Premier Dads Broken Promises

A vote for Premier Dad Liberals is a vote for higher taxes ,higher fees and higher hydro rates and their will be a huge increase in all of the above to pay for his campaign promises if re-elected and one thing we all know is there will be more Broken Promises, scandals and his Liberal friends getting richer. McGuinty made a lot of promises to the people of Ontario - promises he couldn't keep. Here's a list of some of those broken promises.

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In Health Care he promised to:- Fund medically-necessary health care services (de-listed eye exams, chiropractic care and physiotherapy) - Unclog Emergency Rooms - Provide autism treatment beyond age 6 - Provide better mental health care - Hire 8,000 nurses - Cancel P3 hospitals in Brampton - Spend "every penny" of the new health tax on health care - Close "private" MRI and CT clinics. For the Environment he promised to:- Meet 3/4 of Ontario's share of the Kyoto commitments - Divert 60% of municipal garbage to recycling by 2005 - Ban organics waste in our landfills - Give the Ministry of Natural Resources the resources to protect fish and wildlife - Close coal-fired electricity plants by 2007 - Eliminate mercury emissions from coal-fired electric power generation plants by 2010.

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In Education he promised to:- Establish a standing committee on Education to hold yearly hearings - Ensure 75% of students meet or exceed the provincial standard on province-wide tests within the first mandate - Set a hard cap of 20 students for early grades - Provide a new funding formula for rural and northern schools - Stop school closings. In Infrastructure he promised to:- Provide a Seamless Transportation Network across the GTA - Stop 6,600 houses from being built on the Oak Ridges Moraine - Build 20,000 new affordable housing units. In terms of Managing Taxpayer Dollars he promised to:- End Federal Child Tax Credit claw backs - Not raise taxes - Stop the waste of taxpayers' dollars - Balance the budget every year of their mandate - Not add to the province's debt - "Give you the power over the role of money in politics, by asking you to set strict limits on the amounts political parties can raise and spend." - Give taxpayers better value for money while keeping taxes down - Abide by the balanced budget law. Regarding Responsible Government he promised to:- Allow all non-cabinet MPP's to criticize and vote against government legislation - Govern with honesty and integrity - Operate an open and transparent government - Reduce the use of private consultants. And in many other areas he promised to:

• Create tens of thousands of new child care spaces;
• Make the Ministry of Agriculture a lead ministry;
• Implement all of Justice O'Connor's Recommendations;
• Provide 35,000 Housing Allowances;
• Repeal the Tenant Protection Act within one year;
• Provide legal rights to victims of crime;
• Cap hydro rates at 4.3 cents per kilowatt hour until 2006;
• Require trades and professions to accept qualified immigrants within one year;
• Eliminate barriers to foreign-trained professionals within one year;
• Establish a public inquiry into meat inspections

All broken promises since McGuinty became Premier Ross Ayotte, Smiths Falls, Ont.

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