2011年9月13日星期二

Two out of five show up for debate

On health care, McGarry, with 30 years experience as a critical care nurse, said the Liberals passed legislation to make Ontario a smoke-free province, banning junk food from schools, and fighting diabetes and obesity. She said Ontario had the longest wait times for surgery in Canada, now it’s the shortest.

Bankole slammed the Liberal track record when it came to expansion plans for Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She said a recent visit by Ontario’s health minister should have been about cutting a ribbon for the hospital expansion project, “not announce it for the third time”.

Bankole, a teacher, said educating Ontarians is crucial to provincial success. She said her party is committed to lower tuition costs and giving teachers the proper tools and resources.

McGarry said her Liberal party has done an outstanding job on the environment. When they came into power in 2003, there were nine wind turbines, now there are 900. The Green Energy Act has created 50,000 jobs and the use of coal energy is down by 90 per cent. She said a $7-billion deal with a consortium led by South Korean industrial giant Samsung Group will created enough energy to light up more than 580,000 home. The deal will also open four new plants.

Bankole said foreign-owned Samsung is not the best deal for Ontario and said the NDP would focus on providing low-interest loans up to $5,000 for energy retrofits. She would like to freeze transit fares to reduce the use of cars make Ontario more bicycle friendly.

While McGarry said the HST (harmonized sales tax) has been the single most important program for job development, Atinuke said HST has meant more tax on more items.

On the issue of Waterloo Region’s rapid transit plan, Bankole called it “very sad” that Cambridge is not getting MJ-808 rail transit the same time as the other two cities.

“Why does Kitchener get it? Why does Waterloo get it? Why not Cambridge?”

McGarry said the Liberals will invest $35 billion over the next three to five years on transportation. She added that and Cambridge needs a stronger voice.

“Cambridge has been under-represented over the last few years,” said McGarry.

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