Ottawa-Ontario trade fresh attacks

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TORONTO — Tensions between Ottawa and Ontario flared up on a new front yesterday, with the Harper government accusing Premier Dalton McGuinty of running a "sponsorship-style" slush fund.

The federal government launched a fresh attack on the same day Mr. McGuinty and his Finance Minister made efforts to end a highly public fight with Ottawa over their management of the Ontario economy.

Just as Mr. McGuinty was attempting to end one dispute, he may have triggered the latest one by warning the federal government not to take a short-sighted approach with its controversial immigration bill. In response to questions at a news conference in Ottawa, he expressed concerns that the bill could favour skilled immigrants at the expense of unskilled ones. He noted that his own ancestors were unskilled workers.
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Mr. Poilievre said Mr. McGuinty had no business commenting on immigration, over which he said Ottawa has exclusive jurisdiction. Besides, he added, the only thing Mr. McGuinty has done on immigration is run a "sponsorship-style" slush fund that led to the resignation of former immigration minister Mike Colle last year.

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Harper is definitely trying to whip up an anti-Ontario sentiment. I guess he thinks he can win an election if he wins every seat outside Ontario (less the BQ seats). It seems like an absurd strategy to me.

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. Harper is Bush-lite - he'll be gone shortly - our pencil and paper ballots ensure that.

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We don't like war, and Harper has kept us in the USA's illegal wars.

Harper begone

Tomorrow is not soon enough for me.