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McGuinty challenges Ontarians to shed cloak of complacency

LONDON, Ont. — Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is calling on residents of the province to become the squeaky wheels of Confederation and rally behind him in his fight for a fairer deal from Ottawa.

Ontarians can learn a lesson from residents of other provinces, who have not shied away from speaking out when their interests are threatened, Mr. McGuinty said. He suggested that federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty never would have gotten away with describing any other province as the last place in Canada where businesses would want to invest.

“If, for example, were to have openly discouraged investment in their province as he did in ours, they would close ranks and defend their interests so quickly it would make your heads spin,” he said in a speech Tuesday to the London Chamber of Commerce. “My friends, it's time to stand up for our province.”

The rallying call to all Ontarians to shed their complacency is a new tactic in a campaign that began three years ago for Mr. McGuinty and comes as oil prices threaten to transform the province into one of the poor cousins of Confederation.

McGuinty challenges Ontarians to shed cloak of complacency

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1. I agree.

The federal conservative govt, for whatever reason, will continue to knock Ontario until we tell them to stop.