Hudak To McGuinty – Cut The “Vapid Rhetoric” And Give Us Some Action
(Niagara At Large is posting the following February 22 release from the office of Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak for our readers information.)
Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak
“What Ontarians don’t want are the same old tired talking points…”
– Dalton McGuinty on the opposition parties, The National Post, February 21, 2012
HUDAK: ONTARIANS NEED ACTION – NOT TALKING POINTS
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario has racked up $302.4 million in new debt and, based on current trends, will have lost another 1,800 full-time jobs in the week since the Drummond report’s release – yet all Ontarians have heard is more vapid rhetoric from their Premier, Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak charged today.
Tuesday’s return of the Legislature was a chance for Dalton McGuinty to explain how he plans to act after months of dithering in the face of a mounting crisis,” Hudak said. “And what did we get from the Premier? Talking points.”
“I want to take the opportunity to thank Don Drummond and the other commissioners for the important work that they have done.”
“I believe we can in fact achieve that destination by working together…”
“Our shared responsibility now is to debate the best way for us to move forward together.”
“We look forward to hearing from Ontarians.”
“All those opportunities will, I’m sure, provide us with even better advice with respect to the best way to move forward, and we look forward to doing that.”
“Our responsibility at this point in time is to continue to listen… We’re on track to doing that and will continue to do that.”
“There are all kinds of stakeholders present but not so many when it comes to representing the future.”
“But again, it’s all about making choices, choices informed by our values.”
Hudak said that at a minimum, Dalton McGuinty must explain how he will compensate for the single recommendation he has rejected – terminating the $1.5 billion full-day kindergarten program – and still achieve Drummond’s overall balanced budget schedule.
“Ontarians are looking to Queen’s Park for leadership and for a plan,” Hudak said. “They want an end to tinkering and ad-hockery when it comes to managing the size and cost of government and the state of our economy.”
Hudak pledged to continue tabling ideas for turningOntarioaround and restoring hope: “A legislated public sector wage freeze, for example, that would net $2 billion in savings and offset the cost of full-day kindergarten is just one of them.
“Above all, Ontarians shouldn’t be misled that it took a Don Drummond for the Liberals to wake up to their spending crisis. They are the government – they have known it all along.”
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“Public sector wage freeze” indeed? How about the golden pot wage freeze for MPPs and pencil pushers in Ontario Government? Good leaders lead by example while dictators lead by stature law.
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Why do the 99 have to take all the cuts? Let’s share the pain. Increase taxes for those who make over $500,000 a year. Put a tax on shadow/casino banking (Financial Transaction Tax). Increase corporate taxes. Taxes are the price of civilization. Let’s share the pain.
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All MPPs including HUDAK approved a 31% wage increase for themselves not too long ago – How about cancelling that and repay all that they took from it – then change the pension plans to reflect what the ordinary JOE has for a pension plan. Hell will freeze over before anything like this will Happen !!!
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For the past eight years the Dalton Gang has put new taxes on just about everything,ie Health Tax, the integrated HST tax, the parking meter tax, that guy has not seen a tax he does’nt like, all the while, he squandered billions with nothing to show for it, Ontario is now a have not Province, once we were the primary engine for the whole of Canada, the final outrage was the Gestapo behavior by police in Toronto for the G20 summit. the mostly peaceful protestors maced and clubbed and subjected to barbaric arrests, even in so called safe zones, the cops went looking for people to brutilize nobody was safe , shoppers, people who lived downtown,even people that had prosthetic limbs, Joan and John Doe is supposed to bail out this outrage of a government while the 1% get off scott free!! somebody should be held accountable.
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Is Hudak the best the PC’s have?
Before the winter break, daily he went on and on about a public sector wage freeze, yet people (not in the public sector) pointed out how it would cost more in the end.
I’m still interested in knowing how he was planning on funding his ‘Hudak Highway’!?
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