Where is the Liberal plan for NWO?

This past week there has been a great deal of discussion at Queen’s Park about government priorities and acting in the best interest of people across this province. Earlier this week we saw the Progressive Conservatives wise up to the criticism they have been receiving about not working with or positively contributing to the minority government. The PCs have been hearing this message for the past year and a half and it has hampered their political successes, causing them to blow all but one out of seven by-elections the province has had since the last general election.
In an effort to have something to show for the past two years, the PCs cooked up a deal with the governing Liberals to pass a motion that would expedite all Liberal bills before the house so that they could fast track their Private Member’s Bill 74, the bill that would release the big construction company, Ellis Don, from its 50 year labour agreement. This bill has been quite controversial, given the allegations that both the PCs and Liberals would personally benefit by receive sizable campaign donations as a result of its introduction and passage.
This week we also heard about questionable spending by directors responsible for planning the Pan Am and Parapan Am games. Questions have swirled about why there are two sets of books detailing the expenses for the games, the latitude given to planners’ expenses and what the true cost of the games is, despite the government’s repeated insistence that the games are “on time and on budget.”
The big question on everyone’s minds is whether or not this government has changed. From the people I’ve talked to around the riding, no one is buying the Liberals’ efforts to rebrand themselves as a “new government,” but for the first few months people were, I think quite legitimately, willing to give the new premier a chance. The problem is that what we’ve seen from the new premier is a government that hasn’t learned or changed from the sense of entitlement that had characterized it under McGuinty’s reign and which resulted in a number of very costly scandals-- eHealth, Ornge, cancellation of gas plants.
The reckless spending is unacceptable at any time, but to come at a time when the province is in poor financial shape and when the brunt of the financial burden is being shouldered by the hardworking people and seniors of this province is unbearable.
Even more frustrating that this is the fact that there doesn’t appear to be a plan to right the ship. Where is the plan to restore prosperity to our communities? To ensure vital mining projects like the Ring of Fire, but also countless others across the Northwest, get underway? To improve access to healthcare across the Northwest and to make life more affordable for Northerners? In the past two years we’ve hardly passed any legislation, and that which did pass lacked the substance to address some of the most pressing issues facing our province.
Ms. Wynne has had nearly a year to show us her plan. Ontarians shouldn’t be forced to wait any longer.