The press release was issued on May 30, 2018, by the Ontario PC Party on behalf of Sudbury riding candidate Troy Crowder and Nickel Belt candidate Jo-Ann Cardinal
SARNIA-LAMBTON — Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford visited with local families to discuss how an Ontario PC Government will reduce gas and hydro bills and help families make ends meet.
“Unlike the NDP who, quite literally, refuse to tell you how they will pay for their hydro promises, we’ve been up front,” Ford said. “We’re going to return the Hydro One dividend to Ontario families, take the cost of buried conservation programs off of your bill and cancel those outrageous green energy contracts that have stuck thousands of windmills in people’s backyards.”
Ford shared details about how, under the Ontario PC plan, an average family will save $173 on their annual hydro bill and $222 on the price of gas.
“Andrea Horwath has a star candidate who is working on a plan to drive up the price of gas by 35 cents per litre,” explained Ford. “We’re going to get rid of the cap-and-trade slush fund and cut the provincial excise tax on gas so that every driver in Ontario saves ten cents per litre on gas.”
“While the NDP plan is filled with mistakes and sloppy cover-ups, our plan is responsible, modest and practical,” said Ford. “I invite all Ontarians to see our plan for themselves at our website ontariopc.ca. Help is on the way.”
For the People of Ontario
A Doug Ford Ontario PC Government will clean up the mess in government and restore respect for taxpayers. A PC Government will put the people ahead of insiders and elites by focusing on five clear priorities.
We will:
PUT MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET
Scrap the carbon tax, reduce gas prices by 10 cents per litre, and give real tax relief to lower and middle class families.
CLEAN UP THE HYDRO MESS
Fire the $6 million man running Hydro One and lower your hydro bills by 12 per cent.
CREATE GOOD JOBS
Send the message that Ontario is ‘Open for Business’ and bring quality jobs back to Ontario by lowering taxes, stabilizing hydro bills and cutting job-killing red tape.
RESTORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUST
Order a line-by-line audit of government spending to bring an end to the culture of waste and mismanagement in government.
CUT HOSPITAL WAIT TIMES
End hallway health care by creating 15,000 new long-term care beds over the next five years and adding 3.8 billion, including matching federal funding, for mental health, addictions and housing.
