Did you know 1 in 6 newcomers to Canada leaves the country within a year?
It’s true – Ontario is experiencing a brain drain of talented new Canadian professionals who are moving out of the province to search for better opportunities.
New Democrats stand up for New Canadians. We believe in an Ontario that is strong because it is diverse -- where people from different backgrounds, from different countries and who speak different languages all work together to build a province where everyone shares in our prosperity.
Dalton McGuinty promised positive change. Instead of progress, we’re seeing the same old approach – foreign-trained professionals – our province’s greatest untapped assets -- left waiting too long for the professional accreditation they need to build a brighter future for them and their families.
Now, the McGuinty Liberals have announced plans to for deep cuts to Ontario’s Human Rights Commission – forcing New Canadians who suffer discrimination to pay out-of-pocket to enforce their rights.
NDP MPP Michael Prue says Dalton McGuinty is responsible for the slush funds handed out by his government without fairness or transparency - and McGuinty's Liberal Party should be forced to repay grants.
Filed Under: Fairness for New Ontarians | Michael Prue | Ethnocultural Issues | Finance
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NDP Leader Howard Hampton says it’s time to toughen up the rules that let the McGuinty Liberals use public money as a political slush fund.
“Dalton McGuinty can’t fob off responsibility for this scandal onto one disgraced cabinet minister. The issue is not Mike Colle’s actions. It’s McGuinty’s attitude – his lack of standards, fairness and accountability. This is his responsibility and his failure,” said Hampton.
Filed Under: Fairness for New Ontarians | Howard Hampton, Leader | Ethnocultural Issues | Culture
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NDP Leader Howard Hampton today welcomed an Auditor General investigation into Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal slush fund – and urged McGuinty’s beleaguered Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to step aside until the investigation is complete.
Filed Under: Fairness for New Ontarians | Howard Hampton, Leader | Democracy | Democratic Renewal
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Hamilton East New Democrat MPP Andrea Horwath slammed the McGuinty Liberal government for ignoring and misleading an obvious candidate for citizenship and immigration funding.
She was joined by members of Hamilton’s Hindu Samaj Temple who were at Queen’s Park today to say they’re angry that the McGuinty Liberals deceived and misled them about the availability of government funds they’ve actively sought for years. On September 15, 2001, the group’s $1.8 million, self-funded religious and regional cultural centre was destroyed by arson in what police deemed was a post-September 11 racially motivated hate crime.
Filed Under: Fairness for New Ontarians | Andrea Horwath | Ethnocultural Issues | Finance
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