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ontThanks to everyone who joined us on the webinar this evening, especially Kenora-Rainy River PLA President and past candidate Anthony Leek! Stay tuned for Thursday night's webinar with Indira Naidoo-Harris on building successful mini-campaigns!Tue 4:56 pm | Ontario,- ontTue 1:46 pm | Ontario,
- ontMake sure to follow the Wellington-Halton Hills Provincial Liberal Association on their new Facebook page!Tue 12:53 pm | Ontario,
- ontEarly registration fees for the 2012 Ontario Liberal Party Provincial Council in beautiful Sudbury, Ontario end June 8! Register today on fRed.ca to save on your registration costs for this exciting Liberal weekend! Click here to register: http://fred.ca/EventsRegistration.aspx?id=129Tue 8:59 am | Ontario,
- ontJoin us tonight to learn how to maximize your use of your PLA website and your riding association’s presence online. Join Anthony Leek, President of the Kenora-Rainy River Provincial Liberal riding association, as he discusses how a PLA website has helped raise the profile of the local Liberal team. REGISTER on fred.ca to attend! http://fred.ca/Events.aspx?id=143 To register, login to fred.ca. If you do not already have an account, create one. Once logged in, visit the 'Training' section of the website and select 'view more'. Click on 'Register Now' and fill out your information to receive an email prompt prior to the webinar.Tue 6:54 am | Ontario,
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- ontJoin Adam Exton of the celebrated Barrie Young Liberals and famed youth blogger Joseph Uranowski as they discuss how they utilize social media to move the engagement they achieve online to offline activism in their communities. REGISTER on fred.ca to attend! http://fred.ca/Events.aspx?id=135 To register, login to fred.ca. If you do not already have an account, create one. Once logged in, visit the 'Training' section of the website and select 'view more'. Click on 'Register Now' and fill out your information to receive an email prompt prior to the webinar.May 14, 2012 12:47 pm | Ontario,
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- ontApproximately 1.5 million Ontarians aged 16 years and over do not have a valid driver's licence - this ID card offers an alternative.May 14, 2012 9:44 am | Ontario,
- ontOur economy is making steady progress as more Ontarians moved from part-time to full-time work last month. But there's more work to do, so we're creating a Jobs and Prosperity Council to advise the government on job creation and productivity. In April, Ontario continued to lead Canada in job creation, accounting for more than half the full-time jobs created across the country. The job numbers also gave a clear sign that the global and U.S. economy are not out of the woods and that there may be challenging times ahead. So we've appointed Gordon Nixon, President and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada, to lead the Jobs and Prosperity Council, which will include leaders from business, labour, academia, government and non-governmental organizations. They'll generate ideas to boost Ontario's long-term productivity and competitiveness — and report directly to Premier McGuinty — so we can encourage home-grown success stories and attract more foreign investment. The Hudak PCs are refusing to work with anyone on job creation — they didn't offer a single idea to help strengthen the Budget. The Horwath NDP would put up protectionist walls around Ontario instead of trading with the world to create prosperity at home. The Hudak PCs' only focus is on positioning themselves for the next election — they're playing political games while Ontarians work together to create jobs. The Horwath NDP doesn't understand how the economy works or how jobs are created in the 21st century. Ontario Liberals are bringing people together to embrace the economic challenges before us. And only Ontario Liberals have a plan for delivering strong action that will grow the economy and create jobs so we can invest in quality health care and good schools.May 14, 2012 8:17 am | Ontario,
- ontStrong Action To Strengthen Health Care As part of our plan to achieve a real wage freeze for doctors, we're taking strong action on pay for doctors and investing the savings in frontline care — such as more home care for seniors and families. Working together with doctors, we've improved access to care — 93 per cent of Ontarians now have access to a family doctor and Ontario has the shortest wait times in Canada. Ontario doctors are now the highest–paid in Canada. The average doctor in Ontario bills $385,000 — 75 per cent more than in 2003. Many specialists bill twice that amount and over 400 Ontario doctors now earn more than $1 million a year. Many doctors are earning more today because medical advances make many procedures quicker and easier to perform — yet fees have stayed the same. With health care dollars stretched, we need to ensure Ontario's health care system benefits from these efficiencies, so we're making 37 Ontario Health Insurance Plan changes that affect 300 different fees paid to specialist doctors, saving $338.3 million this year. These savings can be invested in frontline care including more community care nurses and expanded home care services for 90,000 seniors — so people can be cared for at home, where they want to