Ontario Families Pay $1,000,000,000 to Doug Ford’s Buddies

A News Commentary from the Liberal Party of Ontario

Posted September 6^th, 2024 on Niagara At Large

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie

TORONTO, ONTARIO — Today, Doug Ford locked in his $1,000,000,000 government hand-out to multinational brewers, big grocers, and international convenience store chains.

“There is no reason for the cost of convenience to be $1 billion. Doug Ford’s buddies have made a killing off his latest giveaway at the expense of Ontario families.” — Bonnie Crombie, Leader of Ontario’s Liberals

Ontario’s agreement with the multinational brewers was set to expire in just a short few months, at which point alcohol could have been made available in corner stores for free, without taxpayers paying $1 billion to wealthy corporations and Conservative insiders.

For that same investment, the government could:

• Hire 13,260 new nurses or 10,500 teachers
• Build a brand-new hospital
• Build 7,875 affordable housing units
• Double funding for school repairs
• Cut the small business tax rate in half for two years
• Make homes more affordable by delivering a 25% rebate on Development Charges for a year
• Reinstate GO train service between Toronto and London
• Deliver two-way all-day GO service between Toronto and Niagara Falls
• Widen the rest of Highway 69 in northern Ontario
• Boost wages for 147,000 PSWs to $25 / hour
• Provide 300,000 Ontarians with a 50% rebate for installing heat pumps
• Install 7,000 fast, public EV chargers for Ontario drivers

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