Post by Dean Robinson on Aug 28, 2007 17:42:34 GMT -5
Dalton McGuinty's Broken Promises
Dalton 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.
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
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 clawbacks
* 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 MPPs 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
Dalton McGuinty lies more then the CAS
Dalton 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.
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
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 clawbacks
* 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 MPPs 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
Dalton McGuinty lies more then the CAS