News from the Office of Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
Queen’s Park, July 14th, 2014 – The Liberals today re-introduced a Trojan Horse Budget that will sneak in massive public asset sales, leave families paying higher bills, while opening up new loopholes for CEOs. Ontarians voted against austerity, but Bloomberg News says this budget foretells the “biggest cuts since [Mike] Harris.”
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath slams Liberal budget
“Reading this budget feels like Groundhog Day. The Liberals have introduced a Trojan Horse budget that sneaks in all sorts of nasty surprises for families,” said Andrea Horwath, Leader of Ontario’s New Democrats. “The Liberal budget leaves families falling behind. It opens new loopholes for CEOs and opens up Ontarians to the deepest cuts since Mike Harris.”
Statistics Canada announced that last month 34,000 Ontarians lost a job, and manufacturing employment hit its lowest point since 1976. In spite of the ongoing failure of the Liberal plan, the budget is the same document the Liberals introduced in May, and does nothing to address the province’s jobs crisis. The budget commits $2.5 billion to the same old corporate tax handouts that have failed to create jobs.
“The Liberals insist their plan is progressive, but the Minister himself is saying he’s looking for new cuts and plans to put public assets on the auction block,” continued Horwath. “Ontarians voted against austerity. Scratch the surface of this Trojan Horse plan and you’ll find a plan that leaves Bay Street better off but leaves folks on Main Street out of work and out of pocket.”
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