Mar 26, 20090

Ontario to hit record $14.1B deficit in 2009!

Categories: Economy, Politics

A return to balanced books long after the Libs are in office. 2015 that’s a long way away for a political party to make predictions. Especially one half way through a four year mandate.

Ontario will rack up a record $14.1-billion deficit in 2009 as it commits billions to infrastructure projects and job retraining aimed at pulling the province out of a recession, provincial Finance Minister Dwight Duncan revealed on Thursday in the tabling of his $108.9-billion budget. The fiscal plan also proposes corporate tax cuts to ease costs for struggling businesses and stimulate investment in Ontario’s sagging economy, which has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs in recent years. The budget forecasts a deficit of $3.9 billion ... Read More

Mar 10, 20090

Tweets From Ontario NDP Convention

Categories: Politics

Andrea Horwath (pronounced Horvath) (born 1963) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre for the Ontario New Democratic Party, and was chosen as the party’s new leader at its 2009 leadership convention.

A selection of Tweets made by me during the Ontario NDP convention. New Democrats voted over three ballots, March 7, to elect our new leader Andra Horwath. Tweets from Sunday March 8, 2009 Starbucks is not open on Sunday in Hamilton 11:29 AM Mar 8th We r lightening force in parliament #Layton The Libs r the probation officers of parliament but they watch Harper commit the crime NDP r good at railing on the opposition watch us on CPAC.ca #Layton Put the middle class at the front of ... Read More