FOOD TAX FOLLOWS SCRIPT OF PREVIOUS LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT
TORONTO - A plan by the Liberal
Government to start taxing food items under
$4 reminds Bob Runciman, Leeds-Grenville MPP,
of a previous Liberal Government, that of David
Peterson 1985-1990.
“The Peterson Liberals convinced voters
they were going to make government more efficient
but by the end of their term they had raised
taxes 33 times and had doubled government spending,”
said Runciman in a statement read in the Legislature
Thursday.
He said the McGuinty Liberals promised voters
during their recent campaign that they would
not increase taxes and would hold the line on
spending.
“We’ve witnessed the McGuinty Liberals
rescinding tax relief measures, including one
for seniors, and go on a $3 billion spending
binge, in less than months,” Runciman
said.
“Now they’re planning to strike
again with a soup, salad and sandwich tax that
hits Ontarians who can least afford it.
“In my riding of Leeds-Grenville this
tax grab will hurt far and wide. It will hit
the Coffee Club at King’s, the seniors
at Burger King and the folks grabbing toast
and coffee at Jon’s or George’s
Restaurant at Tincap. It will also penalize
seniors having coffee and snacks at Lockett’s
Tim Horton’s in Prescott, or the Maple
Leaf Restaurant in Gananoque and the Rapid Valley
Restaurant in Lansdowne.
“This fat cat Liberal spending will only
serve to feed the insatiable spending appetite
of the Ontario Liberals. It must be stopped
and the Ontario Conservative Party will do everything
possible to make this happen,” pledged
Runciman.
Media Contact:
Bob Runciman, MPP
(416) 325-1522