be, instead of in hospital, which is the most expensive way to deliver care. As Health Minister Deb Matthews said today: " I'm choosing expanded home care over higher doctors' pay. I'm choosing patients over pay raises." The Hudak PCs have no plan for modernizing health care — the last time they were in government they simply closed hospitals and fired doctors and nurses. The Horwath NDP won't say where they stand on a real wage freeze for doctors or for public servants — they're just not ready to make decisions to limit growth in spending. The Hudak PCs would cut recklessly and put universal public health care at risk. The Horwath NDP would do nothing and allow spending to grow, making public health care unsustainable for the future. Ontario Liberals have an Action Plan for Health Care that will allow us to meet the needs of an aging population by delivering high quality care at a lower cost. And only Ontario Liberals will ensure that universal public health care will be there for our children and grandchildren.May 07, 2012 2:16 pm | Ontario,
- ontCheck out the Premier's recent blog post where he shared his musical interests: "One of the questions I am often asked when I talk to students is “do you play a musical instrument?” The answer is no. My sons do, and they even started a band, but they must have inherited that talent from Terri. Although I don’t often make music — unless singing in the shower counts (Terri says in my case it doesn’t) — I do enjoy listening to it. So I thought I’d share some of my favourites — including seven tracks from Canadian acts (five of which are from Ontario). Hope you enjoy!"May 07, 2012 7:16 am | Ontario,
- ont"Ontario’s economy grew faster than expected in 2011 and the main source of that growth was in metal ore mining and exploration activity." - Rick BartolucciMay 01, 2012 2:10 pm | Ontario,
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- ontThe Southwestern Regional Meeting for the Ontario Liberal Party is tomorrow in St. Jacobs! Join Ontario Liberals from across your region as we meet to chart a path forward, together to our next electoral success. Through educational workshops designed to enhance fundraising, membership and communications, we will strengthen our riding associations across the province. Strong riding associations are essential to electoral success and with a minority government, election preparation starts NOW. The registration fee for the regional session is $15 person or FREE if you are an ABC member. The registration fee can be paid by cash or cheque at the meeting. Southwestern region consists of the following ridings: Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Cambridge Chatham-Kent-Essex Elgin-Middlesex-London Essex Guelph Huron-Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener-Conestoga Kitchener-Waterloo Lambton-Kent-Middlesex London North Centre London West London-Fanshawe Oxford Perth Wellington Sarnia Lambton Wellington-Halton Hills Windsor West Windsor-Tecumseh We hope to see you there!Apr 27, 2012 2:06 pm | Ontario,
- ontThe Brighton Regional Meeting for the Ontario Liberal Party is tomorrow! Join Ontario Liberals from across your region as we meet to chart a path forward, together to our next electoral success. Through educational workshops designed to enhance fundraising, membership and communications, we will strengthen our riding associations across the province. Strong riding associations are essential to electoral success and with a minority government, election preparation starts NOW. The registration fee for the regional session is $15 person or FREE if you are an ABC member. The registration fee can be paid by cash or cheque at the meeting. Eastern region consists of the following ridings: Carleton-Mississippi Mills Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Kingston and the Islands Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Leeds-Grenville Nepean-Carleton Northumberland-Quinte West Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa Vanier Ottawa-Orleans Ottawa-West Nepean Peterborough Prince Edward-Hastings Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Please join us!Apr 27, 2012 2:05 pm | Ontario,
- ontThe Ontario economy grew faster in 2011 than projected according to Statistics Canada. Here's what you need to know: Ontario's economy is gaining positive momentum. The Budget estimated economic growth at 1.8 per cent in 2011. A StatsCan report released today shows we grew faster than that, at two per cent. Businesses remain confident in our province — investment in plants and machinery rose almost 17 per cent in 2011. Ontario is now a North American leader in job creation, outpacing other regions of Canada and the United States — last month Ontario created 46,000 new full-time jobs. More than half the new jobs in Canada last month were created right here in Ontario. Unemployment, now down to 7.4 per cent, is at the lowest level in three years. Our plan is working, and our Budget — Strong Action for Ontario —will keep pushing this momentum. But the Hudak PCs were ready to throw it out even before they read it. Tim Hudak has been AWOL, Absent Without Leadership, abandoning Ontarians from the get-go. The Horwath NDP continues to call for higher spending — and won't say where they stand on a public-sector wage freeze. Only Ontario Liberals have a plan to keep the economic recovery on track by taking strong action to balance the Budget by 2017-18 and continue to create good jobs for families. A vibrant economy will allow us to protect the gains we've made in services that matter most to Ontarians, health and education.Apr 27, 2012 11:38 am | Ontario,
