The McGuinty Liberals are hooked on consultants to the tune of $1-million dollars a day, according to documents obtained by the NDP Caucus through a Freedom of Information request.

“The documents show the Liberals spent nearly $400-million on high-priced consultants last year alone,” said Hamilton East—Stoney Creek MPP Paul Miller during this morning’s Question Period.

Warning that the average driver in the Greater Toronto Area will be paying nearly 14 per cent more for auto insurance by the end of the year, NDP MPP Michael Prue today urged the McGuinty Liberals to stop caving in to every demand of the private auto insurance industry and draw the line on rate increases.

Le député néo-démocrate de Kenora-Rainy River, Howard Hampton, affirme que la décision des libéraux de Dalton McGuinty de mettre la clé dans la porte des centres action-emploi dans le Nord de la province est l’exemple le plus récent d’un gouvernement carrément déconnecté des réalités de cette région.

NDP Health Promotion Critic and Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas says the McGuinty government’s cuts to “Smoke Free Ontario” make no financial sense.

During today’s Question Period, Gélinas revealed that the so-called Ministry of Health Promotion has slashed the Smoke Free budget by almost one-third. According to figures compiled by the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco (OCAT) Strategy, funding has been reduced from $60-million last year to $42.8-million this year.

Kenora-Rainy River NDP MPP Howard Hampton says the McGuinty Liberals’ decision to shut down job action centres across Northern Ontario are the latest example of a government that is completely out of touch with what is happening in the region.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is slamming the McGuinty government for doing precious little to prevent Navistar from moving truck production from Chatham to Mexico, despite a massive infusion of public dollars.