It seems our Premier missed out on one of the great tales of childhood – the one about the Goose That Laid The Golden Egg. The provincial government has been raking in golden eggs from the Slots at Racetracks program.
Now Premier Dalton McGuinty plans to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. For the sake of a meal today, he’s determined to kill an industry that is the leader in North America, and kill tens of thousands of jobs that would have produced revenue year after year.
Not only is he killing the goose, but thousands of race horses, whose trainers and breeders will no longer be able to afford to feed them, and will go to slaughter.
Oh, and one more lesson from childhood. Come the next election, the Emperor who has no clothes will send the provincial Liberals to Neverneverland to join their federal compatriots. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the premier isn’t already hearing the tick tock of the clock.
Nancy and Edward Bassis, Greater Sudbury
Posted by Laurel Myers