UPDATE: -- Dalton weasels out again -- When asked whether the compensation was an adequate reflection of what Caledonia residents have endured during the tense occupation, Mr. McGuinty suggested Prime Minister Stephen Harper should have to answer to that.
Here's the compensation package for the people who have endured a year long siege by
Dalton McGuinty's aboriginal friends and, as a bonus, seen their property values cut in half...
-- The Ontario government announced Monday it would offer a total of $430,000 in compensation to 135 households in the town south of Hamilton, ranging from a maximum of $6,000 for those closest to the site of a disputed housing development to $2,000 to those living across the street.
Personally, I think I'd rather have the
Political Bagman Special offered to a former Liberal Cabinet Minister
(think HRDC boondoggle) to fix the problem...
Jane Stewart, the person making $1,300 per day...
But don't worry...
I think Dalton capped her salary at $300,000.00.
And look what we got for our money so far.
The occupation has cost Ontario more than $46-million to compensate Caledonia businesses, purchase the disputed land and pay for policing the standoff, which alone cost more than $22-million so far.
UPDATE2: -- An actual answer -- "I think it's pathetic," Conservative Leader John Tory said outside the legislature.
"It nowhere comes close to recognizing the diminished property values these people have seen. It nowhere comes close to recognizing . . . the suffering they've gone through, the disruption to their lives.
