from a crow's nest perspective, look around on a continuing basis and say, 'alright, who needs the most help at any one particular time.' And that's what we've tried to do," said McGuinty. "We are all in this together."
After Rodriguez participated in the official opening of Dupuis' campaign office last week, Dupuis' campaign staff issued a press release saying Rodriguez, a former NDP MP in the Nickel Belt riding, was supporting his candidacy.
But when asked about it, Rodriquez said he was not supporting any candidate, but merely acting in his capacity of mayor at the official opening.
What was contained in the press release, suggested the mayor, was a "distillation" of what he had actually said at the ceremony.
Similarly, a "distillation" of what McGuinty said about the mayor's quest for more money would be "no."
Don't count on mining revenue, McGuinty tells Sudbury mayor; Premier says province looks to see who needs the most help
Posted By Bob Vaillancourt
Posted 6 hours ago
Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez, who last week seemed to be endorsing the election campaign of Nickel Belt Liberal candidate Ron Dupuis, didn't get reciprocal treatment from Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty during his election campaign stop Friday in Sudbury.
Rodriquez vowed during his election for mayor last year that he would try to convince the Ontario government that more of the revenue generated by mining activities should stay here.
Asked for his view on that issue, McGuinty responded there are people in southern Ontario, particularly Toronto, who feel too much of their money is sent out of that area when it could be better used there.
"I understand and respect the mayor's perspective on this," said McGuinty.
But as a provincial government, "it's our collective responsibility to lend support and make sure that nobody falls behind."
The role of the provincial government is to "from a crow's nest perspective, look around on a continuing basis and say, 'alright, who needs the most help at any one particular time.' And that's what we've tried to do," said McGuinty. "We are all in this together."
After Rodriguez participated in the official opening of Dupuis' campaign office last week, Dupuis' campaign staff issued a press release saying Rodriguez, a former NDP MP in the Nickel Belt riding, was supporting his candidacy.
But when asked about it, Rodriquez said he was not supporting any candidate, but merely acting in his capacity of mayor at the official opening.
What was contained in the press release, suggested the mayor, was a "distillation" of what he had actually said at the ceremony.
Similarly, a "distillation" of what McGuinty said about the mayor's quest for more money would be "no."