Colleagues: There is no doubt that Ontario voters are calling for change in this election
on June the 7th.
The Liberals are trailing in the polls, the PCs are in front and the NDP are gaining ground
every day.
Doug Ford has pledged to cut six billion dollars from programs in Ontario, at the same time
reduce corporate income taxes.
Those are cuts to public services people depend on every day, including education and health
care and at the end of the day, those cuts mean jobs.
His efficiencies will do nothing to support public services or good public service jobs
in this province.
On the other hand, the NDP and Andrea Horwath have put forward a very progressive platform
with significant investments in public services and much-needed new programs for everyone
living in the province of Ontario.
The NDP's platform on education aligns with our Building Better Schools plan.
They have committed to eliminating EQAO.
They have committed to fixing the funding formula through an independent review.
They have committed to capping class sizes in Kindergarten at 26 and eliminating Kindergarten/Grade
1 splits.
It is because of that, all of those reasons, that your Executive is supporting the NDP
and the leader Andrea Horwath in this election and I wanted you to hear that from me first.
Later today, Andrea Horwath and her campaign team will make their first stop at the ETFO
office so that we can begin our work together for the people of this province leading into
the June 7th election to work for change that works.