For Immediate Release
November 18, 2010
MPP DUNLOP: McGuinty’s Mismanagement is Hurting Ontario Families
Orillia –Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop says the McGuinty Liberals just cannot break their tax-and-spend habit. Dunlop reacting to the release of the McGuinty Liberals Fall Economic Statement noted that, “Ontario families know they’re paying the price for Dalton McGuinty’s job-killing tax hikes, costly experiments, waste, fiscal mismanagement and scandals. They know hydro rates have gone up 75% under the McGuinty Government, while Ontario has the highest tuition fees and auto insurance premiums in the country.”
Expert economists have judged Dalton McGuinty as the worst fiscal manager amongst all the other Premiers. Ontario’s real per-capita GDP has declined by 8% since 2000. Meanwhile, the McGuinty Liberals spend $2.1 million more every hour than what they collect in revenue.
“As I meet with everyday families in my riding of Simcoe North and across the province, whoever I talk to, I’m hearing the same thing. People are working longer and harder than ever, spending less time with kids, at home, and seeing less on the family budget,” said Dunlop. “They want a government that shares their priorities – they want real relief and they want to end McGuinty waste.”
Ontario’s decline under Dalton McGuinty is killing jobs and taking money away from hard-working families. In the next provincial election, Ontario families will have a clear choice between the McGuinty Liberals, who have mismanaged Ontario’s finances, and a Tim Hudak Government that will restore Ontario’s leadership and foster the opportunities of tomorrow.
“According to their own fiscal update the McGuinty government admits that hydro rates will skyrocket 45%,” added Dunlop. “The Liberal government that got us into this mess cannot be trusted to get us out of it. Ontario families will have a clear choice between four more years of McGuinty Liberal high taxes or a PC government that will focus on their priorities.”
QUICK FACTS
- Every hour, the McGuinty Government spends $2.1 million more than it collects in revenue.
- Ontario’s projected deficit amounts to $1,500 per person; the provincial net debt is $20,000 per person.
- “A survey of statistics for the last two decades shows that Ontario’s share of total provincial GDP has declined from 42% in 1990 to 37% in 2010. More ominous, the bulk of that decline has occurred since 2000 — largely coinciding with McGuinty’s decade of political power. “- Livio Di Matteo, Professor of Economics, Lakehead University. [Financial Post, November 16, 2010].
- In a report released by the Fraser Institute in October 2010, Dalton McGuinty was ranked as the worst fiscal manager amongst all Canadian Premiers.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Garfield Dunlop, MPP
705-327-4500 (cell)
