St. Catharines Standard – October 20, 2010
‘Premier Dad’ label getting to McGuinty
By Christina Blizzard

You’re never quite sure what Premier Dad McGuinty will ban next. He has odd priorities. His government has banned weed killers, pit bulls, flavoured cigars and introduced antismoking legislation so restrictive that pensioners freeze to death outside old folks’ homes trying to have a smoke. Premier Dad tried to ban the Lord’s Prayer in the legislature – yet he caved on the mixed martial arts and online gambling. Now fighters can thump each other on the head with impunity and can soon gamble the family’s life savings on the Internet. But they cracked down on what food you can serve at those wicked church potlucks.

This is the same government that proposed a sex education curriculum that would have eight-year-olds discussing penises and vulvas – while at the same time checking those kids’ lunch boxes to make sure they weren’t drinking too much chocolate milk. It was Premier Dad who suggested it might be a good idea to allow cellphones in the classroom. Meanwhile, the government tried to ban young drivers from giving their friends lifts in their cars.

But the Double Down?

Look, the KFC sandwich certainly sounds defibrillatingly good. It’s a heartstopping 540 calories, 32 grams of fat and 1,380 mgs of sodium. Two pieces of chicken. Two slices of bacon. Two slices of cheese. Mmm. Mmm. Perhaps the government should ban anything with that delicious-yet-deadly combination of bacon and cheese. How about that great Scottish delicacy, the deep-fried Mars Bar? Waaaay too delicious for us. Gone, in Premier Dad’s Ontario. What’s next? Banana splits?

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