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Originally Posted by Brandon716
The fact is you don't care about the McGuinty record of accomplishment, so it serves no purpose to re-explain the investments in transit, education, health care, green energy, and a restructuring of the tax code (via the HST) so that Ontario becomes easier to do business in.
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Yes health care that now includes bureaucratic LHINs and has catered to hospital union demands rather than the best interests of Ontarians .
Education, since lowering the bar on literacy tests and math tests, and dumbing down the curriculum makes it appear kids are doing better than reality. As McGuinty caves into the demands of OSSTF rather than get a fair collective bargains for the province.
Green energy?! This is the same McGuinty that promised in 2007 to shut all coal fired generators, and said the PC plan was bad since it would have shut it down by 2013 (which is what McGuinty will do). As well the feed-in tariff is going to contribute to unnecessarily expense energy costs in the next few years.
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Originally Posted by Brandon716
Under the previous PC government, Ontario was crippled. Hospitals had serious funding gaps and were deteriorating, the Eglinton Subway that the Rae administration helped fund was literally cancelled as it was under construction and the hole filled up with dirt.
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You seem to leave out that many of these infrastructure and healthcare cuts were not Harris's doing but the slash and burn mentality of Chretien/Martin on the federal level with provincial transfers. But conveniently Harris is seen as the evil healthcare hating ogre while Chretien/Martin are seen as fiscal geniuses.
When McGuinty came in 2004 the provinces signed the health accord and now McGuinty is seen as the big friends of healthcare (and their organized unions)
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Originally Posted by Brandon716
Ontario was in a period of regression, and it is because of the conservative concept of not taking risks and investing in the future and making bold moves and plans. Ontario still had debt, and McGuinty inherited a bad budget.
I'm not sure how old you are, but I was old enough to remember Ernie Eves as he took over the crumbling Harris government. The "Common Sense Revolution" regressed Ontario by a number of years and left the province in debt without any serious investment.
McGuinty restructured the tax code, he didn't increase taxes to some ridiculous level. The HST was coupled with tax reductions in other areas, and a few fees like the health fee that have increased. Big deal... There isn't some gravy train to mop up, it is a mythical gravy train.
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McGuinty inherited a bad budget?! Thats rich. He got a $5.6 billion deficit from Eves, Harris had to clean up an NDP deficit of ~$17 billion after Rae, and when Hudak takes power is gonna have to clean up McGuinty's ~$17 billion deficit.
As well you seem to totally discredit the PC government, when they actually invested more in healthcare in their term than any previous government. But again that wouldn't fit it with labelling all CPC/PC parties as "regressive". Meanwhile despite his "healthcare premium" (i.e. income tax hike) McGuinty de-listed total services from OHIP that we now have to pay for out of pocket.
Finally Hudak's job isn't going to be easy. Having to cut public sector jobs and actually taking a stand against outrageous union demands will make him look like some evil, extreme right-winger that's only concerned about tax cuts. Ontario needs to cut frills and make sure the services that we currently have as still there 10-20 years from now.
Again when I say Hudak is gonna mop up, I mean he's gonna mop up the Liberals in the election, easily coast to a majority. He's had lead now for 6 months, which is currently at 10% and most non-politically attuned people have never heard of him! McGuinty is having senior cabinet ministers and people jumping the sinking ship.
As well your from Hudak's area the PCs have been proponents of the Mid-Peninsula Corridor highway, which would be a great economic boom for you area and for Ontario!