Today’s Auditor General report on electronic health spending is a damning indictment of an arrogant McGuinty government that has squandered $1-billion precious healthcare dollars with little to show for it, says NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek NDP MPP Paul Miller is demanding to know why the McGuinty Liberals denied Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP) funding to Hamilton’s flood victims.

“The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has the final say about who receives disaster relief funding and with vague ODRAP guidelines for municipalities to follow, the process is a crap shoot process,” said Miller.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says healthcare spending scandals are becoming a fact of life under the McGuinty Liberals.

“First, it was eHealth handing out $16-million in untendered contracts to well-connected insiders. Now, we learn of London Health Sciences Centre doling out $3.3-million in untendered contracts. This is fostered by a McGuinty government that seems to have little regard for the public’s money. When will Dalton McGuinty finally take charge and end this chain of scandals?” Horwath asked the Premier in Question Period.

Andrea Horwath said she is proud of the NDP′s good work fighting for Ontarians in her first legislative session as NDP Leader.

“Over the past three months, it’s clear that the McGuinty government’s priorities are miles apart from those of worried families. Ontarians were looking to their government for relief during these tough economic times, instead life will become harder and more expensive,” said Horwath.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is demanding the resignation of Labour Minister Peter Fonseca for his failure to act on allegations made by foreign caregivers of workplace abuse and harassment.

The allegations, leveled against Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla, were made at a meeting attended by Fonseca and Education Minister Kathleen Wynne in late April. The meeting took place in Wynne’s constituency office.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says today marks a dark day in Ontario’s economic history as the province officially joins the have-not ranks by accepting its first-ever equalization payment from the federal government.