Liberals and NDP Drive 39,000 Jobs Out of Ontario in December

QUEEN'S PARK – “Ontario can be a place where people are working and businesses are creating jobs. But it won’t happen with the McGuinty-Wynne Liberals and NDP at the helm,” said Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli, the Ontario PC Finance Critic.

  Fedeli’s comments follow the news that Northern Ontario’s unemployment rate is 12.3 per cent, while noting that December marks the 84^th consecutive month that Ontario’s unemployment rate sits well above the national average.   “December should be a joyful month for families as they come together to celebrate the holidays. But for every 8 families in Northern Ontario, one was left wondering how they were going to keep the lights on and afford presents for their children,” said Fedeli.   “This is the McGuinty-Wynne Liberals’ legacy. Month after month, companies are choosing to leave the province because they can no longer afford to do business in Ontario. From high hydro rates to the growing deficit, the Liberal government has not given companies the confidence to invest in Ontario.”   “We do not have to settle for job losses and a rising unemployment rate that Ontario has grown accustomed too. Ontario can do better. A PC government will lower taxes, make energy rates more affordable and reduce the red-tape burden that keeps companies from hiring our hard-working men and women,” concluded Fedeli. “It’s time to get Ontario back on the right track and change the team that leads this province.”