- ontOntarians agree Tim Hudak still isn’t up to the job Ontarians agree PC leader Tim Hudak is AWOL, absent without leadership, proving once again he still isn't up to the job. The PCs have no plan other than to oppose, rejecting the budget before reading it and refusing to offer a single suggestion for improvement: “The only one who has failed the voters in all of this is Conservative leader Tim Hudak…He offered no solutions for solving Ontario’s economic problems. Not even constructive criticism was on his agenda…If Hudak can’t be an effective party leader and move forward, perhaps he should step down.” (Windsor Star editorial, April 25, 2012) ““Tim's position has left him out of being any relevant part of news for weeks…" confided one PC insider.” (Toronto Star, April 25, 2012) “Hudak’s budget strategy is the most difficult to figure out…it’s also left Hudak on the outside looking in on this budget process…” (Barrie Examiner, April 25, 2012) “Hudak could have exerted real power. Instead, today, he’s carping from the sidelines.” (Kingston Whig-Standard, April 25, 2012) “The downside of the budget exercise is the clear, non-cooperative position taken by Tim Hudak…they spent several weeks on the outside, noses pressed to the glass…Hudak, though, really must get past knee-jerk ideology and take a seat at the table, lest he be completely left behind.” (Hamilton Spectator, April 25, 2012) “[Hudak] was out of the equation.” (Brantford Expositor, April 25, 2012) “The Conservative strategy [was] disengagement, which even some senior Tories are now questioning…” (Toronto Star, April 24, 2012) “Left fuming on the sidelines was Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak.” (Sault Star, April 24, 2012) “Hudak…never got the memo.” (Toronto Star, April 24, 2012) “Conservatives, meanwhile, excluded themselves…choosing instead to oppose the budget bill from the outset.” (Postmedia News, April 24, 2012) “Standing aside from all this is PC leader Tim Hudak, who shunted himself out…Some have suggested Mr. Hudak miscalculated” (National Post, April 24, 2012) “Tim Hudak, the Tory leader with a one-word vocabulary - "No!" - will be left looking as foolish and irrelevant as he has since the election last October.” (Guelph Mercury, April 23, 2012) “Tory Leader Tim Hudak is the odd man out. Despite winning more than twice as many seats as Horwath, he dealt himself out of the budget negotiations by rejecting it out of hand.” (Hamilton Spectator, April 23, 2012) “Tory boss Tim Hudak has already said no, unwisely taking himself and his party out of the budget equation.” (Barrie Examiner, April 21, 2012) “The Conservatives had already decided to vote against the budget. That was before it was presented.” (Brian Bourke, Waterloo Chronicle, April 18, 2012) “Mr. Hudak signalled even before this spring’s budget was tabled that he planned to oppose it outright. That's both marginalized him and reinforced impressions that he's a caricature of an opposition politician.” (Globe & Mail, April 20, 2012) “PC leader Tim Hudak should have offered some suggestions of his own for how the budget might have been improved in order to draw his party's support. That didn't happen.” (Blue Mountains Courier Herald editorial, April 19, 2012) “The Conservatives rejected the budget before even seeing it - an outrageously irresponsible act even by leader Tim Hudak's standards.” (Windsor Star editorial, April 14, 2012)Apr 25, 2012 8:19 am | Ontario,
- ontThe 2012 Ontario Budget has passed a crucial vote today because Ontario Liberals showed the leadership needed to make a minority Legislature work for Ontarians. We delivered a strong action Budget that eliminates the deficit by 2017-18 while protecting health care and education. We were open to ideas from the opposition to make the Budget stronger and to avoid an expensive, unnecessary election. Since the PCs, right off the bat, chose to take their ball and go home, we worked hard and negotiated with the NDP so we can keep economic growth on track — there were over 46,000 net new jobs last month after more than 121,000 new jobs in 2011. It took some effort to pare down a long list of NDP spending demands that would have added to the deficit. But we forged an agreement that accelerates our plan to balance the budget. We found funding within our budget for the child care sector and are providing $20 million in transition funding for northern and rural hospitals. We cut the price the government pays for the most popular generic drugs and we'll use that money to support the most vulnerable, raising Ontario Disability Support Payments and Ontario Works benefits by one per cent. Since the NDP insisted on a tax on the rich, we found a way to make it work in the best interests of everyone. We agreed to the NDP's surtax on those making more than $500,000, but every dollar raised goes towards the deficit — and it will be eliminated when the budget is balanced. Ontarians expect us to work together — and Premier McGuinty and our Ontario Liberal caucus delivered. While all this work was going on, the Tim Hudak PCs were #AWOL — Absent Without Leadership. They were busy nominating candidates for an election no one wanted. They were ringing the bells at Queen's Park and obstructing the work of the Legislature. They made themselves irrelevant and let Ontarians down. The Horwath NDP continue to call for higher spending — and won't say where they stand on a public-sector wage freeze. Ontario Liberals are showing the leadership to make government work in the best interests of Ontarians. And only Ontario Liberals have a plan to balance the budget by 2017-18 while protecting health care and education.Apr 25, 2012 6:40 am | Ontario,
