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1. The Ontario Liberals were scrambling to control the spin on Friday as the other parties clamoured over the OPP serving a court order at Queen’s Park. Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne insisted the probe doesn’t affect anyone in her office, cabinet or caucus. She argued that no one should be surprised provincial police asked for more records and interviewed former premier Dalton McGuinty.
But the Tories and New Democrats held press conferences to emphasize the gas plant scandal on Thursday. The PC party said Wynne has a responsibility to voters to be public about the probe before the election, while the NDP said it’s another reminder why change is needed.
2. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath had extra harsh things to say about the latest development in the gas plant scandal. Speaking in Toronto on Friday, she described voters as “tired of the stench of corruption in the province.”
“This election is about corruption,” she said. “This is a referendum on corruption, this campaign.”
3. PC Leader Tim Hudak said he’d fulfil several of his campaign pledges within 100 days of taking the premier’s office — including a new inquiry into the gas plant scandal. Speaking in Mississauga on Friday, Hudak said he’d follow the inquiry model that was used to probe the federal sponsorship scandal.
Hudak said he’d also cut the size of cabinet from 27 ministers to 16, freeze government wages, and freeze public sector hiring.
It’s been estimated that the Liberal government’s decision to cancel building gas-fired power plants in Oakville and Mississauga could cost taxpayers $1.1 billion. The OPP is pursuing a charge of criminal breach of trust against McGuinty’s chief of staff, David Livingstone, who allegedly oversaw a mass purge of emails to cover up the scandal.
4. One of Tim Hudak’s campaign events had a bit of a backfire on Friday. The Tory leader greeted seniors and former soldiers at Chartwell Scarlett Heights Retirement Residence in Toronto in recognition of the contributions and sacrifices of Canadian soldiers on D-Day — June 6, 1944. But one feisty senior — Second World War veteran Ross Baker — refused to shake Hudak’s offered hand. Baker told Hudak that the anniversary day was meant for veterans, not politicians.
5. Unifor and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment are warning that ending government subsidies for green energy will put jobs and public health at risk.
Gideon Forman of CAPE said at a press conference in Windsor on Friday that its membership of 6,000 doctors and citizens is concerned that cutting support for renewable energy will lead to more focus on fossil fuels and nuclear power — “which threaten our climate and health.”
With files from The Canadian Press
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But the Tories and New Democrats held press conferences to emphasize the gas plant scandal on Thursday. The PC party said Wynne has a responsibility to voters to be public about the probe before the election, while the NDP said it’s another reminder why change is needed.
2. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath had extra harsh things to say about the latest development in the gas plant scandal. Speaking in Toronto on Friday, she described voters as “tired of the stench of corruption in the province.”
“This election is about corruption,” she said. “This is a referendum on corruption, this campaign.”
3. PC Leader Tim Hudak said he’d fulfil several of his campaign pledges within 100 days of taking the premier’s office — including a new inquiry into the gas plant scandal. Speaking in Mississauga on Friday, Hudak said he’d follow the inquiry model that was used to probe the federal sponsorship scandal.
Hudak said he’d also cut the size of cabinet from 27 ministers to 16, freeze government wages, and freeze public sector hiring.
It’s been estimated that the Liberal government’s decision to cancel building gas-fired power plants in Oakville and Mississauga could cost taxpayers $1.1 billion. The OPP is pursuing a charge of criminal breach of trust against McGuinty’s chief of staff, David Livingstone, who allegedly oversaw a mass purge of emails to cover up the scandal.
4. One of Tim Hudak’s campaign events had a bit of a backfire on Friday. The Tory leader greeted seniors and former soldiers at Chartwell Scarlett Heights Retirement Residence in Toronto in recognition of the contributions and sacrifices of Canadian soldiers on D-Day — June 6, 1944. But one feisty senior — Second World War veteran Ross Baker — refused to shake Hudak’s offered hand. Baker told Hudak that the anniversary day was meant for veterans, not politicians.
5. Unifor and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment are warning that ending government subsidies for green energy will put jobs and public health at risk.
Gideon Forman of CAPE said at a press conference in Windsor on Friday that its membership of 6,000 doctors and citizens is concerned that cutting support for renewable energy will lead to more focus on fossil fuels and nuclear power — “which threaten our climate and health.”
With files from The Canadian Press
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