Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday it was his decision to close gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga, which he testified were too close to schools and homes.
Speaking before the legislature's justice committee, McGuinty said he only knew the full cost of cancelling the Mississauga plant when it was made public by the auditor general on April 15.
Relocating the Mississauga plant was originally tipped to cost $195 million, but the auditor general later determined it cost more than $275 million.
Last week, it emerged that the cost of moving the Oakville plant has jumped from estimates of $40 million to more than $300 million.
Progressive Conservative MPP Vic Fedeli grilled McGuinty about when he knew the full cost of cancelling both plants.
"When did you know the cost of Mississauga was more than $190 million and more than $40 million for Oakville?" Fedeli asked
"We found out about these numbers when they were made public by the OPA [Ontario Power Authority] and by the auditor," said McGuinty.
McGuinty also said he took responsibility for relocating the plants, which he said was the right thing to do because of their proximity to schools and residences.
"We got 17 gas plants more or less right, but we got two very, very wrong," he said.
Fedeli pointed to a memorandum of understanding that suggested government officials knew the full cost of cancelling the plants was much higher than what the government was saying publicly.
"I don't believe your answer," said Fedeli.
In his questions, NDP MPP Peter Tabuns suggested the decision to relocate the plants had more to do with preserving Liberal seats in ridings where the gas plants were due to be located. The plants were cancelled a year apart, the Mississauga decision occurred just days ahead of the 2011 provincial election.
"There was a strong sense that my government had made a mistake in choosing those locations," said McGuinty.
McGuinty admitted he should have cancelled the Mississauga plant sooner.
McGuinty had blamed the heated debate over the gas plant cancellations last fall when he suddenly prorogued the legislature and announced his resignation as premier.
Both opposition parties say Premier Kathleen Wynne wasn't as forthcoming as she could have been when she testified about the gas plants last week.
Wynne has said she was not involved in the government's decision to scrap either plant.
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