Say it ain't so, Premier

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty popped a few childhood fantasies this morning during a stop at Ottawa's children's hospital, where he opened a new blood screening lab for newborn babies.

"When you get older, first they take Santa Claus away, they take the tooth fairy away from you, they take the Easter Bunny away from you. The only real magic left in life is a brand new baby," McGuinty told a crowd of hospital workers - and one 5-year-old girl.

Here's hoping she had adopted that adult technique of tuning out politicians.

After that announcement, we'll see what McGuinty gets in his stocking this Christmas.

The Premier also quipped about the experience of growing up in a family with nine brothers and sisters.

"It seemed that most of my friends would get a puppy as a gift. I would get a sibling," he said.