Premier Kathleen Wynne and other Liberals are being warned by the Tories to “sharpen their memories” and stay away from shredders when they testify for a second time before a legislative committee probing the gas plants scandal.

These harsh words are contained in a dissent by the Progressive Conservatives attached to an interim report from the justice committee reviewing the Liberal government’s decision to scrap gas plants in Mississauga and Oakville at a cost to taxpayers of at least $585 million.

Both the Liberals and Tories submitted dissenting opinions after they could not agree on the 80-page report’s contents.

The Tories said in their dissent that they will insist Wynne, former premier Dalton McGuinty, former energy ministers Brad Duguid and Chris Bentley and others be recalled, suggesting their initial testimony was less than truthful.

“It is strongly advised that these witnesses sharpen their memories, get their facts straights and not destroy any documents” or risk being held in contempt of Parliament,” the Tory members of the committee stated in the report, that was made public Wednesday.

The Liberals’ dissent is, for the most part, a compilation of quotes from various witnesses that support the minority government position that it was right to scrap the plants and relocate them despite skyrocketing costs.

“This dissenting report arises because both opposition parties shut down the committee’s discussion about the report,” the Liberal committee members stated.

Tory Leader Tim Hudak and his caucus are not about to let the gas plant debacle fade away, insisting the plants were scrapped to salvage five Liberal MPPs’ seats.

“The committee’s investigation into the Liberal government’s gas plant scandal has shown the depths that the McGuinty-Wynne Liberals were willing to go to save Liberal seats in the 2011 election and put the political interests of their friends and that of the Liberal Party of Ontario ahead of the people and the province of Ontario,” the Tories stated.

Even though Wynne, who inherited the controversial issue from her predecessor, apologized earlier this month for the gas plants fiasco, it is an apology that neither the Tories nor the New Democrats are accepting.

“The testimony of both Premier Wynne and that of former premier McGuinty was unapologetic for its political crassness and contradicted experts and public service professionals whose testimony was far more believable,” the Tories’ concluded in their report.

“The cover-up of this scandal runs deep within the McGuinty-Wynne government.”

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