Ontario Provincial Election

Greetings Sisters and Brothers,

June 12, 2014 is election day and PSAC members across Ontario will have a say in who their next provincial government will be. This will be an especially important election given the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party platform and its proposed drastic changes to our province.

Ontario workers and their families need to be aware of the PC platform, the so called “Million Jobs Plan”, and the actions Tim Hudak, leader of the PC Party is promising, which include:

· Slashing 100,000 good public sector jobs in 2 years

· Increasing classroom size by 2-3 students

· Increase the ratio for full-day kindergarten to one teacher for every 20 students, from the current ratio of two teachers per 26 students

· Freeze the Ontario child benefit at $1,200.

· Eliminate the $1,500 Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit.

· Ending a 30% tuition grant for post-secondary students

· Lowering corporate taxes even further to 8% from the current 11.5%

· Eliminating the Local Health Integration Networks

Ontario already spends the least per capita on public services than any other province or territory in Canada. Tim Hudak’s plan of cuts across the board will leave our communities even further behind.

Please listen to our province-wide telephone town-hall recording to find out more about the election here: http://youtu.be/NjLUro3couY

We Are All Affected by the austerity agenda, so on June 12 please vote for public services!

In Solidarity,

Sharon DeSousa,