Ontario Headed To An Election

Published: May 2, 2014 01:31 pm EDT

Both the Ontario NDP and the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party have said that they will be rejecting the minority Ontario Liberal Party’s 2014 provincial budget, thus Ontarians will be heading to the polls for an upcoming election.

On Friday, May 2, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath stated that she and her party have lost confidence in the Liberal Government. The NDP position on the budget comes after the Ontario PC Party and its leader, Tim Hudak, have repeatedly said that they will not be supporting the budget.

To read an NDP release stating that it will not be supporting the budget, click here.

The Liberals scrapped the provincial Slots-at-Racetracks program, although, on March 31 of this year, the Ontario Liberal Party announced its five-year, $500-million plan for the province’s horse racing industry. The plan came into effect April 1.

Last fall, Horwath and the Ontario NDP announced that, if elected, it would reinstate the Slots-at-Racetracks program; furthering that, if elected, the Ontario NDP would work with the Ontario horse racing industry to make the program more accountable and transparent.

Hudak and the Ontario PC Party announced last fall that, if elected, it would re-establish, but fix, a slots-at-racetracks program that would be transparent, accountable and affordable to the taxpayer. The announcement came as an aspect of the party’s five-point plan for the Ontario racing industry.

The election date has been set for June 12, 2014.

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