- ontYesterday, Premier Dalton McGuinty met with NDP leader Andrea Horwath and reached an agreement that would make the Budget better while accelerating our plan to reduce the deficit. Wealthy Ontarians who make more than half a million dollars a year would be asked to pay a two percentage point NDP surtax. All of the new revenue generated would go directly toward deficit reduction so that we can grow the economy, create jobs and support better schools and health care for all of us. The NDP surtax would be effective July 1, 2012 and will be eliminated when we balance the budget in five years. The Budget will include a $20-million transition fund to help Northern and rural hospitals become more efficient for patients. Funding for this would come from savings now built into the Budget. It will also include a one per cent increase to Ontario Works rates. This adds to other improvements to the Budget, which include: More funding for child care — which will come from within the Ministry of Education's existing budget — to help families get a seamless transition to full-day kindergarten. Further reducing the price the government pays for the most popular generic drugs. Raising funding for the Ontario Disability Support Program by one per cent. Merging the Independent Electricity Systems Operator and the Ontario Power Authority, saving ratepayers $25 million a year. Proposing an extension to the base pay freeze for executives at Ontario's hospitals, colleges, universities, and school boards for another two years. The vote on the Budget will take place tomorrow. While Ontario Liberals have worked hard to find common ground with the Horwath NDP to pass the Budget, the Hudak PCs abandoned Ontarians from the get-go. They said they would vote against the Budget before they even read it. The NDP surtax will help us balance the books sooner, and grow our economy. That's good for all Ontarians because we need a strong economy in order to protect what matters most to families — health care and education.Apr 24, 2012 6:37 am | Ontario,
- ontToday, as part of ongoing discussions with the Horwath NDP, Ontario Liberals took further steps to improve the Budget by enhancing two areas: child care and the Ontario Disability Support Program. The money for those enhancements will be found within the existing fiscal plan. Here's what you need to know: * To ensure that the child care sector remains strong and can help families make a seamless transition to full-day kindergarten, we'll provide additional funding to the child care sector. That funding is found within the Ministry of Education's existing budget. * We'll further cut the price the government pays for the most popular generic drugs, generating enough savings to raise Ontario Disability Support Payments by one per cent. * Over the weekend, we'll continue to analyze how else we may be able to work together to make the Budget stronger. * The Premier has asked for a meeting with NDP leader Andrea Horwath and has requested that she come prepared, on behalf of her party and caucus, to reach an agreement to pass the Budget. * The Budget plan presented to Ontarians included ideas advanced by both opposition parties. The Hudak PCs abandoned Ontarians from the outset. They decided to vote against the Budget before they even read it, risking an unnecessary and expensive election. * The Horwath NDP have shown a willingness to work across party lines to pass the Budget. We've been working hard with the NDP to better understand their proposals. Since the beginning of those discussions, we've been clear that while we can shift funding from one priority to another, we will not consider any new unsustainable spending. Ontario Liberals have been working hard to pass the Budget — which takes strong action to eliminate Ontario's deficit while protecting health care and education. It's a plan that will see us balance the Budget by 2017-18. And passing that Budget plan is essential if we want to continue to grow our economy and create jobs for Ontario families.Apr 20, 2012 2:16 pm | Ontario,
- ontIt's time to send a very clear message to MPP Ted Chudleigh: Put Halton families first. Save our hospital and stop an election nobody wants. Sign our petition and Like the Facebook page!Apr 20, 2012 11:49 am | Ontario,
