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CAN TO COMBAT INVASIVE
SPECIES IN ONTARIO.
>> The Speaker: THANK YOU.
NEW QUESTION.
THE MEMBER FROM BARRIE.
>> THANK YOU, SPEAKER.
MY QUESTION'S TO THE
PREMIER.
PREMIER, THE CURRENT LIBERAL
M.P.P. FROM NIAGARA FALLS
DEMONSTRATED YESTERDAY THAT
HE FULLY SUPPORTS THE
GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA --
GAS TAX TO FUND G.T.A.
TRANSIT.
[INTERJECTIONS]
EXTRA 10 CENTS PER LITRE FOR
GAS IS GOING TO BANKRUPT
FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES
ALREADY STRUGGLING TO KEEP
UP WITH RISING COSTS.
TODAY IT COSTS OVER $1.32
FOR GAS.
AS OF JANUARY, NIAGARA HAS
ONE OF THE HIGHEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THIS
PROVINCE.
THIS GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED
NIAGARA.
THEIR NEW M.P. YESTERDAY BY
PROPPING UP THIS GOVERNMENT.
[INTERJECTIONS]
RESIDENTS OF NIAGARA PAY FOR
YOU TO RIDE THE SUBWAY?
>> Premier Wynne: MINISTER
OF FINANCE.
>> MR. SPEAKER, I HEAR A LOT
OF NONSENSE TODAY AND FOR
THE LAST WEEK OF THIS HOUSE
ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND
WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING
SO LET ME SAY THIS,
MR. SPEAKER.
THERE'S OVER 200 PAGES IN
THE LAST BUDGET AND ECONOMIC
UPDATE.
NOWHERE DOES IT CALL FOR
WHAT THEY JUST SUGGEST.
IF THEY READ WHAT'S HERE,
THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL LEARN.
THEY'LL LEARN THAT WE HAVE
CUT INCOME TAX BY $55 FOR
THE AFTERNOON FAMILY.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY CUT $8
BILLION IN TAX RELIEF FOR
BUSINESSES.
WE'VE CUT THE SMALL BUSINESS
TAX FROM 5.5% TO 4.5%.
WE'RE HELPING MORE
BUSINESSES GROW AS A RESULT
OF STIMULUSES THAT WE'VE
BEEN PUTTING IN.
INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WAY
HERE, ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS
TAKE AWAY ON THE ONE HAND
AND THE OTHER ONE WANT TO
JUST GIVE IT AWAY.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A BALANCED
APPROACH, MR. SPEAKER.
>> The Speaker: ANSWER.
NOT TAKE EXTREME POINTS OF
VIEW IN ORDER TO GROW OUR
ECONOMY.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL
DO.
>> The Speaker:
SUPPLEMENTARY.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S
EXTREME.
CONTINUE TO TAX THE ONTARIO
PEOPLE TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR RENT
ANYMORE.
GAS TAX, TRADES TAX, LIBERAL
HEALTH CARE PREMIUM TAX.
REMEMBER THAT ONE?
EUPHEMISMS FOR LIBERAL
SCANDAL TAX.
THE PROBLEM IS THIS
GOVERNMENT'S AFFINITY FOR
SCANDALS AND THE SOLUTION IS
NOT TO GOUGE TAXPAYERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
FOR TRANSIT IF YOUR WEAK
MINISTER SPENDS MILLIONS ON
ORNGE, eHEALTH, GAS PLANTS,
PAN AM GAMES.
THE LATEST TAX WILL COST AN
EXTRA $5 EVERY TIME YOU FILL
UP YOUR TANK.
STOP THE TAXES.
STOP THE OVERSPENDING.
STOP THE SCANDAL.
ONTARIO DESERVES A
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT JUST
AS MUCH AS NIAGARA DESERVES
RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATION.
INSTEAD, PREMIER, YOU THINK
YOU COULD USE THE MONEY FROM
YOUR NEXT INEVITABLE SCANDAL
TO FUND G.T.A. TRANSIT.
>> The Speaker: QUESTION.
MINISTER.
>> MR. SPEAKER, WE'LL
CONTINUE TO WORK ON BEHALF
OF THE GOOD OF ONTARIO,
INCLUDING ALL THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
WE'VE BEEN DOING IN BARRIE.
THAT INDIVIDUAL ACROSS THE
WAY HAS NOT SUPPORTED THESE
VERY INITIATIVES TO THE
BENEFIT FOR THE FUTURE.
IN FACT THE MEMBERS OPPOSITE
LIKE TO QUOTE A VERY
PROMINENT ECONOMIST AND THIS
IS WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT
THEIR PLAN --
IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY TO
PRODUCE ANY JOBS.
NEW CALCULATIONS SHOULD HAVE
MADE THAT EVIDENT, SAYS DON
DRUMMOND.
THIS IS WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE
HAD TO SAY ABOUT THEIR JOB
KILLING PLAN.
ONTARIO P.C. LEADER TIM
HUDAK'S LATEST ECONOMIC
OFFERING IS CONFLICTED,
HEADLINE-HUNTING PLAN THAT
IS MORE CONCERNED WITH
AUSTERITY THAN JOB KRAETION
AND IT IGNORES MANY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT DRIVERS OF
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THAT WAS
SAID BY MICHAEL WARREN,
MR. SPEAKER, ON JANUARY
14th.
BETTER STILL, THIS IS.
>> The Speaker: ANSWER.
>> SAYING ABOUT THE ONTARIO
LIBERAL PLAN.
HE SAID THIS --
THINGS ARE LOOKING MUCH
BETTER IN ONTARIO THAN THEY
WERE, AND THE ONTARIO
ECONOMY DESERVES TO GROW
AGAIN COURTESY OF JIM
FLAHERTY.
>> The Speaker: THANK YOU.
NEW QUESTION.