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Ontarians Urged To “Voluntarily” Pay More Taxes To Cut Province’s Debt
Ontarians Urged To “Voluntarily” Pay More Taxes To Cut Province’s Debt
As The Toronto Sun reports, Canada’s largest province has asked its taxpayers to donate their hard-earned money to the cause of bailing out the much indebted provincial government.
For a mere $21,000 for every man, woman and child in the province, Ontario could be debt free.
No, this is not some kind of holiday joke about the Grinch who stole Christmas.
On top of paying among the highest taxes in North America, and coping with skyrocketing hydro prices — hikes directly caused by the decisions made by this Liberal administration and the previous one — the Wynne government wants more.
Treasury Board Chair Deb Matthews made the bold request last week, and specifically asked folks to donate their tax return rebate to help pay off the provincial debt.
“It’s an unusual thing for someone to do, but I would encourage any Ontarian who wants to make a contribution to feel free to do so,” said Matthews.
A government asking for donations isn’t just unusual. It’s like a stranger taking your car and then coming back the next day to ask if you’ll chip in some money for the gas. Maybe you can pay for an oil change, too?
But the Wynne government is desperate for cash.
For the past decade, they’ve spent and borrowed like there’s no tomorrow and wasted public funds with little concern for taxpayers.
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Ontario to increase Syrian refugee targets to help meet Trudeau’s goals, Kathleen Wynne says
Ontario to increase Syrian refugee targets to help meet Trudeau’s goals, Kathleen Wynne says
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government will try to expedite the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the province to coincide with Justin Trudeau’s bold commitment to bring in 25,000 refugees by the end of the year.
“We need to align with what the new government is going to do,” Wynne said in an interview with CBC Radio’s The House.
- Justin Trudeau’s refugee plan could use military bases, contracted airliners
- Liberal promise to take 25,000 Syrian refugees this year ‘problematic’
Ontario pledged $10.5 million last month to help deal with the Syrian refugee crisis, and Wynne said then that the province hoped to resettle 10,000 refugees by the end of 2016, including an initial 2,500 by the end of this year.
But the province is now looking at a more ambitious timetable after her meeting this week with prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau at Queen’s Park.
“If we can ramp that up because of assistance from the federal government we will do that,” Wynne told host Chris Hall. “Our ministry is getting ready to do more than the 2,500 if we can. but we just have to see what kind of process we can land on with the federal government.”
At the same time, Wynne acknowledged that there are obstacles, including security precautions, that have to be taken into account and the province is trying to determine whether Ontario needs to put people on the ground in the Middle East to help process families.
“Those are the kinds of questions we will be asking the new government,” she said.
New relationship with the provinces
Trudeau has spoken on the phone to premiers since becoming prime minister-designate, but Kathleen Wynne was the first one he met in person since his election victory on Oct. 19.
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Climate Summit of the Americas begins in Toronto
Kathleen Wynne, Al Gore to speak at conference
Protesters blocked a downtown intersection with yarn amid a demonstration outside a major climate-change conference in downtown Toronto on Wednesday.
The demonstration shut down the intersection of Front and York Streets, outside the Fairmont Royal York, where the two-day Climate Summit of the Americas begins today. Around 50-100 demonstrators marched from Berzy Park to the hotel voice their concerns.
A major climate-change conference gets underway in Toronto today with hundreds of invitation-only delegates in attendance.
Al Gore, the former U.S. Vice President and climate activist, is among those set to speak at the Climate Summit of the Americas in Toronto. (Julien Behal/AP)
The two-day Climate Summit of the Americas hosted by Ontario aims to bolster the fight against global warming.
The emphasis is on the role provinces, states and other subnational governments can play in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
Speakers include former Mexican President Felipe Calderon and former U.S. vice-president Al Gore.
Ontario’s Environment Minister Glen Murray says the provinces have had to step up to the plate because Ottawa has been missing in action.
On Sunday, thousands marched through the streets of downtown Toronto to call for an economy that works for both the people and planet.
Environmentalist David Suzuki, actress Jane Fonda, author Naomi Klein and former diplomat Stephen Lewis were among the high-profile activists who joined the march, which was intentionally held before the summit.
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Harper To Ontario: Focus On Economy, Not ‘Confrontation’
Harper To Ontario: Focus On Economy, Not ‘Confrontation’.
MARKHAM, Ont. – The Prime Minister chastised the Ontario government on Thursday, saying it ought to focus less on “confrontation” and more on getting its fiscal house in order.
Stephen Harper made his comments at an event in Markham, Ont., where he was asked why it has been so long since he met with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. The two last met a year ago and Wynne has repeatedly voiced her frustrations over not being able to sit down with the prime minister.
“I meet regularly with premiers across the country and we anticipate we will have another meeting at some point in time,” Harper said, before launching into a series of sharper comments.
“We all know that the government of Ontario has some pretty significant challenges. I would encourage the government of Ontario to focus on those things, not on confrontation.”
Harper did not mention Wynne by name, but took time to compare his federal Conservatives with Ontario’s governing Liberals.
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