- ontYour Eastern Regional Meeting for the Ontario Liberal Party is this Saturday! Join Ontario Liberals from across your region as we meet to chart a path forward, together to our next electoral success. Through educational workshops designed to enhance fundraising, membership and communications, we will strengthen our riding associations across the province. Strong riding associations are essential to electoral success and with a minority government, election preparation starts NOW. The registration fee for the regional session is $15 person or FREE if you are an ABC member. The registration fee can be paid by cash or cheque at the meeting. Eastern region consists of the following ridings: Carleton-Mississippi Mills Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Kingston and the Islands Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Leeds-Grenville Nepean-Carleton Northumberland-Quinte West Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa Vanier Ottawa-Orleans Ottawa-West Nepean Peterborough Prince Edward-Hastings Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry We hope to see you there!Apr 20, 2012 8:49 am | Ontario,
- ontThe South Central Regional Meeting for the Ontario Liberal Party is this Saturday! Join Ontario Liberals from across your region as we meet to chart a path forward, together to our next electoral success. Through educational workshops designed to enhance fundraising, membership and communications, we will strengthen our riding associations across the province. Strong riding associations are essential to electoral success and with a minority government, election preparation starts NOW. The registration fee for the regional session is $15 person or FREE if you are an ABC member. The registration fee can be paid by cash or cheque at the meeting. South Central region consists of the following ridings: Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale Brant Burlington Haldimand-Norfolk Hamilton Centre Hamilton East-Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara-West Glanbrook St. Catherines Welland We hope to see you there!Apr 20, 2012 8:47 am | Ontario,
- ontToday, we continued to work hard and make progress in talks with the NDP to pass our 2012 Budget — Strong Action For Ontario's Economy — while the Hudak PCs wasted time with political stunts. We've been talking with the NDP — while we don't always agree, the NDP made a significant concession that will help us pass our 2012 Budget on Tuesday. They have agreed to pull back their expectation that the HST come off home heating in this budget — something that would have cost over $400 million per year. While the NDP is showing that they want to work with us as we grow Ontario's economy through our Budget, the Hudak PCs have shut down debate on important legislation for Ontario families by using delay tactics — like ringing the bells in the Legislature, which prevents MPPs from voting. The Hudak PCs' publicity stunts have delayed our bill to protect children from bullies, and a bill to protect the jobs of Ontarians who take time off work to care for loved ones who are seriously ill or injured. Today, Minister Matthews visited Burlington, Milton and Cambridge where new hospital projects depend on the passing of this Budget — yet local PC members continue to oppose it. We're continuing to talk with the NDP — everyone will have to give a little. The NDP has shown that they want our Legislature to work. We remain optimistic we can work together to pass our strong Budget plan. The Hudak PCs are wasting time because they have no plan. They said they'd vote against the Budget before they had even read it. They're trying to provoke an unwanted, unnecessary and expensive election just six months after the last one. Balancing the Budget is the single most important step we can take to grow our economy and create jobs, so we can protect our schools and hospitals. Only Ontario Liberals have the plan to achieve these priorities.Apr 19, 2012 8:06 pm | Ontario,
- ontToday, we took steps to merge two agencies that oversee Ontario's electricity system —which would save ratepayers millions of dollars a year and better meet Ontarians' energy needs. We're introducing legislation that would, if passed, merge the Ontario Power Authority and the Independent Electricity System Operator, creating a single agency that will be asked to set rules that benefit consumers, streamline contracting and build an even more nimble, responsive electricity system. This step is in line with the NDP's requests as part of our Budget discussions. We agree it's a necessary next step to make our electricity system more efficient. The merger will eliminate duplication and save Ontario ratepayers up to $25 million a year. The agency will also allow more coordinated planning as Ontario integrates new renewable energy projects into the grid and shuts down the last coal-fired plants by the end of 2014. This is just the latest in a series of steps we've taken to improve our electricity system. Since 2009, Ontario has attracted more than $27 billion in private-sector investment in renewable energy, with clean-energy initiatives creating more than 20,000 jobs. Ontario is cleaner too — in 2011 for the first time we produced more energy from wind and solar than from coal. Streamlining and modernizing Ontario's energy sector is part of our plan for Strong Action for Ontario's Economy in the 2012 Budget, which comes to a vote in the Legislature on Tuesday, April 24. Ontario's economy is getting stronger and creating jobs, and passing the budget will help build on this growth. The Hudak PCs said they'll vote against the budget before they even read it. Energy Minister Chris Bentley said Ontario Liberals will work hard to find common ground even when the PCs put their own partisan interests ahead of Ontario's and keep changing their positions. "It is difficult to identify the common ground with the PCs that remains common after you stand on it," Bentley said. Today, Ornge hearings resumed as well. We have learned Kelly Mitchell, a key architect of the Hudak PCs' campaign, was paid $400,000 by Ornge to lobby, among others, Ontario PC MPPs. Mitchell was then promoted to the Ornge board of directors — a board we now know failed in its duties, especially when it came to outrageous salaries. Committee hearings continue, and Liberal MPPs will continue shining the light on the cozy ties between Ornge and the PC Party.Apr 18, 2012 5:00 pm | Ontario,
