Mr. Speaker, Ontario Conservative leader Mike "just call me common sense" Harris says if elected he would offer $4 billion in tax cuts, $3.9 billion in spending cuts, and a balanced budget in three to five years. Imagine that.
Despite his slash and burn approach, Mr. Harris claims that he can gut provincial programs without damaging the delivery of essential services such as health and education. Furthermore, by forcing the needy to work for welfare the Ontario Tories are typically trying to carry out those massive spending cuts, as usual, on the backs of the most vulnerable people in our society. I wonder if Mr. Harris thinks a single parent struggling to survive with children while conducting a job search has the time and the energy to work for welfare.
Mr. Harris's numbers just do not add up. I am sure that on June 8 the people of Ontario will realize that what he is proposing is actually a nonsense revolution.