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To paraphrase the great Jim Croce song, You Don’t Mess Around With Jim:

You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger and you don’t mess around with Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk.

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Mandated by law to comment on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s pre-election budget of March 27 as we head toward the June 7 vote, Lysyk said Wednesday its financial numbers are “not reasonable.”

That’s a huge political blow for Wynne.

While Lysyk’s verdict was expected, given that she has been feuding with Wynne and Finance Minister Charles Sousa for months about the true state of Ontario’s finances, Lysyk has now officially said the numbers can’t be trusted just six weeks before the election.

Lysyk said Wynne’s budget underestimates government deficits for the next three years by $16.6 billion, or 84 per cent, for two reasons.

First, it fails to reflect the true cost of its scheme to temporarily reduce electricity rates, known as the Fair Hydro Plan.