Premier Dad McGuinty

An interesting revelation has come out that reveals a bit about how Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty views the universe.

Tim Hudak, the leader of the Ontario PCs, has taken to referring to Mr. McGuinty has ‘Premier Dad.’ This is a great bit of messaging because in only two words the PCs can sum up everything that is wrong with the current Liberal administration. It brings up images of paternalism, control, and even a bit of oppression.

I’m convinced that if the Liberals lose the next election it will be because of the successful labelling of Mr. McGuinty as ‘Premier Dad.’

And it turns out that Dalton McGuinty likes being called Premier Dad. He thinks that the PCs have really captured his essence.

Premier Dad is forgetting a few things though:

1. Most of us already have dads.
2. We are all adults.
3. Adults tend not to like being told what to do by some stranger who thinks he is our dad.

The fact that Mr. McGuinty has latched onto the title of Premier Dad, tells us what we already suspected. He thinks that the role of government is to control every detail of every individual’s life (ironically Premier Dad is a more strict father than my actually dad. I’m pretty sure dad would have let me go watch a UFC match).

We can only hope that he starts describing himself as Premier Dad in public.