Premier Wynne has told members of the Economic Club of Canada that she was hectored in her “local electronics store” by a man who told her that the government was “wasting our money.” It happened Saturday (December 13, 2014). The report does not name the store in which this happened but it was in Leaside apparently. A reasonable guess — either at the Source in the Sunnybrook Plaza or the Best Buy in the Rio.Can Leaside Centre. But no matter, the man let loose across the store with the unsolicited advice, say Ms. Wynne, the member of Don Valley West. “Kathleen you’ve got to do better. You’re wasting our money.” he shouted. Ms. Wynne told the business audience that she figured the guy was having a bad day. But she also said such interactions with the public remind her of why she got into politics in the first place. That would be to create more jobs, more opportunities and a stronger economy. The auditor general’s annual report said Ontario ratepayers paid $50 billion more than it should have over a decade to cover the gap in the actual price of electricity and the price the Liberals guaranteed to power generators in long-term contracts.
