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Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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McDonell Continued from the front closure of its Cornwall plant that will throw 190 out of work. The company would have been more likely to consider making newer models of lights at the Cornwall facility “if we were an attractive place to invest,� he said. He hinted that perhaps the premier actually maneuvered the details of the budget to ensure an election, so as to avoid having more embarrassing committee testimony at Queen’s Park on everything from the cost of cancelled gas plants to a promised Toronto transit system uprgrade. He pointed out that the auditor general has also taken on the government for establishing $40-million trust funds for the Liberals’ union friends — the normal cut off level for auditor general scrutiny. He portrayed it as just another example of
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On the hustings, MPP Jim McDonell visited with folks at The Gathering House on Monday.
NDP candidate Elaine Macdonald.
ballooning deficit spending under the Liberals — who have more than doubled the budget over the past decade and are running a deficit of $12-billion. And yet they’ve cut the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund that generally benefits rural Conservative ridings by $35-million, he said, while allowing agricultural programs to be chopped
LONG SAULT — John Earle, Ontario Liberal Party candidate for the provincial riding of Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry, told The Record at a fundraising dinner on May 3 that the long-term stability and viability of Kemptville College would be an important local issue in this election. While the election campaign officially begins once the Writs of Election are signed by the from Kemptville College as well. The Conservatives have a million-jobs platform, he said, which includes a wage freeze for the public sector. McDonell pointed out that
Birt h Announcement John and Sarah Meharg, and their daughter Lauren, are thrilled to announce the arrival of their Spring blessing, Victoria Grace, Fri., Apr. 25th, 2014 at 2:30 p.m., weighing 10 lbs., 6 oz. Victoria was born at home in Chesterville with the loving professional care of our midwives.
Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario which is scheduled for May 7, Earle has already “hit� the campaign trail canvassing, attending public sector salaries have now soared to 20 per cent above the equivalent jobs in the private sector — wage earners who are paying those salaries through their taxes.
events and expects to have his campaign headquarters set up shortly.
McDonell said he looked forward to the campaign but wasn’t aware yet of any planned debates. He will open his campaign office in Cornwall today.
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