during the 1985 provincial election, garnsworthy accused davis of changing the province's education system in the same manner as adolf hitler in 1930s germany. he declined to withdraw the analogy, saying "this is how hitler changed education in germany, by exactly the same process, by decree. i won't take that back." (he later clarified that he was not comparing davis with hitler in a more general sense.) frank miller, who had by this time succeeded davis as premier and was continuing his funding policy, described the comment as "odious" and "totally unfounded."