October 30th, 2024
October 30th, 2024
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, said that Ontarians aren’t getting what they paid for in the Fall Economic statement:
“People deserve a government that puts their tax dollars to work and spends it responsibly to make life easier.
With Doug Ford, you’re not getting what you paid for.
After more than six years of his costly schemes and scandals, people are feeling stuck. Instead of reclaiming our place as the economic engine of Canada, Ontario has become a have-not province, receiving more in equalization payments year over year.
Today’s fiscal update was an opportunity for this government to make the right choices to ease the cost of living. Instead, all Ford has to offer are stale ideas and empty promises.
It’s time for a government and a Premier that gets the basics right and lives up to the promise of our province.
New Democrats will choose the people of Ontario: we will build homes, hire doctors, fix schools, and make life more affordable.”
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MPP Catherine Fife, NDP Finance critic
“Doug Ford is out of touch with Ontarians. Today’s fall economic statement barely mentions the cost of living, offers no new money for hospitals and schools, and exposes Ontario as a have-not province, receiving equalization payments to keep institutions afloat. Ontario deserves more than beer promises, bribes and a balance sheet that fails to meet the needs of Ontarians.”
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