McNaughton Release On Horse Racing

On Monday, July 8, Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Progressive Conservative MPP Monte McNaughton issued a press release in which he stated that the government of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is continuing to 'gut' the provincial horse racing industry.

McNaughton's release stated that only Tim Hudak and the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party are willing to make the decisions that will put the Ontario horse racing industry and the province back on track towards prosperity.

The contents of McNaughton's release appear below


McGuinty-Wynne Liberals Gutting Ontario’s Horse Racing Industry

Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government is continuing to gut the province’s horse-racing industry, said Lambton-Kent-Middlesex PC MPP Monte McNaughton.

McNaughton’s comments came as Liberal plans to cut the number of standardbred racetracks from 12 to five threaten to force drivers, groomers and other industry employees into unemployment.

“The horse racing industry can’t afford any more Liberal ‘help,’” McNaughton stated. “This industry is in complete and total chaos thanks to Liberal policies. Kathleen Wynne is risking thousands of jobs to finish-off what Dalton McGuinty started.”

This afternoon, the horse racing transition panel hosted the first of four public meetings to discuss their draft plan for a sustainable Ontario horse racing industry; called a ‘path to failure’ by some. Today’s meeting was at Western Fair Raceway in London. The panel will also host public meetings on Tuesday at Woodbine, Wednesday at Ajax Downs and Thursday at Rideau Carleton.

“Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne have pulled the rug out from under this important industry,” McNaughton said. “And by helping them pass the budgets that killed SARP, the NDP has done nothing for Ontario’s horse racing industry and the 60,000 jobs across the province.”

Only Tim Hudak and the Ontario PCs are willing to make the decisions that will put this industry and our province back on track towards prosperity, McNaughton concluded.

“People employed by the horse racing industry deserve better. Ontario deserves better,” said McNaughton. “We’ve got a big problem, and the Liberal-NDP coalition is only making it worse. To change Ontario’s direction we need to change the team that leads this province.”


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