- ontToday, Premier McGuinty visited the world headquarters of e-reader company Kobo, Inc. in Toronto where he spoke about the budget negotiations with the NDP. Here's what you need to know: * Ontario's economy is getting stronger and creating jobs at Toyota, Ford, GM, IBM — and Kobo — among others. Supporting the budget a week from today will help strengthen our economy. An unnecessary, expensive election would jeopardize our momentum toward economic growth and good jobs. * Both opposition leaders know we are open to ideas to make the budget better. The PCs, however, decided to vote against the budget even before they read it. This reckless behaviour is not only out of step with the expectation by Ontarians that all parties work together, it also moves us toward an election just six months after the last one, and no one wants that. * We're still talking to the NDP — we don't always agree, but we're talking. To make this work, we'll all have to give a little. And there are signs that the NDP is beginning to understand that. But if the NDP takes a hard line and insists on pursuing an expensive wish list of demands the province cannot afford, it sends a strong signal that Andrea Horwath believes it is in her party's interest to plunge Ontario into another election. We remain optimistic we can work together to pass our strong budget plan. Balancing the budget is the single most important step we can take to grow our economy and create jobs — which allows us to protect our schools and hospitals. After all, that's what Ontarians want. And the Ontario Liberals have the only plan to achieve these priorities.Apr 18, 2012 7:46 am | Ontario,
- ontBudget Vote: Date Announced Today, House Leader John Milloy announced that the Budget vote will take place on April 24. Passing the Budget is the most important item on this spring's agenda. Here's what you need to know: * The Budget, Strong Action for Ontario, is our five-year plan to eliminate the deficit while protecting our greatest priorities: health care and education. * Balancing the Budget is essential to growing the economy and creating jobs. * The Budget protects full-day kindergarten and scraps subsidies on horse racing that costs taxpayers up to $345 million a year. * Passing the Budget would maintain positive momentum in the economy. That momentum includes increased auto sales, new jobs in the auto sector and the news that Toronto has been named as the fourth best city in the world to start a company. * If the Budget is not passed, Ontario will be forced into an unnecessary and expensive election that would put our economy at risk. The Hudak PCs have not made a single proposal to improve the budget. In fact, Tim Hudak said he would vote against the Budget before he'd even read it. As for the NDP, Andrea Horwath is already riding around in her campaign SUV. We are growing increasingly concerned that both opposition parties want to thrust Ontarians into another election six months after the last one with a bill to taxpayers for $150 million. Even more costly is the message it sends to businesses that would choose Ontario to invest in and create jobs. Ontario Liberals are the only ones with a plan to build a vibrant economy that earns the confidence of investors, and that will allow us to protect the gains we've made in services that matter most to Ontarians: health care and education.Apr 16, 2012 9:33 am | Ontario,
- ontHappy Orthodox and Coptic Easter to those who celebrate!Apr 15, 2012 7:23 am | Ontario,
- ontJoin us this Saturday in Whitby, Ontario for the Central Region Meeting!Apr 13, 2012 10:14 pm | Ontario,
- ontIt goes without saying that 2011 was an extraordinary year for the OYL. Election after election, Young Liberals across Ontario worked tirelessly to power Liberal campaigns. The contribution that the OYL made this past year cannot be measured, and now it is our time to give back. On April 23rd you are invited to join the Aged out Society in an evening in support of the Ontario Young Liberals, with our special guest the Rt. Hon. John Turner.Apr 13, 2012 4:02 pm | Ontario,
- ontJoin the Ontario Young Liberals in strengthening their membership and preparing for the future at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) In Mississauga, Ontario from May 11th to 13th! Registration is now open on fRed.ca, sign up today!Apr 13, 2012 3:58 pm | Ontario,
