By: Ontario PC Party
Northumberlandview.ca
Dalton McGuinty’s cabinet shuffle signalled more of the same bad news for Northumberland - Quinte West. Instead, he chose to ignore Northumberland - Quinte West’s families who are in need of real relief by demonstrating his commitment to continuing with tired and directionless cabinet.
MPP Lou Rinaldi who has been an MPP for 7 years, was once again passed over for cabinet by MPPs elected less than one year ago. McGuinty’s cabinet shuffle sends the message that he doesn’t respect the families of Northumberland - Quinte West and his own Liberal caucus.
McGuinty made government bigger by adding two more tax-and-spend Liberals to his inner circle and shutting out Northumberland - Quinte West The only job creation offered by McGuinty is an expanded cabinet that does nothing for Northumberland - Quinte West families.
QUOTES:
“Ontario families need the fresh leadership and new ideas of Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC Party. Instead all Dalton McGuinty offers after 7 years is directionless government, more of the same tax-grabs, secrecy and backtracking that defined this summer.” - MPP Peter Shurman
“We can expect the Eco-Tax to come roaring back as John Wilkinson, who introduced the HST as Minister of Revenue now, as Environment Minister, will slam the Eco-Tax through. With the leadership of Tim Hudak and the PC Caucus, the Ontario PC Party is offering fresh new ideas to create private sector jobs and give Ontario families some real relief.” - MPP Peter Shurman
QUICK FACTS:
- This is Dalton McGuinty’s seventh cabinet shuffle in the past 15 months. McGuinty’s expansion failed to provide cabinet representation for Northumberland - Quinte West, opting instead to appoint two MPPs with a track record of tax-grabs and wasteful spending.
- McGuinty’s new Research and Innovation Minister, Glen Murray, was awarded a waste award (Teddy Award) by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for spending $1 million for a toilet on the Provencher footbridge while he was Mayor of Winnipeg. Murray is also one of Canada’s leading proponents of forcing families to pay a new carbon tax saying that “it is time for all of us to start to get comfortable with two words: Carbon tax.” (Toronto Star, December 9, 2007)
- McGuinty’s new Infrastructure Minister, Bob Chiarelli, imposed property tax increases of 3.9% and 2.9% as Ottawa’s Mayor. Despite these tax grabs, Chiarelli still left Ottawa with a $250 million infrastructure deficit.