QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released its report on the economic and fiscal outlook of Ontario. The report concludes that there is a substantial risk that the Liberal Government will not balance the province’s books by 2017-18. “The Financial Accountability Officer confirmed what the Ontario PC Caucus has been saying […]
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(QUEEN’S PARK) – With the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing determined to usher in a massive tax grab on new home sales, Ontario PC Deputy Leader and Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark continued his efforts to give would-be home buyers a break. A day after tabling his Private Members Motion against the Municipal Land Transfer […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod’s motion requesting the Auditor General to review millions in payouts made to teachers’ unions from 2008 to the current year has been passed. “With a sum of money this large going undocumented to public-sector unions who ran attack ads – it doesn’t look good,” MacLeod said last week […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, PC Critic for Environment and Cap and Trade Lisa Thompson commented on the Environmental Commissioner’s annual report, slamming the Liberals for continuing to practice photo-op environmentalism. “The Environmental Commissioner’s report has once again confirmed what we in the PC Party have been saying: that the Liberal Government is in it for […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario PC Deputy Leader and MPP for Leeds-Grenville Steve Clark is calling on MPPs to take a stand against the Wynne government’s plans to pave the way for a massive tax grab on the province’s home buyers. Today, Clark tabled the following motion: In the opinion of this House, the Government of […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown called on Finance Minister Sousa to tell Ontarians which taxes he will raise to replace the revenue lost through the fire sale of Hydro One. Hydro One generates over $700 million annually in revenue for the province. “The Hydro One fire sale is a […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today MPP Julia Munro, PC Critic for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), asked the government why it’s still spending money preparing the job-killing ORPP payroll tax when the new federal government has promised to enhance the CPP instead. “The ORPP will remove 3.8% from Ontario’s economy and an enhanced CPP could […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today during Question Period, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown questioned Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli over why the Liberal Government is proceeding with the fire sale of Hydro One despite increasing evidence that it is a bad deal for Ontario. “Not only did the Financial Accountability Officer raise concerns about future […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown outlined his Private Member’s Bill, the Estate Administration Tax Abolition Act, which will provide much-needed tax relief through the elimination of the Estate Administration Tax in Ontario. The Estate Administration Tax – also known as the death tax – is imposed on the […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – November 1st represents another unaffordable hydro increase for Ontarians as a result of the Liberal Government’s failed electricity policies. Beginning today, on-peak hydro rates have increased 8.7 per cent, meaning that the average customer will pay approximately 53 dollars more each year. This is on top of the 68 dollar increase ratepayers […]
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