Dalton McGuinty
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr.,is a former Canadian politician who served as the 24th Premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Liberal leader to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nearly 70 years earlier. In 2011, he became the first Liberal premier to secure a third consecutive term since Oliver Mowat, after his party was re-elected in that year's provincial election...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 July 1955
CountryCanada
Dalton McGuinty quotes about
I've tried to lead a progressive, activist government.
Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
My challenge is to convince Ontarians that the old world is not coming back.
I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.
When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
The baby boom is about to become a patient boom.
I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.
I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.
There will come a time when the Ministry of Health is the only Ministry we can afford to have and we still won't be able to afford the Ministry of Health
It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
There's no wrong time to make the right decision.
There is kind of a typical experience as a premier. You go in, you win a couple, you get out. Go serve on boards, take your head out of the political ringer and take on a much more private life.
Your kids are going to do well in the workplace of the future if they can bring creativity, if they can bring some innovation, if they can bring some entrepreneurialism.