Posted AT 4:26 AM EDT on 20/02/08
Harper government's style caught in time warp, McGuinty says
TORONTO, OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday of mismanaging the economy, escalating their simmering war of words into a heated battle over who is to blame for Central Canada's job losses.
Mr. McGuinty said the Harper government's hands-off style - one that he said offers tax cuts for corporations but little in the way of strategic investments for ailing sectors - is a relic of a bygone era.
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