- ontOntario's doctors are there for families, and we're proud of them for the high-quality care they provide. They're paid a good wage because of the good work they do. Today we're calling on Ontario's hard-working doctors to accept a real wage freeze in the contract now being negotiated. Here's what you need to know: * A real wage freeze for doctors will allow us to protect the health care services that we all care about — home care and community care for our seniors, more access to our doctors after hours and faster referrals to specialists. * Our doctors are now the best paid in the country. On average, doctors in Ontario earn $362,000 a year, and some specialists make twice that amount. * Everyone — including teachers, MPPs, civil servants and doctors — needs to do their part to help Ontario's economy and protect the gains we've made in schools and health care. "Over the last eight years we have provided the Ontario Medical Association with annual increases and now we're asking them to do their fair share to help address Ontario's number one challenge, which is to eliminate the deficit," said Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews. Today, we also launched a review of the electricity sector and specifically how we can deliver even better value to Ontarians. There are a number of provincial agencies and 80 Local Distribution Companies and this review will look at how we can make them more efficient, including whether we have the right number. Our 2012 budget launched a review of our own agencies to ensure they are as efficient as possible. To look at the local electricity distribution system, we have appointed a highly experienced panel — former MPPs Murray Elston, David McFadden and Floyd Laughren. The new Ontario Distribution Sector Panel will examine potential long- and short-term savings, including consolidation, and the benefits for Ontario ratepayers.Apr 13, 2012 1:16 pm | Ontario,
- ontYesterday, Ontario Liberals announced strong action to help protect consumers from hidden costs and terms on their cell phone and wireless services bills. To protect Ontarians from "cell shock," we're introducing legislation to simplify the costs and terms of wireless services agreements to ensure service providers are up-front with information before contracts are signed Contracts will have to be written in plain language and spell out which services come with the basic fee and which cost extra Cell and wireless providers will have to get an agreement from the customer in writing before they renew or amend a contract There will be a cap on the cost of cancelling a contract, and only a modest fee for walking away from a fixed-term contract. The proposed legislation is based on bills introduced earlier by Liberal MPP David Orazietti (Sault Ste. Marie). It would take effect six months after being passed — affecting new contracts and existing ones that are amended, extended or renewed. Only Ontario Liberals are committed to taking strong action to protect Ontario consumers by ensuring fairness for cell and wireless customers. More than 70 per cent of Ontarians have wireless services agreements. In 2010-11, about 62 per cent of all complaints received by the federal Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services were about wireless services – more than 41 per cent of those complaints were from Ontarians.Apr 13, 2012 9:24 am | Ontario,
- ontToday, Premier McGuinty visited a film production company to talk about how Ontario's economy — including the film and television industry — is on the right track. Here's what you need to know: * Our plan for the economy is working: Ontario is now a North American leader in job creation, outpacing other regions of Canada and the United States — last month creating 46,000 new jobs. * More than half the new jobs in Canada last month were created right here in Ontario. Unemployment, now down to 7.4 per cent, is at the lowest level in three years. * Last year, Ontario's film and television industry had its best year ever, contributing $1.26 billion to the economy and creating 30,000 jobs. * That's why our 2012 Budget maintains the film tax credits that help to keep the industry competitive — part of our strong plan for a strong economy. * The Chair of the Motion Picture Production Industry of B.C. has said that Ontario's aggressive tax credit policies, together with our decision to stick with the HST, is luring significant jobs and investment to Ontario. * Ontario Liberals have the only plan to grow the economy and create good jobs for our families, while protecting health care and our schools. The opposition parties would put Ontario's growth at risk, forcing an expensive and unnecessary election at a time when our province is moving forward in a global economy that's just now recovering. The Hudak PCs said they would vote against the Budget even before they read it. They say they would roll back the gains Ontarians have made together such as full-day kindergarten. The Horwath NDP presented a spending spree wish-list that would add $1 billion to the deficit. They just don't get it — it's always easier to spend more. It's much harder to spend less. With Ontario's economy growing stronger, the best thing opposition parties can do is stop playing political games and work with Ontario Liberals to pass the 2012 Budget. It contains the strong action needed to balance the budget by 2017-18 and protect our economy's fragile recovery. Ontario Liberals are the only ones with a plan to keep building a vibrant economy that will allow us to protect the gains we've made in services that matter most to Ontarians: health care and education.Apr 11, 2012 2:08 pm | Ontario,
