Randy Hillier

• Introduce a ‘Tax & Expenditure’ constitutional amendment to:
  • To make the pre-McGunity Taxpayer Protection Act less easy for politicians to get their hands on;
  • Cap spending at combined growth in inflation and population; and
  • Prevent government from increasing spending during the fiscal year
• Abolish municipal property taxes in favour of a revenue sharing formula with the province
• Eliminate corporate welfare, including the auto bailouts
• Hold Senate elections
• Supports in principle, but will not include in his platform, the ability to ‘recall’ MPPs
• Allow Ontarians the right to purchase private health insurance
• End public funding of non-medically necessary procedures
• Overhaul the LCBO
• Protect property rights through a bilateral constitutional amendment
• Make unions voluntary while maintaining the right to join as a matter of choice

Tim Hudak

• Strengthen the Taxpayer Protection Act, but will not push to entrench in the constitution
• Cap spending at growth and inflation, but not make doing so mandatory in legislation
• Devote all end of year surpluses to debt repayment
• Eliminate corporate welfare, but stipulates that since the auto bailouts are going ahead regardless, the most excessive aspects must be reined in.
• Hold Senate elections
• Rejects ‘recall’
• Allow for the private delivery of health care, but does not directly touch on private insurance
• End public funding of non-medically necessary procedures
• Allow wine sales outside of the current regime in a system comparable to ‘The Beer Store’
• Introduce a ‘Property Owners Bill of Rights’ and support federal initiatives to protect property in the constitution
• Does not directly commit to the right to opt out of unions as a matter of choice, but does commit to restoring the secret ballot

Christine Elliott

• Overhaul Ontario’s tax regime with a flat tax
• Reform EI
• Freeze the minimum wage
• Reform voluntary overtime laws

Frank Klees

• Make the pre-McGunity Taxpayer Protection Act less easy for politicians to get their hands on
• Use restraint in spending, but does will not make limiting spending to growth and inflation mandatory in legislation
• Will not eliminate corporate welfare
• Hold Senate elections
• Allow for the private delivery of health care, but does not directly touch on private insurance
• Will not commit to ending the public funding of non-medically necessary procedures, but promises a “review and reassessment”
• Will not commit to reforming the LCBO, but proses that an “efficiency review” be undertaken
• Protect property rights through a bilateral constitutional amendment
• Does not directly commit to the right to opt out of unions as a matter of choice, but promise to work with PCPO grassroots on developing policy on freedom of choice in unions

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A summary of each candidate’s answers will be coming soon…

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Results from Frank Klees will be posted soon.

Check it out to see what Mr. Hudak’s views are on a range of interesting issues of concern to Ontario taxpayers.

Results from other candidates are expected soon and will be posted as they come in.

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