OPG among companies underwater on $80M in ineligible expenses including scuba equipment The Ontario PCs are calling on the OPP to investigate the $260 million in ineligible expenses claimed by power plants including the publicly owned Ontario Power Generation (OPG). $80 million remains unpaid and the Liberals have said they will not make any effort to recover the money […]
Read moreLast week, Ontario’s Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk released her office’s 2017 annual report. Throughout the course of the evidenced-based independent audit, the Auditor General recommends a number of changes to government policy in Ontario. Many of these recommendations are contained within the Ontario PC’s People’s Guarantee. Auditor General’s Report People’s Guarantee Pg 778: Government Advertising […]
Read moreWynne Liberals let wealthy insider executives expense raccoon traps and scuba gear on Ontario hydro bills QUEEN’S PARK – In the wake of a scathing Auditor General’s report, this morning, the Ontario PCs called on the Wynne Liberals to reimburse Ontario ratepayers for nearly $80 million in inappropriate expenses reflected on Ontarians’ hydro bills. “What […]
Read moreStatement from Ontario PC Treasury Board critic Lisa MacLeod on the release of the 2017 Auditor General Report: “There is a culture of waste at Queen’s Park that has festered under Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals for 14 years. This has crowded out the key government services everyone depends on, and left Ontario families working […]
Read moreThis morning, the Wynne Liberals rolled out another “stretch goal” auto insurance announcement in the lead up to the 2018 election. “If there’s one certainty here at Queen’s Park it’s this – this Liberal government has broken every promise it’s ever made on auto insurance,” said Ontario PC Finance critic Vic Fedeli during Question […]
Read moreRob Coulbeck, VP of Goreway Power Station, was the co-chair of Market Renewal Working Group, which Liberals say will clean up electricity system The VP of a power generating company that gamed ratepayers for $100M was appointed by the Liberal government to lead a task force responsible for preventing further abuses of the system. Rob Coulbeck, […]
Read moreNiagara West-Glanbrook MPP Sam Oosterhoff has become the newest Progressive Conservative member of the Standing Committee on General Government, in a change that took place this week. “Sam has been an invaluable member of the Ontario PC team since his election a year ago. His energy and commitment will be a welcome addition to the […]
Read moreThis morning, Sudbury MPP and Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault came under fire during Question Period for misleading statements to the media about the recently released Ontario PC platform, the People’s Guarantee. When asked about Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown’s weekend announcement in Sudbury that an Ontario PC government would reverse the Wynne Liberals fuel […]
Read moreKathleen Wynne was frantically calling Queen’s Park reporters from China this week to attack Patrick Brown and the Ontario PC’s People’s Guarantee. Wynne referenced a C.D. Howe study in making her case that the PC plan is more expensive and will do less to reduce emissions than her government’s cap-and-trade plan. The only problem with […]
Read morePatrick Brown and the Ontario PCs will reverse the 148% aviation fuel tax increase on Northern airports Today Patrick Brown, Ontario PC Leader, announced his plan to reverse the 148% aviation fuel tax for all Northern airports – large and small – brought in by Kathleen Wynne and the Liberal government. “The Wynne Liberals’ irresponsible […]
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