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^ I think you might be right. I have no sympathy for Flaherty or the federal conservatives.

That being said, I don't think McGuinty's so hot either. Was Flaherty right to attack his policies from his position as federal minister of finance? Probably not. It was a cheap move but it does highlight the McGuinty government's poor performance on the economic front.

As for the merit of the attacks - are McGuinty's policies directly responsible for Ontario's current economic woes? Likely no. But they clearly didn't do enough to compensate for the shifting economic sands which account for Ontario's present decline. Would the conservatives have done anything different? Who knows ...