No Provincial Election

Imagine what the Progressive Conservatives could have obtained had they negotiated?

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1166296--ontario-budget-mcguinty-and-horwath-in-last-ditch-talks-to-prevent-election?bn=1 Premier Dalton McGuinty has agreed to NDP Leader Andrea Horwath’s “tax-the-rich” scheme in exchange for support of the minority Liberal’s budget to avert a snap election call Tuesday. McGuinty emerged Monday afternoon from a 30-minute closed-door meeting with Horwath — his second in as many days — to announce he had made the significant concessions. “They wanted a tax on the rich, I wanted to pay down our deficit faster,” the premier told a packed news conference. “We all gave a little bit.” While Horwath has not yet tipped her hand on how the NDP will vote Tuesday, a confident-looking McGuinty said: “My proposals were well-received . . . we’re moving in the right direction together.” After the meeting the NDP leader rushed to try to sell her caucus mates on the arrangement. “It was an interesting conversation,” said Horwath.