Dalton McGuinty wants to make them reach deeper in their pockets – because he’s raising their college and university tuition fees by 20 to 36 per cent over four years.

New Democrats stand up for students. We believe they should be able to afford a high-quality post-secondary education – because young people are our future – because we all benefit from a highly-educated workforce – and because no-one should have to mortgage their future to build a better life for themselves.

Dalton McGuinty promised positive change. Instead of progress, we’re seeing the same old approach – more tuition hikes – even though Ontario students already pay tuition fees well above the national average.

The NDP has a fresh idea – the Tuition Hike Ban bill. If passed, the bill would freeze tuition through 2007, then give working families their say on the issue in the next provincial election.

Show your support for affordable, accessible post-secondary education. Tell us your story and join the NDP in the fight for working families.

Nuclear power has a disappointing track record in Ontario: Massive cost overruns that drive up rates, reliability problems that could mean lights out, and toxic nuclear waste we don’t know how to store.

Nuclear plants are expensive, unreliable and risky.

Do we really want more?

Dalton McGuinty promised positive change. Instead of progress, we’re seeing the same old approach – Mr. McGuinty wants to repeat the mistakes of the past. He wants more nuclear power. He even broke Ontario’s environmental protection laws to ensure quick approval.

The NDP stands up for working families. We have a fresh idea -- a safe, clean, affordable and reliable supply of publicly owned and publicly controlled electricity, focused on an aggressive approach to renewables, energy efficiency and energy conservation.

This approach worked in California where the state built the equivalent of 12 power plants with energy efficiency investments, replacing the need for 12,000 megawatts of generation capacity – or almost 50 per cent of Ontario’s peak demand on a hot summer day. We can make it work in Ontario too.

Show your support for clean green power and say no to more nuclear power. Sign the online petition -- download a hardcopy for your friends -- tell us your story – and join the NDP in the fight for working families.

Liberal Energy Myths Find out the hard facts that refute the myths promoted by the Liberals to justify their embrace of costly and unsafe nuclear power. »  download our factsheet on the Liberal Energy Myths [PDF - 896kb ]

The time to create new job opportunities and help working families is NOW!

Howard Hampton and Ontario’s NDP have a plan to turn the McGuinty Liberals' sorry record of 200,000 manufacturing jobs lost into sustained job gains across our province.

	Invest Federal funds in our hard hit communities now.
	Institute a ‘Buy Ontario’ program
	Create an Ontario Manufacturing Tax Credit
	Sign The Petition Send McGuinty a message by showing your support for the NDP program to create job opportunities and help working families.
	Download the Petition and get signatures Get your friends, family and neighbours to show their support for the NDP program to turn the McGuinty Liberals’ sorry record of job losses into sustained job gains. HERE
	Download the 3-point program leaflet Download a pdf of the NDP Caucus leaflet which outlines our three point program. HERE[143KB]
	Write a Letter Visit our online action centre and write a letter to your local newspaper expressing your support for Howard Hampton's three point plan to create new job opportunities and help working families.

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The NDP has a positive, practical plan to help --

Gas price regulation – for fair, stable predictable prices at the pump.

The NDP stands up for consumers. We believe in strong, effective consumer protection – safeguards only the province can provide – to make sure no big business can swindle, cheat or rip off hard-working ordinary folks.

Dalton McGuinty promised positive change. Instead of progress, we’re seeing the same old approach – governments letting Big Oil companies get away with highway robbery.

Gas price regulation is a fresh idea that will make a real difference for drivers. It will stop gas price volatility, eliminate opportunistic price gouging and deliver fair, stable and predictable fuel prices – and lower gas prices over the long haul.

Do you suffer from pump shock?

Fight back -- sign the online petition -- download a hardcopy for your friends -- tell us your story – join the NDP in the fight for working families -- and help make pump shock history.