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SELF-CONGRATULATORY RHETORIC, DEFICIT WON’T HELP UNEMPLOYED, STRUGGLING BUSINESSES
Sudden deficit due to incompetence, inaction or misleading numbers?
(Queen’s Park) - Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader John Tory today said the McGuinty Liberals failed to provide Ontarians with any real help in their Fall Economic Statement. “Dalton McGuinty should be ashamed of himself. He had an opportunity when times were good to make Ontario more competitive. What today's statement shows is that he is a poor steward of the public purse,” said Tory. “Working families and seniors struggling to get by in Ontario will get no relief from today’s update. There is not one initiative in this statement that will help a person who lost a job or help a business being crushed by high taxes and excessive red tape.”
Helping to raise funds for China earthquake relief
(Markham, ON) Alex Yuan, John Tory and MPP Peter Shurman help to raise funds, with an on stage performance, for quake relief in China at the Pacific Mall in Markham, Ontario. A total of $150,000 dollars was raised, which will be matched by a donation from the Federal Government.
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McGuinty Liberal Budget has Ontario's economy hurtling down the wrong track
(Toronto, ON) Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader John Tory today said that Dalton McGuinty’s fifth budget is a missed opportunity, as it provides no relief from the high taxing, heavy regulating policies that have Ontario’s economy speeding down the wrong track.
Budget Highlights
Dalton McGuinty's 2008 Wrong Track Budget
• This Budget projects revenues of $96.9 billion up 41% or $28 billion since 2003.
• This Budget projects program spending of $87.3 billion up 48% or $28.2 billion.
• Revenue for 2007-08 is up $5.1 billion from the 2007 Budget and program spending is up nearly $5 billion or 10% relative to the 2007 Budget plan.
