ONTARIO TIES.

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    • Subject Terms:
      ONTARIO; QUEBEC (Province); CANADA
    • Subject Terms:
      HARRIS, Mike, 1945-; MCGUINTY, Dalton, 1955-; CHRETIEN, Jean, 1934-; CHAREST, Jean, 1958-; MARTIN, Paul, 1938-
    • Abstract:
      This article contrasts the relationship between Ontario and the federal government under former premier Mike Harris, with the more positive approach promised by new premier Dalton McGuinty. Clashes with Mike Harris marked low points in Chrétien's relationship with the provinces. Previous Ontario premiers had positioned the most populous province as the conciliatory linchpin of Confederation. But Harris's Tories often sounded more like, say, Albertans or Quebecers. In March 2000, Chrétien lashed out at Harris for the Ontario government's "partisan and misleading" ads attacking Ottawa's funding squeeze. Dalton McGuinty, the new Ontario premier, has signalled he plans to play nice. Paul Martin will also have the federalist Jean Charest to bargain with in Quebec, whereas Chrétien had to square off for most of his tenure against the separatists Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.