Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Ontario Hansard
June 20, 2006
Mr. Toby Barrett (Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant): Welcome to Dalton Creek Estates, coming soon to a community near you. First Caledonia, next Burtch; who knows: Townsend, South Cayuga, Brantford, the region of Waterloo?
Under the Places to Grow Act, Caledonia is the first community to host Dalton Creek Estates. Don't go to Dalton Creek Estates if you want to escape Premier McGuinty's weak leadership. Just recently, he bought the whole development at a secret price.
Dalton Creek is a gated community, despite government rhetoric to the contrary. But don't let the gates fool you: Things can get ugly. The rule of law does not apply. Premier McGuinty negotiates, at taxpayers' expense, from a position of weakness despite six warrants outstanding and barricades still up.
Located at the south end of Caledonia, Dalton Creek Estates is facing economic hardship. Business is down; neighbouring subdivisions feel the stress and tension and are exposed to violence and mayhem.
There are no phones or TVs at Dalton Creek Estates, but that's part of the broader policy being promoted by Premier McGuinty: no communication of any kind. And if you don't like the landlords running Dalton Creek Estates, too bad for you, because the question remains: Does anyone know who's in charge? And if someone is in charge, how would we know? There's no communication and there's no leadership.