Mr. Speaker, I was amazed to read in the Toronto Star that Ontario Tories are turning to the want ads to find candidates to run in this year's provincial election. The add which ran in at least three Ontario newspapers is seeking Conservatives with common sense.
Over the past several months Mike Harris has been touring Ontario, promising to cut personal income tax by 30 per cent, promissing to bring a balanced budget in four years and not to touch policing, education or health care. Everyone knows with any common sense that the numbers do not add up.
Mark Mullins, Harris' chief number cruncher, stated: "I'm not a member of the Conservative Party. The last thing I need is for anyone to say here is the guru behind the package".
Is it possible that Mike Harris' policies are so far out that not even Conservatives with common sense can support them?