- ont"Today I was proud to join staff, volunteers and Kingstonians at the grand opening of the Cancer Centre for Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital. Wait times are already improving in Kingston and more patients are receiving their cancer care closer to home." - Minister Deb MatthewsApr 10, 2012 1:48 pm | Ontario,
- ont"A great announcement for Durham Region and Ontario as our economy continues to grow. Ontario and UOIT are partnering with IBM Canada to establish the world's first, virtual IBM Canada Research and Development Centre. This is a further example of the partnership between Durham Region and the Ontario government. Congratulations to UOIT and IBM Canada." - MPP Tracy MacCharlesApr 10, 2012 9:25 am | Ontario,
- ontApr 10, 2012 8:45 am | Ontario,
- ontWishing all those who observe it a safe and joyous Passover. Chag Sameach!Apr 08, 2012 7:04 am | Ontario,
- ontWishing all those who observe it a safe and happy Easter.Apr 08, 2012 6:48 am | Ontario,
- ontOntario has lost a giant in the passing of Leonard Braithwaite. Mr. Braithwaite was Ontario's first black MPP, and a recipient of both the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. As Premier Dalton McGuinty stated on hearing of Mr. Braithwaite's passing, "We have lost a trailblazer, a champion and a friend — but he leaves behind a tremendous legacy in the strong, diverse province he helped build."Apr 06, 2012 6:50 pm | Ontario,
- ontOntario created 46,000 jobs in March - the best jobs numbers in Canada - with the help of our Ontario Liberal plan to strengthen the economy. Here's what you need to know: * The unemployment rate is down to 7.4 per cent - the lowest level in three years. * Ontario was the primary engine of job growth in Canada last month - creating more than half the country's new, full-time jobs. * The resurgence in hiring by the private sector shows Ontario Liberals have the only plan to grow the economy and create jobs, while protecting health and education. * Our strong action to balance the budget by 2017-2018 is the right plan to help our fragile economy recover for Ontario families. * The opposition parties would jeopardize the economy and jobs by forcing an expensive and unnecessary election. * The PCs said they would vote against the Budget, even before they read it. * The Horwath NDP are using PR stunts to announce a spending spree wish-list instead of making concrete proposals to improve the economy while balancing the books. Only Ontario Liberals have a plan to keep the economic recovery on track by taking strong action to balance the budget by 2017-18 and create jobs. A vibrant economy will allow us to protect the gains we've made in services that matter most to Ontarians, health and education.Apr 05, 2012 12:55 pm | Ontario,
- ontWith Ontario's economy gaining momentum, we're taking strong action with our Ontario Liberal plan to balance the budget by 2017-18. With a fragile recovery taking hold, now is not the time for the PCs and NDP to force a costly, unnecessary election. Here's what you need to know: We're seeing encouraging signs of modest growth — Ontario saw annualized 2.2 per cent growth in the last quarter of 2011, which is in line with the rest of Canada. We overcame a sluggish U.S. economy and uncertainty in Europe to keep GDP growing — 2011 real GDP growth was 1.8 per cent, following a three per cent gain in 2010. Ontario continues to produce things the world wants to buy — our main source of growth was external trade, with manufacturing output rising 2.8 per cent in the fourth quarter, led by auto production, which rose seven per cent in the same period. Businesses remain confident in our province — investment in plants and machinery rose almost 17 per cent in 2011. Ontario Liberals have a plan to keep the economic recovery on track by taking strong action to balance the budget by 2017-18. And only Ontario Liberals have a plan to create good jobs for families while supporting strong schools and quality public health care.Apr 04, 2012 11:09 am | Ontario,
- ontExclusive fRed Chat with The Hon. Dwight Duncan Ontario Liberals are welcome to attend a special fRed chat on the 2012 Budget: Strong Action for Ontario. Minister Dwight Duncan will be taking your questions and comments on our plan to balance the budget and protect the gains we've made in our schools and our health care. Log on to fRed tonight at 7PM for this special event!Apr 03, 2012 1:00 pm | Ontario,
- ontOntario Liberals are taking strong action and making the right choices to grow the economy and create jobs. A vibrant economy will allow us to support good schools and public health care for families, including our seniors.Apr 03, 2012 10:58 am | Ontario,
- ontApr 03, 2012 7:12 am | Ontario,
- ontHappy birthday to Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MPP Grant Crack!Apr 02, 2012 7:39 am | Ontario,
- ont2012 Ontario Young Liberal Annual General MeetingApr 01, 2012 9:39 pm | Ontario,
March
- ontWhat Ontario has achieved these last eight years is nothing short of amazing. Take a look back at how far we've come by moving forward, together.Mar 30, 2012 2:34 pm | Ontario,
- ontMar 30, 2012 4:26 am | Ontario,
- ont"The Liberal government’s budget turns out to be surprisingly balanced: no new taxes on individuals, no more corporate tax cuts, and a determined effort to stem the growth in public sector wages." - The Toronto StarMar 28, 2012 7:26 am | Ontario,
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