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Article: United States : McGuinty defends $81M Windsor Energy Centre.
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- October 31, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
Premier Dalton McGuinty is defending an untendered, $81-million contract for an energy centre built to power a casino in Windsor.
Premier Dalton McGuinty, centre, flanked by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, left, and MPP Bruce Crozier in Windsor, Ont., on Friday. (Katie Augustin/CBC)
He says his government took the right steps when awarding the contract for the Windsor Energy Centre "under the circumstances," because it had to keep the lights on at Caesars Windsor.
McGuinty says he's ended the practice of giving out contracts without competitive bids and that handing a sole-sourced deal to a consulting firm to operate ...